The City of Pirot plans to build a solar power plant on the site of a former unsanitary landfill when it is remediated. The move would strengthen its leadership position in Serbia regarding the use of renewable energy and environmental protection. In 2013, Pirot opened a regional sanitary landfill, which cost EUR 11 million. It […]
A firm recently established by Turkish and Romanian investors has launched a public-private partnership with the local authority in Târgu Lăpuș in northern Transylvania. They are planning a hybrid power plant worth EUR 100 million. A public-private partnership in the making in northern Romania is aimed at building a 200 MW photovoltaic plant, the largest […]
Bulgarian solar power plant operator Sunterra RE added co-located energy storage to its operational portfolio. The company’s three photovoltaic systems, with 524 MW in combined peak capacity, now also have batteries of 156 MW and 312 MWh in total. With the ongoing solar boom in Bulgaria, investors have lately also been rushing to set up […]
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, […]
Osijek has reached a 57.92% waste separation rate in 2024, the highest score among the four largest cities in the country. Osijek, with a share of 57.92% of separately collected waste, is again the best among large cities in Croatia, according to Mayor Ivan Radić. Because of the achievement, he visited the employees of the […]
The Ministry of Finance of Serbia launched public consultations on the draft Law on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tax and Law on Carbon-Intensive Product Imports Tax, both at EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent. On January 1, importers of electricity, cement, iron and steel, aluminum, hydrogen and fertilizers to the European Union will start paying […]
Croatian shipbuilding company Brodosplit has manufactured steel structures for the floating foundations of an offshore wind farm in one of the first such pilot projects in France. The site for the EolMed project is approximately 18 kilometers from the coastal town of Gruissan in the Occitanie region of southern France. Qair is leading the consortium, […]
Featuring a series of expert-led presentations and panel discussions, the second edition of the annual CEE Energy Conference, taking place in London on October 7, will explore the rapid evolution of the energy sector in Central and Southeast Europe. CEE Energy Conference 2025: From Generation to Stability – Accelerating the Energy Transition in CEE is […]
Biodiversity is declining and water stress is affecting one third of Europe’s population and territory, while the frequency and magnitude of climate-related disasters are increasing. In short, this is the message from the report Europe’s Environment 2025. Europe’s Environment 2025 is the most comprehensive analysis on the current state and outlook for the continent’s environment, […]
Croatia’s power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda intends to install 90 solar power plants on its facilities across Croatia. HEP ESCO, a subsidiary of Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP), has launched a public procurement for the installation of 90 photovoltaic plants under a design-and-build model and on a turnkey basis. The firm develops, implements, and finances energy efficiency projects […]