Romania is drafting legislation that would enable granting concessions for the construction of renewable energy plants on unproductive and degraded state-owned agricultural land. The initiative aims to establish fast-track areas for renewable energy...
Semi-transparent solar systems are often presented as innovative and aesthetically appealing solutions. However, scientists from Spain warn that they are economically viable only up to a certain level of transparency. Levels above 50% have significan...
A standalone battery energy storage system of 202 MW and 500 MWh is fully operational and actively participating in Bulgaria’s day-ahead and intraday electricity markets. ContourGlobal built it at its Maritsa East 3 coal plant, using the grid connect...
Munir Hassan and Thomas Hamerl, partners in CMS’s world-leading energy practice, discussed the most significant developments in the renewable energy market for 2026 with Balkan Green Energy News. There is great potential for early movers in the segme...
WindEurope’s new Chief Executive Officer Tinne Van der Straeten, member of the Chamber of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Belgium and the country’s former minister of energy, will assume office on February 2. She is replacing Giles Dicks...
Greece is expected to reach its 2030 goal early in solar installations, according to SolarPower Europe’s latest data. The association expects Greece to achieve the goal of 13.5 GW this year. By the end of the decade, there will be 21.5 GW in installe...
Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku promoted CWP Europe’s wind power project Tropoja of 600 MW. After receiving the ministry’s preliminary approval at the event, the c...
As battery energy storage systems (BESS) move from pilot projects to core infrastructure across Europe, the conversation is changing. Technology and costs still matter, but for investors and lenders the decisive question is increasingly financial: ho...
The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission of has proposed its amendments to Bulgaria’s electricity trading rules. The changes aim to align electricity trading rules with recent updates to the country’s Energy Act and a legal and operational framewor...
Volue’s new Chief Executive Officer Stephan Sieber is responsible for the expansion and transformation ahead, to unleash the company’s expertise across data and forecasting, trading, optimization and planning, and grid operations. “Volue turns comple...
Hidroelectrica’s battery energy storage system (BESS) of 36 MW and 72 MWh, co-located with its Crucea Nord wind park in Romania’s southeast, is on track to come online more than a year earlier than initially planned. The future energy hub around the...
Slovenia will purchase renewable energy from Croatia through a statistical transfer to meet its 2024 renewable energy target. A statistical transfer is allowed at the European Union to help member states meet their national renewable energy targets....
Today, the construction industry is at the crossroads between tradition and transformation. Accounting for approximately 40% of the global energy consumption and for more than 35% of the overall CO₂ emissions, this sector has a huge potential, as wel...
As battery energy storage systems (BESS) move from pilot projects to core infrastructure across Europe, the conversation is changing. Technology and costs still matter, but for investors and lenders the decisive question is increasingly financial: ho...
The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission of has proposed its amendments to Bulgaria’s electricity trading rules. The changes aim to align electricity trading rules with recent updates to the country’s Energy Act and a legal and operational framewor...