wind power
Serbia sets 400 MW quota for auctions for wind power plants
11 November 2021 - The government determined a 400 MW quota for wind power for upcoming renewable energy auctions. The first one should be held by year-end.
Consultant sought for utility-scale solar power plant in BiH
28 October 2021 - EPBiH plans to install a 36 MW solar power plant in Mostar, BiH, in the same area as its Podveležje wind power plant. KfW may fund the project.
Serbia’s power utility EPS announces investments in green energy
15 October 2021 - Serbian state-owned power producer EPS aims to install 240 MW in solar power plants and 100 MW in wind farms by the end of the decade
Marine Le Pen says France would abolish wind power if she is elected president
15 October 2021 - National Rally's Marine Le Pen vowed to halt subsidies for solar and wind and close wind farms if she wins the French presidential election
Ivicom to build its second wind power plant in Serbia near Kučevo
14 October 2021 - Ivicom from Austria intends to install a 150 MW wind park in Kučevo municipality, next to a wind power plant it is already building
German wind farm investment in North Macedonia to top EUR 500 million
13 October 2021 - German wpd's EUR 500 million wind farm project Virovi will be the biggest greenfield investment so far, Prime Minister Zaev said
WV International Emergy developing 80 MW solar power plant in northern Serbia
04 October 2021 - Energy group WV International Emergy has completed the first phase of a project to develop an 80 MW solar power plant in the municipality of Žabalj
Orbital Marine Power to upscale its floating tidal power technology across Europe
02 October 2021 - Orbital Marine Power is heading towards the commercialization of its O2 turbine, recently deployed offshore Scotland. The company is heading the EU-backed project FORWARD-2030.
Bechtel in talks for big pumped storage hydropower plant, wind farm in Serbia
30 September 2021 - Bechtel is interested in building the Đerdap 3 pumped storage hydropower plant and a big wind farm in Serbia with a combined value of EUR 2 billion
Greece targets 1.5 GW in offshore wind by 2030 – who is in race?
30 September 2021 - Greece aims add 1.5 GW in offshore wind farms by the end of the decade. Several international and domestic companies are already preparing projects.
Wind power is the strongest force for decarbonization in the EU
16 September 2021 - Energy-intensive industries see renewables are the cheapest and reliable form of energy, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson says
Winners of offshore wind auctions in Germany chosen by lottery
15 September 2021 - The German regulatory body was forced to choose the winners in offshore wind auctions by drawing lots as they all asked for zero subsidies
Wind provides all-time high daily power production in Greece
10 September 2021 - Wind turbines in Greece set a national daily record in electricity output, at 61.4 GWh. At 48%, the share of demand covered was the highest in the EU
World needs 50 times more offshore wind to become carbon neutral by 2050
09 September 2021 - Global offshore wind power capacity increased by 6.1 GW last year, but the expansion may more than double in 2021, GWEC revealed
Siemens Gamesa produces world’s first recyclable wind turbine blades
08 September 2021 - Siemens Gamesa will equip RWE's offshore wind park with turbines that have recyclable blades, thanks to a resin that can be separated upon decommissioning.
Christos Stylianides to take helm at Greece’s first climate crisis ministry
08 September 2021 - Former European Commissioner Christos Stylianides is taking over the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection of Greece after historic wildfires