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BayWa r.e. to take over 44.5 MW solar project Poarta Albă in Romania
16 February 2024 - Romanian company HVAC Systems will continue to develop the Poarta Albă project from the takeover until commissioning
GIZ, energy ministry back rooftop solar project at Center for Missing and Exploited Children
11 February 2024 - At the initiative of the Ministry of Mining and Energy, GIZ has donated a 6 kW rooftop solar power plant to the center
Montenegro initiates new solar subsidy program – Solari Sjever
09 February 2024 - The Solari Sjever program is intended for the north of the country, and was initiated following citizens' complaints about air pollution.
UPDATE: North Macedonia prepares first agreements with strategic investors for solar power plants, cogeneration
05 February 2024 - The first four projects are solar power plants Pehčevo and Stipion, cogeneration facility Skopje, and a photovoltaic plant with gas engines
SolarPower Europe publishes guidelines for recycling solar panels
31 January 2024 - SolarPower Europe has published a report with guidelines for the sustainable management of solar panels at the end of their lifecycle
Slovenia gets first energy cooperative self-supply solar power system
29 January 2024 - The Zeleni Hrastnik energy cooperative has set up a PV plant on the roof of the elementary school in the town of Hrastnik
Slovenia exceeds 1 GW in solar capacity in 2023
18 January 2024 - The country has also entered the list of the top ten European Union member countries in installed solar power capacity per capita
CGES signs grid connection agreement for 240 MW solar power plant
10 January 2024 - Montenegro's TSO has so far signed three contracts for the grid connections for utility-scale PV facilities with a total capacity of 1,000 MW
Local authorities join solar party – Herceg Novi to install municipal PV plant
22 December 2023 - Herceg Novi plans to join Mostar as the second local authority in the Western Balkans its own utility-scale renewable power project.
First ground-mounted solar power plant starts operation in Montenegro
21 December 2023 - Photovoltaic facility Čevo Solar of 4.4 MW was built in the village of Čevo near Montenegro's historical capital Cetinje
First prosumer in Bosnia and Herzegovina is secondary school in town of Lopare
07 December 2023 - The Municipality of Lopare is continuing to pioneer renewable energy use and the energy transition in the country and the Western Balkans
Who is the largest solar developer in the world? Oil supermajor
06 December 2023 - Of the top ten global solar developers, six are based in Europe, three in North America, and one in South Asia, according to the latest report
World’s largest energy storage system is being built in Atacama Desert
28 November 2023 - Spanish green energy producer Grenergy has begun the construction of an energy storage facility in Chile's Atacama Desert
UAE inaugurates 2 GW solar power plant in runup to COP28
23 November 2023 - The Al Dhafra solar power plant in the UAE, with a capacity of 2 GW, was commissioned ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP28
Respect Energy, EPCG sign MoU on green projects development
22 November 2023 - The companies signed a memorandum on the development and operation of renewable energy projects in Montenegro
Hospitals in Romania’s Ilfov county to be powered by solar
21 November 2023 - The proposed solar power plant would cut electricity costs by 90% at public buildings and hospitals managed by the county