Statement of the Day
Romania adopts offshore wind energy law to get first megawatts in 2032
10 April 2024 - More than two thirds of lawmakers voted for Romania's first offshore wind energy law, aimed at getting the first turbines online in 2032
EU investigating China’s wind turbine subsidies
10 April 2024 - The European Commission is expanding its efforts to protect the domestic high-tech market with a crackdown on China's wind turbine subsidies
Serbia drafting solar strategic partnership deal with Hyundai Engineering, UGT Renewables
03 April 2024 - Serbia is about to formalize a strategic partnership with the consortium Hyundai Engineering – UGT Renewables
Power industry urges Serbia to abolish nuclear moratorium
03 April 2024 - Heads of state-owned power utility EPS and transmission system operator EMS questioned the purpose of Serbia's nuclear power moratorium
Greece makes U-turn on energy policy, climate ambition
02 April 2024 - Greece is expected to again revise its National Climate and Energy Plan (NECP) before submitting the final version
Montenegro lauches strategic partnership with France’s EDF
29 March 2024 - Montenegro established a strategic partnership with EDF, with an option to jointly build hydropower plants Kruševo and Ćehotina
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.
Serbia to start trial operation of desulfurization unit at its biggest coal plant
25 March 2024 - Flue gas desulfurization in coal plant TENT A in Serbia is the sector's biggest environmental project in Europe, Minister Đedović Handanović said
Balkan leaders endorse nuclear energy expansion at Brussels global summit
22 March 2024 - Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey participated at the Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels
Turkey expects several more gas, oil discoveries
21 March 2024 - Turkey is preparing three gas exploration projects in the Black Sea this year. Minister Alparslan Bayraktar is optimistic
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
WindEurope urges for grid buildout acceleration to meet renewables goals
15 March 2024 - At WindEurope's Annual Event, the industry will mostly focus on ways to accelerate the buildout of grids, CPO Pierre Tardieu said