solar power
Kosovo* completes first solar power auction at EUR 48.88 per MWh
03 April 2024 - Swiss firm Orllati and its consortium won the first solar power auction in Kosovo*. They can build and operate a PV park of up to 105 MW.
Cero to include battery storage in its 370 MW solar power project in Greece
01 April 2024 - Macquarie's subsidiary Cero Development Hellas is adding batteries to its project for a 370 MW photovoltaic plant in Central Greece
Coal power plants in Bulgaria cutting production amid losses, pollution breaches
29 March 2024 - Coal plants in Bulgaria have halved output as renewables and gas power are cheaper and due to CO2 emission costs and pollution control
Greece ranks first in Europe in number of citizen energy communities
29 March 2024 - Greece holds the first place in the number of citizen energy communities, according to a new report by CEER
IRENA: Global solar power capacity surpasses hydropower in 2023
28 March 2024 - The world's renewable electricity capacity additions in 2023 hit a record 473 GW, dominated by China. Solar power became the largest segment in total.
Turkey’s first floating solar power plant installed on irrigation reservoir
27 March 2024 - DSI placed a 1 MW floating photovoltaic plant on a dam reservoir in Elazığ in Eastern Anatolia to power the irrigation system
Simtel gets EUR 12.2 million EU grant for Romanian solar power project
27 March 2024 - Romania-based Simtel Team won EUR 12.2 million from the NRRP for its 52 MW solar power project in Giurgiu county in the country's south
Turkey introduces import tariffs for solar panels
27 March 2024 - Importers of solar power panels from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Croatia and Jordan to Turkey will be charged USD 25 per square meter
Slovenia’s HSE to install 140 MW floating PV system next to TEŠ coal plant
26 March 2024 - Slovenian state-owned HSE plans to cover a part of the Družmirje lake, next to the Šoštanj coal plant, with floating solar panels
Renewable sources surpass fossil fuels in Croatia’s electricity mix
25 March 2024 - Renewable sources excluding hydropower accounted for more electricity output in Croatia in February than fossil fuels
Kosovo* receives financing for 120 MW solar power plant on coal ash dump
24 March 2024 - The EIB is providing a EUR 33 million loan for KEK's solar power project of 120 MW in peak capacity on its former coal ash dump
Finland-based Korkia sets up local partnership for solar power investments in Romania
19 March 2024 - Korkia, headquartered in Finland, and Greek-Romanian firm Econous Green Energy teamed up for solar power projects of 600 MW in total
Bulgaria opens calls for battery storage subsidies within renewable energy projects
18 March 2024 - Bulgaria earmarked EUR 273 million in subsidies for battery systems required to be installed together with renewable electricity plants
Serbia to invest EUR 400 million in reconstruction of hydropower plants
18 March 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović said EUR 400 million would be invested in the revitalization of EPS's four hydropower plants
Romania’s Burduja reveals ceiling prices for wind, solar auctions
12 March 2024 - Romania will publish a call for its first solar and wind power auctions within weeks, according to Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja
North Macedonia picks Turkey-based Fides for photovoltaic plants in industrial zones
11 March 2024 - Turkish company Fides Elektrik Enerjisi was selected for a solar power public-private partnership in North Macedonia