Turkish contractor and solar power plant operator Margün Energy, which is expanding to geothermal energy including lithium extraction, acquired nine geothermal licenses that enable access to a potential power production capacity of 505 MW. It counts on USD 405 million per year from electricity sales alone. Margün Energy, listed at the Istanbul Stock Exchange since […]
Masdar and Taaleri Energia generated the first megawatt-hours in their Čibuk 2 wind farm in Serbia. The first 35 MW out of the planned 154 MW is now in trial operation. The installation of all 22 turbines in the Čibuk 2 wind power plant northeast of Belgrade is set to be completed by mid-November, Renewable […]
Romania is experiencing strong growth in photovoltaic capacity, with 1.7 GW installed in 2024 alone. Local authorities are actively contributing to the energy transition. They include Timișoara, which will soon get its own solar power plant, of 5.6 MW. According to data from the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association (RPIA), solar power plants with a total […]
The share of solar power plants’ capacity in North Macedonia has surpassed hydropower plants in 2024, Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources Sanja Božinovska said at the 14th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development in Skopje. The three-day International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development (IFESD-14) started yesterday. Its theme is From Goals […]
The European Commission is collecting evidence to come up with solutions for unintended effects of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on renewable electricity in the Western Balkans, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Artur Lorkowski pointed out in an interview with Balkan Green Energy News, as one of the most important developments in the […]
Bulgaria’s coal regions will receive BGN 1.58 billion (EUR 808 million) through the Just Transition program, under the European Union’s Just Transition Fund (JTF), for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and green hydrogen projects, as well as for converting mining areas for commercial use. With a EUR 598 million program already underway, total investments in the […]
There are about 6,000 registered electric vehicles in Serbia, according to Filip Mitrović, coordinator of the Emobility cluster of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PKS). The fleet of 6,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in Serbia is small compared to Europe, Filip Mitrović stressed at the Belgrade Energy Days conference, as quoted by Tanjug. He […]
Israeli company Econergy, owner of the largest photovoltaic park in Romania, has selected Shanghai Electric as the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for a facility with a two times higher capacity and a 150 MW battery energy storage system. After building the solar park in Romania’s Brașov county for Econergy, Shanghai Electric also won the […]
The European Union’s proposed measures to phase out imports of Russian oil and gas would destroy Hungary’s security of supply, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who spoke at the meeting of energy ministers in Luxembourg. Slovakia is in a similar situation, while Romania pointed to the difficulty of proving the […]
Standalone battery units in Greece are expected to be profitable both in the short and the long term, according to a new study by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). The results were based on a simulation carried out for a variety of battery types, with storage durations between two and five hours. A maximum […]