Engie Romania, a subsidiary of French energy giant Engie, has bought a 253.1 MW wind farm project in Ialomiţa County. The wind farm, currently under construction, will double the company’s renewable energy portfolio in Romania to over 500 MW. The Ialomiţa Nord wind farm project was acquired from the Romanian subsidiary of Portugal-based Greenvolt, owned […]
The Ministry of Economy of Kosovo* invited the three prequalified entities to submit bids for a wind power auction for a targeted capacity of up to 100 MW. The authorities didn’t declare any deadline. Eight months after the prequalifications process was completed, when Minister of Economy Artane Rizvanolli said the next phase would start soon, […]
Government-controlled Kosovo Energy Corp. (KEK) launched the prequalifications call for its Solar4Kosovo photovoltaic project. The area is in the municipalities of Obiliq (Obilić) and Fushë Kosovë (Kosovo Polje), northwest of Prishtina. After more than four years of planning the project, KEK is receiving applications for the design and construction of its first solar power plant, […]
The six winners from the latest round of wind power auctions under the YEKA state support mechanism in Turkey will have at least EUR 35 per MWh guaranteed from the sale of electricity in the first six years. It was the floor price in the bidding. After it was reached for each zone, the remaining […]
Croatia has prepared a Social Climate Plan for the period 2026-2032, worth EUR 1.68 billion. It would introduce measures for the buildings and road transport sectors aimed at supporting households and small businesses. The draft of Croatia’s Social Climate Plan is under public discussion, which will last until December 22. The process of adopting the […]
Several high-profile green hydrogen projects have been canceled in the past year, and major companies reduced their decarbonization ambitions, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) said in its new report. The technology is four times more expensive than production from fossil gas through steam reforming. Investments are far behind EU […]
The Serbian Law on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tax and Law on Carbon-Intensive Product Imports Tax, both at EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent, are coming into effect on January 1. It is the country’s answer to and equivalent of, respectively, the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Notably, several bylaws are still required for […]
Romania apparently achieved moderately lower prices at its additional wind power auction for contracts for difference (CfDs) than in the regular round. According to a media report, nine bids were approved, for seven proposed facilities, and the winners include OX2, Qair and Zen Energy Group. All wind farm projects in Romania that obtained the right […]
GE Vernova said it would start the delivery in 2026 of 42 of its 6.1 MW-158m wind turbines to Greenvolt for the Gurbănești project near Bucharest. Together with the recent order for the nearby Ialomiţa wind farm, the Portugal-based firm secured half a gigawatt in capacity. Greenvolt is nearing the launch of construction of two […]
Investors in photovoltaic projects were mostly willing to pay large sums at Turkey’s latest YEKA auction to secure a minimum guaranteed price for five years, followed by 20-year power purchase agreements. The government earned EUR 84.8 million overall from the secondary bidding for 650 MW, split into six areas. One zone is for a floating […]