EVN Macedonia opens solar power plant with two-sided panels
EVN Macedonia built a 1.48 MW bifacial solar power plant within a state incentive scheme. Panels use the reflection from below to add to output.
Energy Community’s new guidelines remove barriers to prosumer development, experts say
Experts from BiH, North Macedonia, and Serbia highlight the new elements in the Energy Community’s policy guidelines on prosumers.
Fashion giants Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein take lead in rooftop solar
Fashion company PVH Europe installed the world’s biggest solar roof at its distribution hub in the Netherlands
Six Croatian households get acces to electricity with solar panels
Six rural households in Croatia can finally replace candles with light bulbs, keep food in a refrigerator, watch TV and listen to the radio, after spending ten or more years without power. They get electricity from solar panels on their roofs. The Ray of Sun – Light of Hope campaign, organized and implemented by Zelena […]
Vienna will equip all its public buildings with solar PV systems
Within its measures to mitigate the climate change impact, the Austrian capital made sure more than half of its territory are green spaces. Ulli Sima, Executive City Councillor for the Environment and Vienna Public Utilities, told Balkan Green Energy News that the local authority would install photovoltaic systems on all the buildings it owns and […]
Romania to grant up to EUR 15,000 per house for energy refurbishment
The Ministry of the Environment, Waters and Forests of Romania set aside funds for an estimated 9,000 citizens who can invest in the energy refurbishment of a family house and get 60% of the expenses reimbursed. The Environment Fund Administration (AFM) said homeowners can apply for state subsidies for energy efficiency measures. Minister of the […]
Solar homes in Cyprus post stellar growth so far this year
The number of new net metering systems is on track to reach the highest point since 2014, according to official data, and the new capacity is set to hit a record. The Electricity Authority of Cyprus said 2,196 households installed solar panels through July and attributed the jump to the state’s incentive scheme introduced in […]
Applications open for solar panels to improve tourist offer of katuns
Rural households in Bosnia and Herzegovina that accomodate tourists in katuns will be able to enrich their offer by installing solar panels for electricity production. Owners of the characteristic rural houses located in the Prokoško lake, Vrtača, Golica, Gvožđanske staje and Otigošćanske staje can apply until September 15 for photovoltaic panels within the project called […]