solar power
Enlight buys 525 MW renewables project portfolio in Croatia
06 July 2022 - Israel-based Enlight said it acquired and entered joint renewable energy projects of 525 MW in total in Croatia
Romanian heating plant to build 80 MW solar park, mix green hydrogen into gas
05 July 2022 - Romania's Oradea city is pushing ahead with decarbonization by launching integrated projects for solar power and green hydrogen
Turkish entity in Cyprus offers energy, water deal to government in Nicosia
05 July 2022 - Cypriot Turkish leader Ersin Tatar offered the Republic of Cyprus a deal on hydrocarbons, electricity, renewables and water, but under a two-state solution
Romania at risk of losing EU energy transition funds on tight deadlines
04 July 2022 - The Ministry of Energy of Romania warned the deadline for the renewables tender within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan is too short
Voltalia breaks ground in Albania for biggest solar park in Western Balkans
01 July 2022 - The site for the Karavasta solar park spans 196 hectares in Fier county in Albania's west. The planned capacity is 140 MW.
North Macedonia considering change in renewable energy auction model
24 June 2022 - North Macedonia may change its renewable energy auction model as power prices jumped, the Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Viktor Andonov says
PPC Renewables, Cantreva preparing 1.3 GW in joint solar power projects in Greece
23 June 2022 - PPC has a joint venture with the Cantreva Group that has producer certificates for more than 2.5 GW in photovoltaic projects in Greece
Crowdfunding begins for first energy cooperative–owned solar power plants in Serbia
21 June 2022 - The Elektropionir energy cooperative started a crowdfunding campaign for two solar power plants on the Stara planina mountain in Serbia
North Macedonia enables prosumers to sell surplus electricity
16 June 2022 - Households, firms and institutions registered as prosumers can sell surplus electricity from their rooftop solar systems from next month
Statement of the Day, Balluku: Nine big companies in game for wind auction in Albania
16 June 2022 - Albania's first wind power tender is entering its second phase, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku said.
Hidroelectrica makes plans to enter green hydrogen production
10 June 2022 - Hidroelectrica is looking for a consultant for a feasibility study for the design and execution...
Renewables are cornerstone of Kosovo* energy strategy through 2031
08 June 2022 - Kosovo* aims to boost its renewables capacity by 5.6 times within a decade to 1.4 GW including 100 MW from the prosumers segment
Eightfold increase in number of prosumers recorded in Romania in 2021
06 June 2022 - Reforms, subsidies and investments enabled the growth in capacity installed by prosumers last year in Romania by 424% to 85 MW.
HEP to expand Korlat wind park with solar power, make it Croatia’s first hybrid power plant
31 May 2022 - The 99 MW Korlat solar power plant will be built next to the eponymous wind farm to establish the first hybrid power plant in Croatia
Nuredini: Wind, solar power plants should be built on degraded land
30 May 2022 - In identifying suitable locations for solar and wind farms, degraded land should be considered а priority, Minister Nuredini said
Wind, solar save Turkey amazing USD 7 billion in last 12 months
27 May 2022 - Wind and solar power plants saved Turkey USD 7 billion over the last 12 months as it would have had to compensate for the shortfall with gas imports