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 […]
Italy-based Alerion Clean Power has obtained all permits for three wind farms in Romania. All the sites, for a combined 336 MW, are in Constanța county, the country’s wind power hub, and in a small area swarming with renewable energy projects. When Alerion struck a deal with Monsson Alma for three wind power projects in […]
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 […]
Wind farm project developers in Romania can bid by November 24 for state aid in the form of contracts for difference (CfDs). The call was issued for an additional auction, for 290 MW, after the regular round was completed with more than a third of the quota remaining unallocated. The Ministry of Energy of Romania […]
Renewable energy company Sany International (Singapore) has completed the acquisition of a project for a solar power plant of 95 MW in peak capacity combined with 218 MWh in battery storage. The location is in Romania’s Dolj county. SANY Renewable Energy signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) and contracts for difference (CfD) earlier this year in […]
In the first eight months of this year, Albania added two solar power plants of an overall 150 MW and a hydropower facility of 48.9 MW to its transmission grid. Hydropower plants account for almost all electricity production in Albania, but the share of photovoltaics is gradually growing. Several major solar parks already online – […]
Turceni is dependent on the local coal power plant, so the municipal authority is turning to agrivoltaics, energy storage and green hydrogen to replace it. The small town in southwestern Romania is kickstarting a EUR 380 million project. The coal plant in Turceni used to be one of the biggest in Europe, at 2.3 GW. Located […]
Principia built its first battery system in just six months. The Themelio facility in Chalkidiki in northern Greece, with 49 MW in operating power, will help reduce curtailments from wind and solar power plants and contribute to grid stability. One of the first standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Greece is coming online in […]