A grid-forming battery energy storage system of 3 MW was put into trial operation at the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos. The project is part of the green energy transition of the monastic republic in northern Greece. The Sacred Patriarchal and Sta...
Denmark-based renewable energy company Eurowind Energy has announced plans to develop a 220 MW solar park in Romania in an investment valued at EUR 174.8 million. It would be its largest solar park in Romania and one of the biggest in the country. In...
The reservoir of state-owned Electricity Generation Corp.’s Demirköprü hydropower plant is the first proposed area for Turkey’s planned floating solar power auction. The YEKA support mechanism provides grid permits for several decades and a period wi...
The largest floating solar power plant in Europe, named Les Ilots Blandin, has officially begun operation in France. With a total capacity of 74.3 MW, the facility is located in the Haute-Marne department, on the site of former gravel pits, and is ex...
MAVIR, the Hungarian electricity transmission system operator (TSO), put into operation a battery energy storage system, BESS, of 20 MW in capability and a three-hour cycle. It will help grid security and the integration of renewable energy sources....
The Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency’s exploratory activities at a preliminary exploration site in Velika Gorica have confirmed significant geothermal potential. The output from this single geothermal well could meet nearly 60% of the thermal energy needs...
State institutions, companies, organizations, and individuals have until August 6 to deliver their suggestions and comments about the draft National Energy and Climate Plan of Montenegro. It sets the provisional date for taking the Pljevlja coal powe...
A solar power plant in Romania’s northwest is on schedule to be connected to the grid in the fourth quarter of this year. The 54.1 MW facility in Chișineu-Criș features LONGi Solar’s back contact or BC modules, with an efficiency of 24.8%. It is the...
Serbia’s natural gas transmission system operator, Transportgas Srbija, has invited bids for the preparation of a study on the technical feasibility of transporting hydrogen through the gas network. The study should assess the quantities of hydrogen...
Battery energy storage is becoming increasingly central to the energy transition in Southeast Europe and beyond, thanks to its key role in enabling renewables integration while ensuring grid flexibility and resilience. However, as battery energy stor...
Montenegro’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) plans to take out a EUR 25.6 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance the second phase of the Gvozd wind farm project, with an ins...
Fortis Energy received approval from the Albanian government for the construction of a 62 MW solar power plant in the country’s southeast. It is allowed to operate the facility for 49 years since the entry of the decision into force. Turkey-based For...
Slovenia-based Bisol Group, the largest manufacturer of European-made solar modules, plans to build a new factory in an investment estimated at EUR 32.3 million. The facility in Murska Sobota in northeastern Slovenia is expected to triple Bisol’s ann...
Romanian state-owned hydropower plant operator Hidroelectrica picked the contractor for a 10 MW floating solar power plant, its first, on the reservoir of the Ipotești hydroelectric plant. Hidroelectrica awarded the contract for the construction of t...
A Swiss telecom service provider converted unused satellite dishes into solar dishes, powering its data center’s rising energy needs. Smart energy tech firm SolarEdge provided its DC-optimized inverter solution, overcoming the challenge of shading. C...