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/1st April 2021, EBRD, Serbian Ministry of Mining and Energy, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mining and Energy Prof. Zorana Mihajlovic talked at the end of March 2021 with the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odil Rene-Baso, who is on a virtual visit to Serbia, and on that occasion signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and EBRD, which aims to provide a framework for cooperation with the aim of improving air quality, promoting the use of renewable energy sources for…

/22nd March 2020, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The current levels of dependence on fossil fuels, the need of reducing the carbon emissions associated with energy use and the prospects of developing a new and highly innovative European technology sector make distributed solar photovoltaic energy generation increasingly attractive. To understand how we may unlock the self-generation potential, the analysis Europe Net Metering and Self-Consumption Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Market Outlook 2021 – 2030 has been conducted with primary research, interviews, first-class sources of information, case studies and desk research. Based on our findings, the…

/15th March 2021, SolarPower Europe/ Join us for the second digital edition of the SolarPower Summit! The year 2021 is not just “any year”. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, European economies and industrial sectors have been under extreme pressure, and the lives of all Europeans have changed profoundly. The European Recovery Plan adopted by EU Member States in July 2020 aimed not only to mitigate the devastating impacts of the pandemic, but to seize a historic opportunity to revive our economies and industries, placing the fight against climate change at the heart…

/11th March 2021, Trina Solar/ Trina Solar Co., Ltd., a leading global solar photovoltaic (PV) and smart energy total solution provider, today officially unveiled a new generation of ultra-high power Vertex modules with a single panel power of up to 670W. The series has obtained the IEC certification from TÜV Rheinland after passing complete reliability tests, and realized mass production. This marks an even higher milestone in the PV 6.0 era and demonstrates that 600W+ is unstoppable in the future.

/3rd March 2021, SolarPower Europe/ SolarPower Europe and EIT InnoEnergy launched the European Solar Initiative (ESI), with the support of EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, and French Minister Delegate for Industry Agnès Pannier-Runacher. The ESI aims to accelerate Europe’s climate agenda and economic recovery, contributing to the delivery of the European Green Deal’s objectives.

/25th February 2021, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ This is the first-ever made thorough and detailed market report, which offers an incisive and reliable overview of the wind energy sector of Bulgaria for the next long term period 2020 ÷ 2030. The number of fully permitted and ready to build projects is promptly increasing. This study is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the economics and regulation of the industry.

/28th January 2021, Vanora Bennett, EBRD, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The Organisations behind the Platform Initiative in Support of Coal Regions in Transition in Western Balkans and Ukraine agreed to join efforts to support the transition away from coal and towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient future in the Western Balkans and Ukraine. Participants including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),World Bank Group, the College of Europe (Natolin campus), the Energy Community Secretariat, the European Commission and the government of Poland kicked off discussions on how to support the regions in phasing out…

/12th January 2021, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ This is the first-ever made a thorough and detailed market report, which offers an incisive and reliable overview of the wind energy sector of Central East Europe (CEE) and South-East Europe (SEE) countries for the next long term period 2020 ÷ 2030. The number of fully permitted and ready to build projects is promptly increasing. This study is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the economics and regulation of the industry. The small wind market segment for turbines below 500 KW in many countries…

/23rd December 2020, STEAG, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The German company STEAG sells its Romanian onshore Wind Farm Crucea to the Romanian producer of renewable energies Hidroelectrica. This has to be seen in connection with the strategic realignment of STEAG, concerning the new company’s strategy to focus on the French wind energy market. STEAG currently operates wind farms in both France and Germany.