wind power
Four countries pledge 150 GW of offshore wind in North Sea
19 May 2022 - Four European countries have announced 150 GW of offshore wind by 2050, but all five European wind turbine makers are currently operating at a loss.
Works begin on Kula 2 wind power plant in Serbia
11 May 2022 - MK Group and Fintel energija broke ground on their Kula 2 wind power project of 10 MW in northwestern Serbia
PPC, RWE’s joint venture launching tender for 191 MW solar park in Greece
06 May 2022 - Meton Energeiaki is seeking a contractor for its 191 MW solar park project in the vicinity of a former coal plant in northern Greece
Dönmez: Turkey is world’s No. 4 solar panel producer
06 May 2022 - Turkey is the fourth solar panel producer in the world, Minister Fatih Dönmez said and added the goal is to enter the top three next year
Kosovo* processing application for 250 MW pumped storage hydropower plant
28 April 2022 - Kosovo's regulator ERO received applications in 2021 for 298 MW in total, of which one is a 250 MW pumped storage hydropower plant
Wind power project of 234 MW declared strategic investment in Albania
21 April 2022 - Biopower Green Energy and Marseglia Group got a strategic investment status in Albania for a EUR 244 million project for two wind farms
Amari hybrid power plant in Crete becomes Greece’s strategic investment project
18 April 2022 - Greece awarded a strategic investment status to Terna Energy's project to combine wind power and pumped storage hydropower in Amari in Crete
Hidroelectrica preparing massive investments ahead of stock market listing
15 April 2022 - Hidroelectrica is looking to buy 2 GW in wind farm and solar power projects, and may build more hydropower plants on the Buzău
Wind, solar PPA prices jump 27.5% in Europe year over year
14 April 2022 - The wind and solar PPA index for 14 European countries rallied 8.6% in the first quarter and 27.5% year on year, to EUR 57 per MWh
IRENA: World’s renewable electricity capacity surpassed 3 TW in 2021
13 April 2022 - Renewables accounted for 38.3% of global electricity generation capacity at the end of last year, IRENA said
Turkey becomes 6th country in Europe to reach 100 GW in electricity capacity
12 April 2022 - Turkey became the 14th country in the world to cross the 100 GW level in combined power plant capacity – most additions are from renewables.
Greece has biggest combined share of wind, solar in electricity generation in SEE
04 April 2022 - Greece is eighth in the world by the share of wind and solar in electricity generation and Croatia came in seventh in the bioenergy section
Romania launches EUR 458 million grant scheme for wind, solar power
01 April 2022 - Power producers in Romania have until May 31 to apply for a total of EUR 457.7 million in state support for wind and solar power plants
Ember: Wind, solar top 10% for first time in global electricity output in 2021
30 March 2022 - Wind and solar, the fastest-growing sources of electricity, reached a record share of 10.3% in supply last year, Ember found
Bulgaria plans to add 4.9 GW in renewables capacity by 2031
28 March 2022 - The Electricity System Operator – ESO of Bulgaria said it sees a 5.9 GW increase in capacity by 2031, of which 4.9 GW would be in renewables
GWEC: Floating wind farms are critical for planet’s decarbonization
16 March 2022 - Floating wind power plants are the solution for the world's coastal regions with waters deeper than 60 meters, GWEC said