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 […]
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 […]
Since last year, there is more electricity generation capacity in private ownership in Albania than in the system under state-controlled utility KESH. Growth in the solar power segment is the biggest factor for the switch. Its share of capacity has reached 10%. Government-owned KESH in Albania lost its monopoly in electricity production in 2007 with […]
Croatia is investing only half as much in the electricity network as Slovenia and Austria, said Managing Director of North-West Croatia Regional Energy and Climate Agency (REGEA) Julije Domac. He warned that without an acceleration in grid investments, there are no renewable sources and no energy transition. Croatia is about to overcome one of the […]
Within its OceanX platform for dual floating wind turbines, Ming Yang Smart Energy is designing a machine for 50 MW. It would be almost two times more than the currently strongest wind turbine. Manufacturers in China keep pushing the limits in renewable energy technology. Dongfang Electric installed the world’s largest wind turbine for testing just […]
Reliance on a single source or supplier is a risk of the past – the future belongs to diversified, sustainable, and safe energy solutions, Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources of North Macedonia Sanja Božinovska said at the opening of the 14th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development in Skopje. The three-day International […]
A memorandum of understanding on Italy and Montenegro’s electricity market coupling was signed in Rome. It also paves the way for the installation of the second cable of the Monita interconnector, which runs under the Adriatic Sea. Minister of Energy and Mining of Montenegro Admir Šahmanović (pictured middle) and Italian Minister of the Environment and […]