wind power
Number of PPAs jumps in 2024, but volume weakens – Pexapark
06 February 2025 - The European PPA market entered an adjustment chapter last year, characterized by record deal-making for smaller volumes, Pexapark said
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
DRI developing 120 MW Ljubovo wind farm project in Croatia
24 January 2025 - DRI said it plans to start building the 120 MW Ljubovo wind power plant in 2027. It is the company's third renewables project in Croatia.
Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector in 2024
23 January 2025 - The record year of solar growth contributed most to fossil decline, lifting solar above coal for the first time, Ember found.
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.
Projects in Turkey for wind power with storage pass important milestones
16 January 2025 - Polat and Kontrolmatik advanced major projects for wind farms with storage as Turkey expects massive deployment of such hybrid solutions
Bulgaria boosts renewables capacity by 938 MW in 2024
14 January 2025 - Renewables capacity increased by 938 MW in Bulgaria last year, compared to the addition of over 1.2 GW in photovoltaics in 2023
Alteo seeking acquisitions in Croatia, Serbia for its 2 GW green platform
14 January 2025 - Alteo, in which MOL has a minority stake, is setting off on a regional expansion, primarily in Slovakia, Croatia and Serbia
WindEurope: EU building less than half capacity needed for 2030 goal
10 January 2025 - Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind, but not enough new wind farms are being built, WindEurope said
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2024
31 December 2024 - In 2024, the readers of Balkan Green Energy News were mostly interested in investments in the region's energy transition as well as the EU's CBAM carbon dioxide border tax
Kostadinov: The Green for Growth Fund is accelerating its expansion after topping EUR 1 billion mark
23 December 2024 - The Green for Growth Fund recently topped EUR 1 billion in AUM and the demand for its offering is steadily picking up, the Director for GGF at Finance in Motion Borislav Kostadinov revealed
Romania declares winners of its wind, solar power CfD auctions
18 December 2024 - Wind and solar power projects in Romania of over 1.5 GW in total are eligible for contracts for difference (CfD) after the first auctions
Kosovo* invites firms to qualify for 100 MW wind power auction
18 December 2024 - The Ministry of Economy of Kosovo* started the first phase of the first of two planned auctions for wind power
Bulgarian citizens demand referendum on wind farms on agricultural land
09 December 2024 - Citizens from four Bulgarian districts protested in Varna, calling for a referendum on constructing solar and wind farms on agricultural land