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Serbia to add 138 MW in solar, wind in 2025
21 February 2025 - The estimated capacity of prosumers is 123.6 MW, out of which 43 MW would be new photovoltaics, according to the energy balance
Kosovo* receives four applications for wind power auction
21 February 2025 - German, Kosovar, French and Turkish companies submitted documentation to qualify for the first wind power auction in Kosovo*
EDP Renewables inaugurates two wind power plants in Greece
15 February 2025 - EDP Renewables declared its two new wind farms in Central Greece and Thessaly open, adding almost 70 MW to the transmission grid
Turkish companies expand presence in solar power market in Romania
11 February 2025 - Turkish oil refiner Tüpraş and joint venture Defic Globe, controlled by YEO, have published updates on their operations in Romania
Bulgaria’s NEK to equip five hydropower plants with battery storage
10 February 2025 - In addition to a 10 MWh pilot project at Vacha 1, NEK plans to add battery energy storage systems (BESS) to four other hydropower plants
Turkey facilitates USD 500 million in solar power investments through auction round
05 February 2025 - The winners of PV projects in the latest auction round in Turkey must pay high contribution shares for a guaranteed price at the low end of the initial range
Turkey’s photovoltaic capacity doubles since July 2022, to 19.6 GW
28 January 2025 - Turkey's 2025 solar power target of 19 GW was exceeded one and a half years earlier, Ember said in a new report
Enerjisa wins biggest two wind power projects in Turkey’s auction
28 January 2025 - The winners of all five YEKA wind power zones got a 20-year guaranteed price of just USD 35 per MWh. Enerjisa was awarded 750 MW.
Forty firms competing for five wind farm projects at Turkish auction
27 January 2025 - Applicants oversubscribed the upcoming auction for CfDs for wind power plants in predetermined areas in Turkey by 18 times
Trump scraps US climate policy, blocks offshore wind, exits Paris Agreement
21 January 2025 - President Donald Trump substantially reversed the US energy and climate policy. He is withdrawing the country from the Paris Agreement again.
Trump declaring energy emergency to ‘Drill, baby, drill’
20 January 2025 - In his inauguration address, United States President Donald Trump vowed to bring energy prices down, with an emphasis on raising oil and gas production
Greece starts EUR 223 million program to support solar heaters and heat pumps
13 January 2025 - A new support program has been launched in Greece to help households install new solar...
US allows incentives for nuclear-powered hydrogen ahead of Trump’s return
08 January 2025 - The US expanded hydrogen production tax credits to electrolyzers powered by uncompetitive nuclear power plants and to waste methane
Croatia to allocate EUR 652 million for green transition in 2025
02 January 2025 - The Ministry of Environmental Protection has published an annual plan for public calls for firms, local authorities, households
Greece launches EUR 434 million energy efficiency program for households
27 December 2024 - The Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy published a guide for its upcoming energy efficiency program called Energy Saving 2025
Romania calls agricultural, food firms to apply for solar, wind power grants
25 December 2024 - The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) has EUR 150 million in grants for photovoltaic and wind power in Romania