renewable energy sources
Croatia examining alternative fuels for its retired coal plant Plomin 1
07 June 2022 - A consortium will determine the best solutions for using gas, biomass and waste in defunct thermal power plant Plomin 1 in Croatia
Priority of new Government of Slovenia is to tackle energy crisis
06 June 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob promised everyone would take their fair share of the burden from rising food and energy prices
Eightfold increase in number of prosumers recorded in Romania in 2021
06 June 2022 - Reforms, subsidies and investments enabled the growth in capacity installed by prosumers last year in Romania by 424% to 85 MW.
Green power purchase agreements are key for total decarbonization in Western Balkans
02 June 2022 - Instruments like power purchase agreements are becoming more important as the energy market in the Western Balkans is opening up
HEP to expand Korlat wind park with solar power, make it Croatia’s first hybrid power plant
31 May 2022 - The 99 MW Korlat solar power plant will be built next to the eponymous wind farm to establish the first hybrid power plant in Croatia
Serbian City of Pirot is attracting major investments in solar power
30 May 2022 - The local authority in Pirot in Serbia's southeast is working on solar power projects of all sizes and bringing investors to the sunny city
Nuredini: Wind, solar power plants should be built on degraded land
30 May 2022 - In identifying suitable locations for solar and wind farms, degraded land should be considered а priority, Minister Nuredini said
Wind, solar save Turkey amazing USD 7 billion in last 12 months
27 May 2022 - Wind and solar power plants saved Turkey USD 7 billion over the last 12 months as it would have had to compensate for the shortfall with gas imports
Romania to use EUR 1.4 billion of EU funds to strengthen its energy sector
27 May 2022 - The EU allowed Romania to use its share of the Modernisation Fund for the makeover of coal plant owner CE Oltenia and the electricity grid
Bulgaria to abolish limitations for rooftop solar panels for own use
26 May 2022 - Bulgaria is introducing a law to eliminate the administrative procedure for renewables on buildings, as long as they are for own use
Virtual power plants to enable power market access for prosumers in Croatia
26 May 2022 - The law in Croatia allows households with solar panels to group and place excess energy in the market, though it is too expensive for now
GGF, Rockstart select seven green ventures for their Clim@ Scaler program
24 May 2022 - Seven finalists were picked for Clim@ Scaler 2022, an accelerator program for scaleup ventures in the Green for Growth Fund's target regions
Slovenia backs controversial hydropower project Mokrice amid energy crisis
23 May 2022 - The Government of Slovenia said the public interest outweighs nature conservation in the case of HESS's hydropower project in Mokrice
Vienna airport completes Austria’s biggest solar power plant
23 May 2022 - Flughafen Wien Group said it has put Austria's biggest solar power plant into operation on 24 hectares at the Vienna International Airport
EU wants rooftop solar on all public buildings by 2025
12 May 2022 - The European Commission will promote the installation of rooftop solar panels on every public building by 2025, the REPowerEU draft shows
Kosovo* targets 1.4 GW of renewables by 2031
12 May 2022 - A goal of 1.4 GW in new renewable energy capacity was set in the yet incomplete energy strategy of Kosovo* for the period until 2031