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Montenegro scraps first solar auction and prepares new renewables tender for 2026

Montenegro’s Ministry of Energy has annulled its first auction for solar power market premiums after all submitted bids failed to meet legal and procedural requirements. The tender, launched last year, was cancelled because applications contained outdated documentation, were not aligned with spatial planning rules or did not satisfy grid connection eligibility criteria. The authorities now […]

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Europe’s renewable surge: Spain and Italy set new January records as solar and wind trends diverge

During the week of January 5, solar photovoltaic production increased strongly in the Iberian Peninsula, while most central European markets recorded declines. Spain showed the largest growth, with production rising by 39%, whereas Portugal followed with a more moderate increase of 16%. In contrast, Italy, Germany and France all experienced downturns in output. After two

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From power plants to platforms: Renewable business models in Southeast Europe

By 2025, the renewable electricity sector in Southeast Europe completed a transition that had been underway for nearly a decade but was often misunderstood while it was happening. Wind farms, solar parks and hydro plants ceased to function primarily as isolated production assets and began operating as integrated platforms. This shift did not occur because of

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Renewable energy producers in Serbia in 2025: Costs, cash flows and return dynamics 

Serbia’s renewable energy sector in 2025 stands at an inflection point: coming off years of modest growth, the sector has entered a phase of rapid capacity expansion, evolving ownership structures, and intensifying investment flows. Large-scale hydroelectric assets remain foundational to the country’s power mix, while wind and solar are emerging as the principal vehicles for new private

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Why EPS ceded coal landfills to foreign JV partners instead of building solar and storage alone

The decision by power utility EPS to open its coal ash landfills, overburden dumps and degraded mining land to foreign joint-venture partners for solar and battery storage projects looks puzzling at first glance. EPS owns the land, controls grid access, understands the system better than any private player, and in theory enjoys implicit sovereign backing. In

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Bulgaria hits a renewable milestone: Solar, wind and hydro surpass coal in electricity generation

Bulgaria’s electricity sector reached a historic milestone in 2025, as renewable energy sources became the country’s second-largest producer of electricity, surpassed only by nuclear power. For the first time, combined generation from solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, and waste exceeded output from coal-fired plants, signaling that the energy transition has moved from concept to reality. Data

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EU solar surges in 2025: Record growth highlights need for flexibility amid stagnant demand

Last year marked a turning point for solar power in the European Union, according to data from Eurelectric. Electricity generation from solar installations surged to more than 340 TWh, lifting solar’s share in the EU energy mix to a record 12.5 % and contributing to a reduction of overall emissions to around 45 % of

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From megawatts to market: Owner’s Engineer ensures successful delivery of solar and wind projects in Serbia

Large-scale solar and wind projects in Serbia have fully transitioned into a phase where execution governance, statutory supervision, health-and-safety control, land management and post-commissioning performance assurance are decisive for investor outcomes. In this environment, the Owner’s Engineer acting as Employer’s Representative is no longer a technical layer sitting alongside construction, but the institutional backbone through which legal compliance, construction supervision, lender confidence and

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Serbia: Noćaj 1 solar project breaks ground with 90 MW solar and 36 MWh battery storage

One of Serbia’s largest solar projects is moving from planning to implementation, as contracts signed in early 2026 have paved the way for construction near Sremska Mitrovica. The Noćaj 1 project has formally entered its build-out stage following the conclusion of a comprehensive EPC agreement. Turkish company Kontrolmatik has been selected to design, supply and

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Solar as the new balancing power: How pv output in 2025 is reshaping energy saldos and flexibility economics in south-east europe

By 2025 solar photovoltaic generation has firmly graduated from niche to structural in the South-East European energy mix. Across the region, PV now produces measurable terawatt-hour volumes, depresses midday prices, reshapes import/export saldos and dramatically increases the need for balancing energy as grids adjust to steeper intraday swings. The story is not uniform by country,

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