solar power
Oil companies in Southeastern Europe accelerate renewable energy investments
30 May 2023 - INA, OMV Petrom, Motor Oil and MOL revealed a series of investments that indicate a shift in the sector toward renewables in the region
Power prices on Serbia’s SEEPEX crash to zero amid European solar output surge
30 May 2023 - The reoccurring anomaly when power prices in Europe turn negative and even slump deeply below zero affected Serbia this time, too
Map of power plants under development in Serbia that await transmission grid connection
29 May 2023 - Energy expert Nenad Jovanović created a map with the sites for power plant projects in Serbia for which grid connection requests were filed
Constantinescu: Grid operators working to integrate hundreds of gigawatts from renewables
25 May 2023 - The challenges in adding wind and solar farms to the electricity networks in Europe are being solved along the way as technology progresses
EBRD’s Bogdanović: Renewable heating is biggest contributor to decarbonization in urban areas
25 May 2023 - Renewable sources can contribute the most to the decarbonization of urban areas, Bojan Bogdanović from the EBRD said at BEF 2023
Greece announces timetable, prices for renewable energy auctions
22 May 2023 - The Greek Ministry of Energy and Environment released an updated version of the timetable for renewable electricity auctions
Solar power in sports
18 May 2023 - Although rarely thought of as a sector deeply interested in renewable forms of power production, sport offers a great opportunity for applying solar technologies
BEF 2023: Flexibility services are business opportunity for renewables producers
17 May 2023 - The flexibility and digitalization panel at BEF 2023 acknowledged how difficult it is to integrate hundreds of gigawatts from new solar and wind power plants, but it also pointed to business opportunities in the emerging ancillary and system services
Masdar to invest in green energy with developer of Greece-Egypt power link
17 May 2023 - Copelouzos Group and Masdar's Infinity Power are mulling joint green electricity projects to feed the proposed Egypt-Greece interconnection
Croatia’s HEP commissions country’s largest solar power plant in Obrovac
16 May 2023 - HEP Group's Obrovac solar power plant is the largest in Croatia, but the utility is set to complete two slightly larger ones just this year
Kosovo* initiates solar power auction for up to 105 MW
15 May 2023 - Kosovo* issued a contract notice for investors interested in building and operating a solar power plant on public land
Main power producers in Balkans can’t afford to fall behind in energy transition
10 May 2023 - The biggest electricity producers in Southeastern Europe need to establish partnerships and move with the times in doing business, according to the participants in a discussion on power utilities in the energy transition, held at BEF 2023
Turkey introduces subsidies for wave, tidal energy, offshore wind
04 May 2023 - Wave and tidal energy facilities and offshore wind were included for the first time in Turkey's YEKDEM feed-in tariff scheme for renewables
Photovoltaic plant of 1 GW in connection capacity inaugurated in Turkey
03 May 2023 - The official opening was held in Turkey's Konya province of Kalyon Energy's solar power plant of 1.35 GW in peak capacity
Renewables produced more electricity than fossil fuels for first time over winter in EU
02 May 2023 - A significant decrease in electricity demand combined with record renewable electricity supply prevented the EU from returning to fossil fuels
New renewables law in Serbia limits connection capacity to keep grid stable
29 April 2023 - Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Đedović said the changes to the Law on the Use of Renewable Energy Sources enable auctions