wind power
Hidroelectrica to install battery at its loss-making Crucea Nord wind farm
27 July 2023 - Romania's Hidroelectrica is preparing to integrate a 1.2 MW battery system with its only wind power plant – Crucea Nord
Enel sells 50% of its Greek green power subsidiary to Macquarie
27 July 2023 - Enel said it would receive EUR 345 million from Macquarie Asset Management for 50% of Enel Green Power Hellas
Albania selects winners of its first wind power auction
26 July 2023 - TotalEnergies' subsidiary Total Eren and Verbund are among the winners of Albania's first wind power auction
Greek PPC continues expansion in Romania with wind park purchase
24 July 2023 - Public Power Corp. or PPC, based in Greece, bought an 84 MW wind power plant in Romania from Lukoil Group
WindEurope to keep pushing back against uncapped negative bidding in auctions
18 July 2023 - BP and TotalEnergies have to pay vast sums to build offshore wind plants in Germany, which unsettled the industry. Giles Dickson says WindEurope would keep opposing the model.
CWP suspends part of EUR 610 million wind power project in east Bulgaria
14 July 2023 - Citing disputes with the Municipality of Vetrino near Varna, a subsidiary of CWP Europe said it decided to reduce a wind park project
Turkey targets over 20 GW in nuclear power capacity by 2050s
12 July 2023 - Turkey is making plans for its second and third nuclear power plants and the deployment of several small modular reactors
Hidroelectrica reaches EUR 10.5 billion in valuation at stock market debut in Bucharest
12 July 2023 - The start of trading showed the IPO of Romanian hydropower producer Hidroelectrica was a success for investors
Slovenia regulates locations for renewables with new law, accelerates permitting
10 July 2023 - Slovenia's new law regulates the determination of suitable areas for wind and solar power plants and the priority areas for PV systems
China set to meet wind, solar power targets five years ahead of schedule
01 July 2023 - China is on track to double its solar and wind power capacity and achieve its ambitious 2030 target five years ahead of schedule
LEAG is transforming coal plant into Germany’s largest energy storage system
21 June 2023 - LEAG made initial steps and a EUR 200 million investment plan to convert the Boxberg coal plant into a renewable energy storage system
Montenegro’s EPCG signs financing deal for Gvozd wind power project
19 June 2023 - Montenegro's state-owned coal and power producer EPCG obtained a EUR 82 million loan from the EBRD for its first wind power project
Ørsted issues blue bonds, vows to recycle solar panels, wind turbines
09 June 2023 - Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted said it would invest EUR 64 billion to achieve 50 GW in installed capacity by 2030
Serbia adopts wind, solar power auction plan
06 June 2023 - Serbia's auction plan reveals that competitive procedures are envisaged for an overall 1.3 GW in wind and solar power through March 2025
Serbia issues quota for upcoming solar power auction, adopts rules on balancing, premiums, feed-in tariffs
02 June 2023 - The government determined the quota for the premiums it intends to award for solar, defined balancing responsibility, premiums, feed-in tariffs rules
Abazović: Montenegro to achieve energy independence in 2030
02 June 2023 - Outgoing Prime Minister Dritan Abazović said his pre-election coalition is pledging to make Montenegro energy independent in 2030