REM - Renewable Energy

Georgia to develop wind farms with 350MW of installed capacity by 2021

RWE enters Polish offshore wind development race

Serbia to invest €1bn to meet EU’s environmental protection standards

Serbia's ultimate goal is to make all its energy facilities compliant with EU environmental standards, as it aims to join the bloc by 2025.

EBRD considers allocating up to $190mn in green financing to Lebanese banks

EBRD provides up to €1mn loan Procredit Bank Macedonia to support green economy

Enel Russia sells its biggest coal-burning power station as it goes green

Russia’s biggest foreign-owned utilities company has finally sold its Reftinskaya power station for an undisclosed amount as part of its efforts to “go green” as well as become more profitable.

UAE’s Masdar confirms it won bid for 100 MW solar power project in Uzbekistan

Polish power giant PGE starts offshore wind talks with Denmark’s Orsted

Solar power ‘to save Turkey up to $18bn over next three decades’

Wind lobby argues against tariff barriers

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has called for trade barriers that hurt wind turbine exports to be slashed, arguing that tariff walls could hinder global attempts to mitigate climate change.

Sydney goes green as Australia dithers

Sydney City Council has put forward ambitious A$60m ($41.2) plans to become 100% green and use wind and solar power at all its properties by 2020.

Green expansion cannot keep pace with emissions, demand growth

The IEA has raised its five-year green energy expansion forecast to 50%, although this is not enough to rein in emissions

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy announces cooperation with richest Pole on small modular reactor for Synthos

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has signed an agreement with Poland’s chemical giant Synthos, owned by the richest Pole Michal Solowow, on the potential construction of a small modular reactor.

Ukraine expects to more than double its renewable capacity in 2019

Ukraine has already been investing heavily in the renewable sector, and the goal of the government's renewable energy strategy is to reach 25% renewables by 2023.

Montenegro’s EPCG to invest €700mn in renewable energy, upgrade of facilities

Central Asia’s electricity network – underpowered and fragmented

Power planners were left with major headaches when the demise of the Soviet Union caused all Central Asian Power System (CAPS) member states to scramble to remake their grids along national lines. However, pan-region ideas are now back in fashion.

Uzbekistan and IFC sign mandate on development of 900 MW of solar power

North Macedonia receives 44 bids for 27 MW solar plants on private land

Russia could ban foreign companies from renewable energy engineering

EBRD considers investing $60mn in Egypt’s Infinity Energy

Turkey has invested over $16bn in renewables in five years says energy minister

Croatia’s HEP building 58MW wind farm

Chinese solar power developer ReneSola sells 55 MW of Polish solar capacity to Aberdeen Standard Investments

Uzbekistan announces winner in first ever competitive auction for solar power public-private partnership

Hungary utility-scale solar capacity reaches 1.1GW

Hungary can rely on two energy sources, nuclear and solar energy to meet the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement, said President Janos Ader recently.