The Urleasca wind farm in Brăila county in eastern Romania is complete, contractor CJR Renewables said. The 102 MW facility owned by BIG Mega Renewable Energy will generate an estimated 277 GWh. Wind power investments are returning to full speed in Romania, following a decade-long break and a stellar expansion in the photovoltaics segment over […]
Karatzis Group of Companies and Metlen are establishing a joint venture for a standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) of 330 MW and 790 MWh. It is the biggest project in Greece so far and one of the biggest in Europe. Metlen said it is entering into a new strategic partnership in Greece with Karatzis […]
Policy changes in the United States introduced by the administration of President Donald Trump will have only a marginal impact on the global energy transition, according to the latest Energy Transition Outlook, produced by DNV. Norwegian consulting firm DNV pointed out in a report that energy use by artificial intelligence may seem alarming, but that […]
Executive Director of Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) Valentin Nikolov hinted that the country would opt for the alternative electricity corridor to the Caucasus, via Turkey, if the proposed interconnector under the Black Sea doesn’t include a direct link to the Bulgarian grid. Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria formalized an initiative in April for an electricity […]
Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation and the World Bank signed a USD 750 million loan agreement. A USD 750 million loan will be used for the Transforming Power Transmission System Project. It would make the country’s energy future more reliable and efficient, Turkey’s transmission system operator (TSO) TEİAŞ said. The agreement was signed in Istanbul vby […]
Indian company ChemVolt Global and ElevenEs, based in Serbia, established a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of battery energy storage systems (BESS), lithium-ion cell manufacturing, and electric vehicle (EV) battery pack supply across India. ChemVolt Global is a clean energy and storage solutions company and ElevenEs develops lithium-ion battery cell technology. The collaboration combines […]
Serbian transmission system operator (TSO) Elektromreža Srbije (EMS) and Montenegrin TSO CGES agreed that each would become the owner of the parts of overhead transmission lines on its country’s territory, and signed a contract. EMS and CGES signed a contract on the purchase of electricity infrastructure. The two state-owned TSOs said it is the confirmation […]
The Dušan Jerković Primary School in Ruma is the first school in the Srem (Syrmia) region, in Serbia’s north, with a solar power plant installed on its roof, and it is in the process of obtaining the prosumer status. The project was implemented in cooperation with the Elektropionir energy cooperative and funded by German Development […]
Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards, is publishing the three winning articles. The Energy Community Secretariat organized the contest in collaboration with Bankwatch, CAN Europe, the CLEW Network, and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office. The aim is to promote young adults set to shape the climate, […]
Romanian state-owned power utility Hidroelectrica will install storage on all its run-of-river hydropower plants, to be able to switch the supply of surplus electricity to the evening peak, according to interim CEO Bogdan Nicolae Badea. Hybrid power plants are all the rage. Two- and even three-way combinations between batteries and solar and wind power plants […]