renewable energy sources
Alteo seeking acquisitions in Croatia, Serbia for its 2 GW green platform
14 January 2025 - Alteo, in which MOL has a minority stake, is setting off on a regional expansion, primarily in Slovakia, Croatia and Serbia
WindEurope: EU building less than half capacity needed for 2030 goal
10 January 2025 - Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind, but not enough new wind farms are being built, WindEurope said
All permits issued in Romania for Europe’s biggest solar power plant
10 January 2025 - Rezolv Energy and Monsson received all approvals for the construction of the Dama Solar facility of 1.04 GW, with batteries
Several energy storage investments underway in North Macedonia
09 January 2025 - North Macedonia, which has been attracting investments in battery factories, is in talks on a project worth up to EUR 360 million
Toshiba, Voith, ABB to repair Bulgaria’s Chaira pumped storage hydropower plant
08 January 2025 - Bulgaria's NEK signed contracts for units 1 and 3 of the Chaira system with Toshiba and the consortium Voith-ABB, respectively
US allows incentives for nuclear-powered hydrogen ahead of Trump’s return
08 January 2025 - The US expanded hydrogen production tax credits to electrolyzers powered by uncompetitive nuclear power plants and to waste methane
State Grid Corp. of China commissions world’s largest pumped storage hydropower plant
06 January 2025 - After testing the last units in its Fengning pumped storage system, State Grid now operates the largest such facility on the planet
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2024
31 December 2024 - In 2024, the readers of Balkan Green Energy News were mostly interested in investments in the region's energy transition as well as the EU's CBAM carbon dioxide border tax
Voltalia starts building Spitalla PV plant in Albania of 100 MW
30 December 2024 - French company Voltalia broke ground on the Spitalla solar park in Albania of 100 MW, scheduled for commissioning in 2027
Slovenia adopts updated Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
27 December 2024 - Slovenia targets 400 MW in BESS, 100 MW in electrolyzers and more pumped storage in the updated Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Energy Community’s EU integration pace steady but CBAM looms
25 December 2024 - Energy Community contracting parties showed a tendency this year toward steady transposition and implementation of European law
Romania calls agricultural, food firms to apply for solar, wind power grants
25 December 2024 - The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) has EUR 150 million in grants for photovoltaic and wind power in Romania
Romanian Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja reappointed
24 December 2024 - Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja remained in his seat following the recent general elections in Romania. He promised continuity and an acceleration in investment.
Wrecked pumped storage hydropower plant Chaira gets one unit back online
24 December 2024 - One of four units in the Chaira pumped storage facility is back on the grid, the first repaired after the entire system crashed in 2022
Kostadinov: The Green for Growth Fund is accelerating its expansion after topping EUR 1 billion mark
23 December 2024 - The Green for Growth Fund recently topped EUR 1 billion in AUM and the demand for its offering is steadily picking up, the Director for GGF at Finance in Motion Borislav Kostadinov revealed
DRI, OMV Petrom sign Romania’s largest physical PPA so far
21 December 2024 - The new physical solar power purchase agreement between DRI and OMV Petrom is the largest ever in Romania