wind power
Kosovo* to auction 950 MW of renewables, energy storage by 2025
06 February 2024 - The Government of Kosovo* is preparing a series of auctions for renewable energy and battery storage capacity
Turkey to enable wind, solar power projects on lakes
05 February 2024 - Turkey's parliament is about to vote on a proposition to allow solar and wind power projects on lakes, reservoirs and seas
Photovoltaic, wind power capacity in China surpassing coal amid solar boom
02 February 2024 - Wind and solar power in China are set to overtake coal plants this year after PV additions in 2023 were bigger than in the rest of the world combined
WindEurope’s Annual Event to be held in Bilbao on March 20-22
30 January 2024 - The Basque Country aims to become a major offshore energy hub. Its capital city is hosting WindEurope’s Annual Event on March 20-22.
Financing completed for EPS’s wind park Kostolac
29 January 2024 - The EU approved a EUR 30 million grant to Serbia's state-owned power utility EPS for its first wind park project – Kostolac
Rezolv signs grid connection agreement for 600 MW wind project in Romania
25 January 2024 - Rezolv Energy has signed a joint grid connection agreement for its Dunarea East and West wind power projects in Constanța county
Manousakis: We need European power interconnection network
25 January 2024 - Power transmission corridors must take center stage in the public debate in Europe, IPTO's chief Manos Manousakis said, highlighting offshore wind plans
Greece breaks records in renewables, energy efficiency in 2023
24 January 2024 - Renewables including large hydropower plants covered more than half of demand in Greece for the first time last year, alongside other records
DTEK puts wind farm, solar park into operation in Romania
24 January 2024 - Wind power plant Ruginoasa and photovoltaic park Glodeni have started delivering electricity to the transmission grid in Romania, DTEK said
Renewables had 99.5% share in new capacity in 2023 in Turkey
23 January 2024 - Minister Alparslan Bayraktar called 2023 "the year of renewables" in Turkey as they accounted for 99.5% of added power capacity
Romania’s Ministry of Energy is putting EUR 17.6 billion of EU funds to work
22 January 2024 - Romanian firms can apply renewable electricity projects of 2 GW in total for EUR 815 million in grants from the EU's Modernisation Fund
Greece, Bulgaria, Romania join forces in offshore wind, green hydrogen
19 January 2024 - Greece, Bulgaria and Romania signed a declaration of intent to develop offshore wind energy projects
Turkey’s largest wind power plant to add battery storage
15 January 2024 - Polat Enerji said an energy storage system would lower balancing costs for its wind park Soma, the largest in Turkey
EU adds record 17 GW of wind power in 2023 but must double pace
12 January 2024 - The EU saw 14 GW of onshore wind and 3 GW of offshore capacity coming online in 2023. WindEurope warned that the goal is 30 GW per year.
Albania to limit final project approvals for renewables to one year
12 January 2024 - Final approvals for renewable electricity plants in Albania will last 12 months. KESH is working on a pumped storage hydropower project.
Rezolv Energy advances projects for biggest solar power plants in Bulgaria, Romania
11 January 2024 - Rezolv received a green light in Bulgaria for a 229 MW solar park. In neighboring Romania it is building a 1.06 GW PV system.