Balkan Green Energy News

The Government of Serbia was quick to officially reinstate Rio Tinto's controversial project Jadar for a #lithium mine and processing plant, after the country's top court said its abolishment was unconstitutional.

#Renewables capacity in the world grew 14% last year, according to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s updated statistical yearbook. It stressed that a 16.4% rate is necessary to increase the total by three times by 2030 and fulfill the goal agreed at COP28. IRENA's Director-General Francesco La Camera warned against complacency and pointed to ongoing patterns of concentration in geography.

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Record high temperatures across Southeast Europe, reaching 40 degrees Celsius for several days in a row, bolstered the consumption of #electricity. But according to experts, it isn’t the main cause of the high prices on power exchanges, increased by 50% to 170%.

Serbia digitalized 27 permitting services in the energy sector, primarily for #renewables. In addition, it took a EUR 30 million loan from the EBRD for #EnergyEfficiency or, in particular, the introduction of renewables in #DistrictHeating. Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic and President of EBRD Odile Renaud-Basso signed an agreement on a EUR 2.35 million grant for technical assistance to the Administration for the Financing and Promotion of Energy Efficiency.

The Constitutional Court of Serbia declared unconstitutional and unlawful a government decree from 2022 that annulled the local spatial plan for  Rio Tinto's project for a #lithium mine and processing plant.

Albania awarded 283.9 MW at a #SolarPower auction to eight consortiums. The lowest offer was EUR 39.7 per MWh, against a starting level of EUR 59.97 per MWh.

The headcount at KKR's ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 #coal-fired power plant in Bulgaria is dropping to just 35 people as #electricity prices in the market are too low to operate profitably. 

Due to the current curtailments of renewable electricity plants in Greece, #batteries #BESS can operate in the market without subsidies, according to Minister of Environment and Energy Thodoros Skylakakis.

Seven people were arrested and criminally charged in Loznica in western Serbia at a protest against Rio Tinto's Jadar project for a #lithium mine and processing plant. They expect the Supreme Court will reinstate the spatial plan, which the government abolished in 2022.