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December 2, 2025

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Renewables investors are seeking tailored financing services as they add BESS, adapt to risks

Market conditions have become challenging for renewables in the CEE region, alongside uncertainties in the regulatory sphere, which calls for advanced and tailored financing solutions, according to participants in UniCredit Serbia’s workshop on navigating capital flows in the segment, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Investors, UniCredit’s clients, highlighted the growing importance of battery energy storage […]

December 2, 2025

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One of biggest PV parks on Earth expanding to 1.85 GW

A solar power plant of 500.5 MW in peak capacity will be built just south of the existing Kalyon Karapınar photovoltaic park in Turkey’s Konya province. It is already one of the biggest in the world, especially excluding China. Kalyon Enerji said it would become a 1.85 GW complex. Turkey hosts Europe’s largest solar power […]

December 2, 2025

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Serbia’s EPS starts trial operation of its first wind park Kostolac

Serbia’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije put the 66 MW Kostolac wind farm into trial operation. The construction of Kostolac is complete, and Elektroprivreda Srbije’s (EPS) first wind farm has generated its first megawatt-hours, EPS announced. Upon receiving approval for connecting to the transmission system, the substation was energized and the blades of wind turbine […]

December 2, 2025

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Voltalia receives license for Spitalla PV plant in Albania

French renewable energy company Voltalia obtained a 30-year license for its Spitalla solar park at the Albanian port city of Durrës. It won the project at a renewable energy auction in 2021. In its latest update, the Energy Regulatory Authority (ERE) of Albania authorized Spitalla Solar to generate electricity from a photovoltaic plant of 90 […]

December 2, 2025

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Greece to support 130 MW in agrivoltaics through tariffs

Greece aims to host a new batch of agrivoltaics, based on a bill of law that the Ministry of Environment and Energy submitted to Parliament. It includes subsidies. Several proposed provisions concern carbon capture and storage (CCS), energy storage and renewable energy. Among them, a goal is set for the installation of 130 MW of […]

December 2, 2025

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Montenegro drafts green hydrogen development program with 2026-2028 action plan

Montenegro has drafted a program for the development of green hydrogen with an action plan for the period 2026-2028 and a strategic environmental impact assessment report. The public discussion is underway about the draft green hydrogen development program with an action plan for the period 2026-2028 and strategic environmental assessment report. It lasts 20 days […]

December 2, 2025

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GGF ushers in new wave of energy transition investments in Western Balkans with eight deals

The Green for Growth Fund has signed a series of agreements on green lending and support for major solar power and energy storage projects throughout the Western Balkans. The new commitments, backed by an investment from KfW, will lift its green financing portfolio in the region by up to EUR 176 million. At the EU–Western […]

December 2, 2025

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Energy Community calls for nominations of PECI energy infrastructure projects

Developers of cross-border energy infrastructure investments within the Energy Community or internal ones with significant cross-border dimensions can nominate them by January 19 within the selection process for projects of Energy Community Interest (PECI). In line with the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) regulation, the mechanism is for electricity transmission and energy storage including protection, […]

December 2, 2025

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Nearly 9 in 10 citizens in Serbia call for deposit return system – survey

Almost 90% of citizens in Serbia support the introduction of a deposit return scheme, according to a survey conducted by Every Can Counts. It is also the highest level of support among all 16 countries where the poll was conducted. The report titled Global Recycling Habits and Attitudes 2025, based on the survey’s results, represents […]

December 2, 2025

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Rio Tinto halts lithium mining project Jadar in Serbia

Rio Tinto has suspended its lithium mining project Jadar in Serbia, Bloomberg learned from the company’s internal documents. The suspension of the Jadar project, valued at USD 2.95 billion, is among the first decisions of Rio Tinto’s new CEO Simon Trott. Bloomberg wrote that it saw an internal company memo revealing that the investment in […]

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