Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy started developing their third floating wind power project offshore Italy and said it would have 675 MW in capacity. The emerging technology enables the installation of turbines in deep waters as they don’t have fixed foundations.
Italy is experiencing a floating wind energy boom when it comes to project development. The Ministry of Ecological Transition…
The company Greenco Ecopark based in Novi Sad plans to build a photovoltaic facility with a capacity of 80 megawatts (MW) in Kikinda city territory.
Greenco Ecopark will install a solar power plant in the area of the village Sajan on 150 hectares of uncultivated land…
A local company from BiH Eco-Wat intends to install a 150 MW solar park near Stolac in the Herzegovina region. It is the biggest photovoltaic facility in the making in official procedure in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The documentation in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism…
Greece gets EU nod for state aid for Amfilochia plant, renewables in islands
December 25, 2021
Greece will support Terna Energy with EUR 250 million in the construction of the Amfilochia pumped storage hydropower plant, while the government earmarked EUR 1.4 billion for the development of renewable electricity in non-interconnected islands.
The European Commission has approved, under the European Union’s state aid rules, Greece’s plan to provide Terna Energy with a grant and annual…
Solar power plant to be built at former Trbovlje-Hrastnik coal mine in Slovenia
December 25, 2021
Solar power plant Blate is planned to have a peak capacity of 1.5 MW. It means it would be among the largest in Slovenia, according to Rudis, the company that is about to install it at the site of the former Trbovlje-Hrastnik coal mine.
In its spatial plan, the Municipality…
EU greenlights state aid regulations including CfDs, partly allows gas projects
December 25, 2021
The European Commission accepted the new Guidelines on State Aid for Climate, Environmental Protection and Energy. Projects with government support need to be aligned with the decarbonization goals, with some exceptions for gas. The document enables member states to…
The Hornsea 2 wind power plant, located off the United Kingdom’s east coast, started delivering electricity to the mainland. When fully operational, the facility will have a capacity of 1.3 GW, or 2.5 GW together with Hornsea 1, currently the world’s biggest offshore wind farm.
The world’s largest offshore alternating current (AC) substation and a reactive compensation station (RCS) were…
Renewables AERS determines maximum premiums for wind farm auctions in Serbia
November 26, 2021
The maximum purchase price for electricity produced in wind power plants will be 5.57 eurocents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) announced. It is the price ceiling for auctions, and the bidders will give their lowest possible…
Renewables Greek EUR 2.27 billion aid scheme for renewables approved by EU
November 26, 2021
The EU gave a green light for Greece’s EUR 2.27 billion aid scheme for renewables. The first tender, for 600 MW, is planned for March, and 1 GW should be awarded overall in the auctions planned for 2022.
The European Commission has approved, under the European Union’s…
The Government of North Macedonia declared a photovoltaic project under development by Akuo Energy a strategic investment. It said the facility would have a capacity of 350 MW to 400 MW and that it would be worth EUR 270 million.
Akuo Energy SAS, based in Paris, intends to build solar park Stipion in North Macedonia via a local firm called Ostro Solar from Skopje, the government said as it awarded…