solar power
DEM bolstering Slovenia’s largest hydropower plant with solar power
13 August 2021 - Dravske hidroelektrarne Maribor is about to start building a 2.7 MW photovoltaic facility next to its hydropower plant Zlatoličje, the largest in Slovenia.
Chinese CMC wants to build 100 MW solar power plant in Serbia’s Sombor
12 August 2021 - CMC Europe and the Serbian City of Sombor signed a cooperation protocol on the development of a 100 MW solar power project
Cyprus failing to halt solar power projects in environmentally sensitive areas
12 August 2021 - The rapid expansion of solar power threatens agricultural and protected areas and there have been numerous cases of irreversible damage in Cyprus
Renewable power capacity in Turkey to more than double by 2030 to 50 GW
09 August 2021 - Green power capacity is expected to increase from 19.07 GW in 2020 to 49.31 GW by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 10%.
Montenegro issues calls for energy efficiency in households, solar power for firms
06 August 2021 - Montenegro prepared a credit package with grants for businesses for photovoltaic systems and interest-free loans for energy efficiency in households
Greece fast-tracks two PV projects worth half billion euros in total
06 August 2021 - Greece awarded strategic investment statuses to Enipeas' 700 MW solar power project and Karatzis' proposed cluster of an overall 362.75 MW
North Macedonia calls for bids in 80 MW solar power auction
04 August 2021 - North Macedonia launched a public call for support to individual photovoltaic plants with a total installed capacity of 80 MW in the form of premiums
Aydem to use part of USD 750 million green bond issue for hybrid power plant projects
04 August 2021 - Turkish firm Aydem Renewables sold green bonds for USD 750 million. It will add solar power units to hydro and wind assets, upgrading them to hybrid power plants
Zaev: North Macedonia to invest in 700 MW solar power plant with Serbia, Albania
03 August 2021 - North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said his country would invest in a photovoltaic system of 700 MW with Serbia and Albania
Bulgaria hints at possible closure of all coal-fired power plants by mid-2025
02 August 2021 - The current version of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan may lead to a rapid coal exit in Bulgaria as the Maritsa East complex would be shut down
Serbia in talks with UGT Renewables on 1 GW in solar power plant projects
02 August 2021 - Serbia intends to sign a contract soon with Chicago-based UGT Renewables for the installation of photovoltaic systems with a combined capacity of 1 GW
EU approves Masdar-Taaleri’s 65 MW solar power joint venture in Greece
30 July 2021 - The EU allowed Masdar-Taaleri Generation to partner with two Greek firms on the 65 MW Asopia solar power project near Athens
Turkey’s first hydro-solar hybrid power plant Lower Kaleköy comes online
30 July 2021 - Cengiz Holding added an 80 MW solar power plant to its 510 MW Lower Kaleköy hydroelectric unit in Turkey, integrating them into a hybrid power plant
Sifnos island to achieve energy autonomy with hybrid power plant project
29 July 2021 - A wind farm and a pumped storage hydropower plant can meet the entire demand for electricity in the small Aegean island of Sifnos in Greece
North Macedonia advances three solar, wind projects of 210 MW in total
21 July 2021 - ESM seeks consultants for feasibility studies for solar power plants of 60 MW and 100 MW in Bitola and its 50 MW Miravci wind power project in Gevgelija
EPBiH to build solar power plants on coal mines, landfills as it closes them
08 July 2021 - EPBiH picked five former open pit coal mines and ash and slag dumps for solar power projects. It intends to gradually close its thermal power plants.