wind power
PPC Renewables, Cantreva preparing 1.3 GW in joint solar power projects in Greece
23 June 2022 - PPC has a joint venture with the Cantreva Group that has producer certificates for more than 2.5 GW in photovoltaic projects in Greece
Domestic share of wind turbine production in Turkey reaches 72%
20 June 2022 - Turkey has boosted its share of local production of wind turbines to 72% and the government has the ambition to attract more investment
Statement of the Day, Balluku: Nine big companies in game for wind auction in Albania
16 June 2022 - Albania's first wind power tender is entering its second phase, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku said.
Austria to ban gas boilers in new buildings in 2023
15 June 2022 - Austria is phasing out fossil fuels in heating, starting with a ban on the installation of gas boilers in new buildings from next year
BIG Shopping Centers buys another wind project in Romania
13 June 2022 - BIG Shopping Centers is making further inroads into renewables with an acquisition of a 120 MW wind project in Romania
E-Grus may seek coinvestor for its Golič wind farm project in Slovenia
10 June 2022 - Savaprojekt's subsidiary E-Grus will probably look for a coinvestor when it advances the Golič wind farm project in Slovenia
Renewables are cornerstone of Kosovo* energy strategy through 2031
08 June 2022 - Kosovo* aims to boost its renewables capacity by 5.6 times within a decade to 1.4 GW including 100 MW from the prosumers segment
Nuredini: Wind, solar power plants should be built on degraded land
30 May 2022 - In identifying suitable locations for solar and wind farms, degraded land should be considered а priority, Minister Nuredini said
Wind, solar save Turkey amazing USD 7 billion in last 12 months
27 May 2022 - Wind and solar power plants saved Turkey USD 7 billion over the last 12 months as it would have had to compensate for the shortfall with gas imports
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