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May 27, 2025

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Decarbonization of Southeastern European region: both renewables and nuclear are speeding up

Energy transition in Southeastern Europe is accelerating, and the progress depends on individual countries’ strategies and legal frameworks. At the Belgrade Energy Forum (BEF 2025), representatives of state-owned power utilities and private producers discussed the different approaches to decarbonization. The domination of investments in renewable energy is unquestionable, but there are also ambitions to develop […]

May 19, 2025

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Hidroelectrica picks contractor for PV systems on 20 hydropower plants

Romanian state-owned hydropower plant operator Hidroelectrica signed a deal with Servelect and subcontractor Electroplus, which need to install solar panels on the roofs of 20 hydroelectric plants. They are on the middle and downstream parts of the Olt river. Combining hydropower with photovoltaics including floating solar power plants is becoming popular. The two sources are […]

May 5, 2025

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Army joins forces with municipality, energy company, road firm to install solar panels in Slovenia

The Sunčana Vipava solar power project has brought together several key stakeholders in Slovenia – state electricity producer Soške Elektrarne Nova Gorica (SENG), the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Slovenia (MORS), road management firm Družba za Avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji (DARS), and the Municipality of Vipava. The Sunčana (Sunny) Vipava project envisages installing […]

April 24, 2025

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Bulgaria grants EUR 587 million to 82 battery storage projects

Developers of 82 standalone battery storage projects in Bulgaria, for an overall 9.71 GWh in capacity, got approval for EUR 587 million in subsidies from the Ministry of Energy. Another 30 landed below the line, but the government intends to boost the program by EUR 120 million. More than four months after the deadline for […]

April 22, 2025

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Three hydropower plants on Bistrica river to be finished by end-2026

Three hydropower plants on the Bistrica river near Foča are expected to be completed by the end of 2026, according to Petar Đokić, the Minister of Energy and Mining of the Republic of Srpska, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Chinese company AVIC is in charge of building the three hydropower plants, […]

April 21, 2025

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Albania’s KESH, France’s AFD sign MoU on hydropower management, energy storage

Albania’s state-owned power company, KESH, and France’s development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), have signed a memorandum of understanding on the Drin river cascade management and advanced energy storage planning. Albania’s three biggest hydropower plants, with a combined capacity of 1.35 GW, are located on the Drin (Drim) river. The Drin cascade consists of […]

April 15, 2025

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Turkey’s renewables failing to cover power demand growth despite solar boom

Turkey switched in 2024 from a net electricity importer to net exporter, but renewables are still not growing fast enough to meet rising domestic power demand – one of the highest in the world, Ember found. The country has become Europe’s biggest coal power producer and there are plans for more such capacity. Wind and […]

April 11, 2025

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Ember: Warming’s 2024 share of global power demand rise was covered with fossil fuels

According to Ember’s new figures, renewable energy sources met almost three quarters of last year’s increase in the world’s electricity demand. Together with nuclear energy, they would have covered almost the entire jump if it wasn’t for the share attributed to the annual increase in temperatures. Looking at it the other way around, the need […]

April 10, 2025

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Court annuls environmental permits for EPBiH’s hydro projects Janjići, Vranduk

The Cantonal Court in Sarajevo overturned two decisions of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism regarding the proposed Vranduk and Janjići hydropower plants. The Janjići and Vranduk hydropower projects, with a total capacity of 36 MW, are being developed by state-owned power company Elektroprivreda BiH. The sites are on the Bosna river near the […]

April 7, 2025

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PPC plans EUR 5.8 billion makeover of Western Macedonia coal region, including data centers

Public Power Corp. (PPC) presented a EUR 5.8 billion investment plan for the coal region of Western Macedonia in northern Greece. It held the ceremony in the retired Kardia 2 lignite-fired power plant. According to PPC’s chairman and CEO George Stassis, the endeavor consists of the decommissioning of old assets and the rollout of new […]

Tag Archives: hydropower plants

Decarbonization of Southeastern European region: both renewables and nuclear are speeding up

Hidroelectrica picks contractor for PV systems on 20 hydropower plants

Army joins forces with municipality, energy company, road firm to install solar panels in Slovenia

Bulgaria grants EUR 587 million to 82 battery storage projects

Three hydropower plants on Bistrica river to be finished by end-2026

Albania’s KESH, France’s AFD sign MoU on hydropower management, energy storage

Turkey’s renewables failing to cover power demand growth despite solar boom

Ember: Warming’s 2024 share of global power demand rise was covered with fossil fuels

Court annuls environmental permits for EPBiH’s hydro projects Janjići, Vranduk

PPC plans EUR 5.8 billion makeover of Western Macedonia coal region, including data centers

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