Since last year, there is more electricity generation capacity in private ownership in Albania than in the system under state-controlled utility KESH. Growth in the solar power segment is the biggest factor for the switch. Its share of capacity has reached 10%. Government-owned KESH in Albania lost its monopoly in electricity production in 2007 with […]
Croatia is investing only half as much in the electricity network as Slovenia and Austria, said Managing Director of North-West Croatia Regional Energy and Climate Agency (REGEA) Julije Domac. He warned that without an acceleration in grid investments, there are no renewable sources and no energy transition. Croatia is about to overcome one of the […]
Renewable energy company Sany International (Singapore) has completed the acquisition of a project for a solar power plant of 95 MW in peak capacity combined with 218 MWh in battery storage. The location is in Romania’s Dolj county. SANY Renewable Energy signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) and contracts for difference (CfD) earlier this year in […]
In the first eight months of this year, Albania added two solar power plants of an overall 150 MW and a hydropower facility of 48.9 MW to its transmission grid. Hydropower plants account for almost all electricity production in Albania, but the share of photovoltaics is gradually growing. Several major solar parks already online – […]
Turceni is dependent on the local coal power plant, so the municipal authority is turning to agrivoltaics, energy storage and green hydrogen to replace it. The small town in southwestern Romania is kickstarting a EUR 380 million project. The coal plant in Turceni used to be one of the biggest in Europe, at 2.3 GW. Located […]
Vienna-based Renalfa IPP commissioned a 65 MW / 260 MWh battery energy storage system within its hybrid power plant project in Tenevo. Also in Bulgaria, the joint venture expanded its Kaolinovo solar power plant to 33 MW and added a BESS of 33 MW in operating power and 110 MWh in capacity. One of the […]
Telecommunications operator Türk Telekom has inaugurated the first part of a solar power plant of 128 MW in peak capacity. The facility in Sivas province in Central Anatolia is one of the company’s three planned photovoltaic systems, totaling 530 MW. Solar power, affordable and easy to install, is cost-effective for nearly all social and economic […]
Policy changes in the United States introduced by the administration of President Donald Trump will have only a marginal impact on the global energy transition, according to the latest Energy Transition Outlook, produced by DNV. Norwegian consulting firm DNV pointed out in a report that energy use by artificial intelligence may seem alarming, but that […]
Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards, is publishing the three winning articles. The Energy Community Secretariat organized the contest in collaboration with Bankwatch, CAN Europe, the CLEW Network, and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office. The aim is to promote young adults set to shape the climate, […]
Econergy agreed to buy out Nofar’s 50% stake in the 155 MW Rătești photovoltaic plant, the largest in Romania. The next step is to add a 120 MW battery energy storage system. Econergy Renewable Energy said its subsidiary Econergy International, in which it holds 75.2%, has signed an agreement with Nofar Energy to acquire the […]
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