solar power
Solar power plant built on site of former Trbovlje coal mine
11 October 2022 - The Blate solar power plant, located on the former Trbovlje-Hrastnik open-cast coal mine, was put...
Croatia greenlights HEP’s 9.9 MW solar power project but requests piled up
10 October 2022 - Croatia has issued the energy approval for HEP's 9.9 MW PV project. Still, it was only the first of 216 requests filed in February.
North Macedonia’s former deputy PM builds 8 MW solar power plant
10 October 2022 - Companies controlled by former Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia Kocho Angjushev installed a solar power plant of 8 MW near Kočani
Albania to cancel VAT for solar, wind power equipment
07 October 2022 - Albania plans to exempt imported machinery and other equipment for the production of green energy from the value-added tax
German coal plant operator LEAG to invest EUR 10 billion in green energy
05 October 2022 - LEAG is switching to wind and solar power, energy storage and sustainable mobility as Germany aims to phase out coal by 2038 or sooner
Ember: Turkey can halve dependence on imported fossil fuels in power generation by 2030
05 October 2022 - Ember prepared a study to summarize various electricity transition pathways towards 2030 under the guidance of recently conducted modeling studies
Steag, LSG complete 66 MW solar park in Bulgaria, preparing to build another one
05 October 2022 - SENS LSG built a 66 MW solar park near Plovdiv. It is about to start the construction of 50 MW more in capacity in Bulgaria.
Danske Commodities enters Poland’s renewables market with first PV deal
05 October 2022 - Danske Commodities signed a balancing agreement for one of the biggest photovoltaic plants in Poland with one other Equinor's subsidiary
CE Oltenia, OMV Petrom to build four PV plants through JVs
03 October 2022 - OMV Petrom and CE Oltenia agreed to build four solar parks with a combined capacity of 450 MW at former coal mining locations in Romania
Solar power plant inaugurated at Zlatoličje hydropower plant in Slovenia
29 September 2022 - The first part of the 30 MW Zlatoličje-Formin solar power plant in Slovenia has entered regular operation
Albania’s upcoming renewables law to give prosumers market access
27 September 2022 - Albania intends to allow prosumers to sell electricity from renewable sources through deals with suppliers and bilateral contracts
EPS’ transformation through development of new renewables capacities guarantees secure electricity supply in Serbia
21 September 2022 - If the State wants to continue implementing the model of secure electricity supply at an affordable price, it will have to support a serious transformation of EPS and the renewal of its production capacities
Investor in renewables Gautam Adani becomes world’s second-richest person
21 September 2022 - Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has surpassed Amazon's Jeff Bezos to become the second-richest person on the planet
Green transformation of Bulgarian coal power plant Bobov Dol
21 September 2022 - After introducing biomass, coal-fired Bobov Dol power plant in Bulgaria is preparing to build a 100 MW photovoltaic unit for a hydrogen project
Serbia has three key development areas in green electricity sector
20 September 2022 - Balkan Green News Editor Branislava Jovičić says the key areas are private investments, state-owned utility EPS and citizens and companies with PV systems for own consumption
North Macedonian – German consortium to build solar panel factory in North Macedonia
20 September 2022 - German AE Solar and North Macedonian PiKCELL Group are planning a joint investment in a photovoltaic panel factory in Tetovo