Electricity capacity in Turkey reached 122 GW in 2025, of which 62% was from renewable sources, according to the SHURA Energy Transition Center. Photovoltaics grew by 4.9 GW, compared to 1.7 GW in the wind power segment. Renewables made up 99% of the net additions, amounting to 6.3 GW, the think tank calculated. This year, […]
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 segments of battery storage and ancillary services, according to Munir Hassan, global head of the energy and climate […]
Turkey will launch a national carbon trade market, sign intergovernmental agreements on large-scale renewable energy projects and connect 2,000 MW of energy storage to the grid in 2026. These moves will be accompanied by the historic start of electricity production at the country’s first nuclear power plant Akkuyu, and a doubling of domestic natural gas […]
Slovenia and France have signed a declaration on cooperation in the nuclear energy sector. The document was signed during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Slovenia. Slovenia has been developing a project to build a new unit at the Krško nuclear power plant for several years. In early September, the project’s developer, GEN Energija, said […]
CEO of Slovenian state-owned energy utility GEN energija Dejan Paravan has resigned. According to a news report, he is joining NGEN, but the company still didn’t comment on the speculation. GEN energija, which is developing a project for Slovenia’s second nuclear power plant, is about to appoint a new CEO. After necenzurirano.si reported that Dejan Paravan, the […]
Bulgaria should discuss the possibility of installing small modular reactors on its territory with companies developing the technology, according to Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov. In his view, it is a logical step after the country signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States on nuclear energy and assistance in preliminary studies. Minister of […]
Serbian authorities and Rosatom have begun talks on the nuclear power plant construction project, according to the Ambassador of Serbia to Russia Momčilo Babić. Serbia recently completed the preliminary technical study on the peaceful use of nuclear energy in the country. However, the country is still a long way away from the potential construction of […]
Slovenian authorities denied a report that they sent Croatia an offer for the joint construction of the Krško 2 nuclear power plant. Earlier, Croatian Novi List reported that Slovenia has sent Croatia an official proposal to build a new unit in the existing nuclear power plant Krško. The model is far less favorable for Croatia […]
Croatia is considering the possibility of building a nuclear power plant on its territory, according to Minister of Economy Ante Šušnjar. Experts will decide whether it will be small modular reactors (SMRs) or a conventional nuclear power plant, Ante Šušnjar stressed, as quoted by Novi List. He opined that building a nuclear power plant is […]
An international consortium led by South Korean state-owned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has launched an overhaul of a reactor at Romania’s only nuclear power plant, Cernavodă. The refurbishment will extend the operating life of Cernavodă’s Unit 1 by 30 years. The reactor, with a capacity of around 700 MW, has been in […]
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