Mud-laden lignite has caused a breakdown in Serbia’s biggest thermal power plants after heavy snowfall. State-owned coal and electricity producer EPS got some of the aging units functioning again, but the country is still relying on power imports and the government is blaming the company’s management. As coal plants are becoming obsolete, renewables are Serbia’s best bet, Professor Nikola…
German solar developer to install 88.5 MW PV facility in BiH
December 25, 2021
German solar company Promondis plans to install a solar power plant with a capacity of 88.5 megawatts in the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac in the Una-Sana Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The development of the solar photovoltaic project started two years ago, and the…
Greek power network operators report surge in investments in 2021
December 25, 2021
Investments in the Greek electricity network increased substantially in 2021 in order to help the country make its energy transition with more renewables, decarbonization of the islands and a focus on consumers.
The two Greek electricity network operators increased their…
First commercial PPA in Croatia signed by wpd, Danske Commodities
December 25, 2021
Energy project developer and operator wpd and energy trader Danske Commodities signed a fixed-price commercial power purchase agreement – PPA for the Orlice wind farm in Croatia.
The very first post-feed-in commercial PPA between two non-state market participants in Croatia is about to be consumed, marking a new chapter in the energy transition of the Balkans. Under the agreement, Danske…
Hydropower plant Vau i Dejës will be turned into an integrated energy production hub, Albania’s Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku said after a solar power plant was finished at the reservoir’s dam. She pointed to the plan to add a floating solar…
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…
Kikinda to install 80 MW solar power plant
December 25, 2021
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 of the lowest quality, the City of Kikinda said and added the investment is estimated at EUR 60-70 million.
Greenco Ecopark…
Biggest solar power plant project launched in BiH
December 25, 2021
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 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…
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 of Hrastnik envisages a photovoltaic plant at Blate, on the site of a former coal mine and tailings dump in the…