Oze Grup has built a 49 MW photovoltaic facility with a 34 MWh battery storage system southwest of Ankara. It is the first such hybrid power plant in Turkey. Energy storage systems are indispensable for grid security and price stability, according to...
Slovenia’s road management firm Družba za Avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji has installed a solar power plant on a noise barrier alongside a highway. It is the first such photovoltaic system in the country. Družba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji (DA...
Montenegro’s Elektroprivreda Crne Gore signed a contract today with Vigoris Ecotech for the construction of the Otilovići small hydropower plant near Pljevlja, in the northern part of the country. The agreement between state-owned power utility Elekt...
State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) and the Central Bosnia Canton have signed a concession agreement for the Vlašić wind farm near Travnik, along with annexes to the concession agreements for solar power plants Grača...
The first landfill gas power plant in the Western Balkans is in test operation, at the Možura landfill in Montenegro. The eponymous, municipally-owned operator has issued calls for maintenance and the selection of an intermediary for the sale of elec...
The Government of Croatia has adopted the Draft Bioeconomy Strategy until 2035, which foresees investments of EUR 200 million. The draft bioeconomy strategy until 2035 will provide a strategic planning framework for intensive sector development and c...
Author: Naida Hausmann, Lead of the Renewable Energy Taskforce, Energy Community Secretariat Far from being mere certificates, guarantees of origin (GOs) underpin the entire renewable energy value chain – building trust and accountability among produ...
A US company is interested in building three gas-fired power plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to Dragan Čović, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. The natural gas power plants would be connect...
North Macedonia’s National Electricity Market Operator – MEMO signed an agreement with the Slovenian BSP Energy Exchange for the provision of trading platforms and a clearing platform. The deal marked the start of work on the introduction of the intr...
New wind capacity came in at 340 MW in Greece last year, with 76 onshore turbines installed, according to the Hellenic Wind Energy Association (HWEA or ELETAEN). Installations increased by 6.4% on an annual scale and represented EUR 420 million in in...
The Energy Community Secretariat, with support from the Open Society Foundations Western Balkans, is seeking a senior-level delegated expert with a thorough understanding of renewable energy planning processes and permitting workflows to support the...
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, China reiterated its commitment to green development, in contrast to the United States, whose secretary of commerce said America should rely on oil and gas instead of pursuing a green transition and critici...
Proposals for two pumped storage hydropower plants next to each other in northern Greece received the environmental conditions. The Flampouro project is for 450 MW in both modes while Trani Rachi would be able to generate 594 MW and consume up to 600...
Croatian state-owned power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) is planning to build a 91 MW solar power plant near the city of Zadar, on the Adriatic coast. The photovoltaic facility will be slightly smaller than the 99 MW Korlat system – HEP’s la...
A US company is interested in building three gas-fired power plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to Dragan Čović, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. The natural gas power plants would be connect...