Imports from China don’t exceed 26% of PV project costs in Romania
03 February 2025 - Simtel's CEO Iulian Nedea said Chinese solar panels and inverters make up just 26% of total costs of a 1 MW facility and that the rest are EU and Romanian products and services
Solar agroland to build 270 MW power plant in Bileća
30 January 2025 - Solar agroland has prepared a preliminary environmental impact assessment for the installation of the Bileća solar power plant.
Turkey’s Tosyalı to green its steel production with 1.2 GW of solar
30 January 2025 - Tosyalı Holding plans to invest nearly USD 1 billion to increase renewable energy use in steel production
Agrisolar plants with batteries, hydrogen production to be installed in Serbia
29 January 2025 - Serbia-based Solar Power Plant Ipsilon plans to install two agrisolar power plants with a capacity of 9.9 MW each
Pilot project in Germany: Solar systems along motorways
13 January 2025 - In the traditionally mining Ruhr area in Germany, projects for solar systems along highways are under development
Germany’s PV capacity tops 100 GW, but home solar growth slows
09 January 2025 - Demand for solar panels for private home roofs slowed last year, leading to layoffs and bankruptcies in the industry
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
Romania grants EUR 64 million for municipal solar power projects
27 November 2024 - Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja signed 113 grant contracts for PV systems for self-consumption, mostly with municipal authorities
Serbia’s solar capacity at 166 MW and rising
20 November 2024 - The solar capacity has increased by almost 24 MW in three months, according to data from the Ministry of Mining and Energy
Global solar power capacity doubles to 2 TW in just two years
11 November 2024 - The Global Solar Council declared that the 2 TW threshold of total photovoltaic capacity has been reached
Albania to roll out obligatory zero-emission standards, solar panels for buildings
06 November 2024 - Albania drafted a law on the energy performance of buildings including zero-emission and nearly zero-emission standards and solar energy use
Prosumers in Romania surpass 2 GW in total capacity
06 November 2024 - The capacity operated by prosumers in Romania topped 2 GW in August, doubling in just 14 months. Their number reached 166,000.