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Enery Completes Growth Facility with Rivage Investment and Kommunalkredit
Enery, a leading green independent power producer in the CEE region, is pleased to announce the successful placement of a medium-term growth facility with Rivage Investment and Kommunalkredit Austria AG. The facility proceeds will be directed towards the implementation of Enery’s near-term greenfield and M&A pipeline of solar PV, onshore wind, hydro, and BESS projects…
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Moldova increases RES capacities
The Government of Moldova reconfirmed today the intention to promote the use of energy from renewable sources by extending the application period and increasing the capacities allocated to support mechanisms. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the draft decision on capacity limits, maximum quotas and capacity categories in the field of electricity from renewable sources, valid…
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Finnish Olana Energy set to develop BESS project in Lithuania
Finnish IPP Olana Energy Oy has made a final investment decision (FID) for a grid-connected energy storage project in Šalčininkai, Lithuania. The 70 MW / 140 MWh energy storage project (BESS) will be one of the largest in the Baltic region and marks Olana Energy’s first step into the Lithuanian market. The target date for…
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Wärtsilä completes first-of-its-kind integrated explosion control system tests
Technology group Wärtsilä has successfully completed large-scale testing of its proprietary Active Ignition Mitigation System (AIMS). AIMS is engineered to mitigate potential flammable gas build-up during an abnormal thermal scenario within battery energy storage systems (BESS). With this milestone, Wärtsilä becomes one of the first BESS integrators to demonstrate the effectiveness of an integrated explosion…
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Zelestra and BKW sign innovative long-term BESS tolling agreement
Zelestra, a global, multi-technology, customer-focused renewable energy company, has signed a long-term tolling agreement with BKW, a leading energy and infrastructure company based in Switzerland, to deliver a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) – of up to 2 GWh – in the north of Italy. The agreement is a first of its kind long-term…
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Moldova’s 2025 Parliamentary Elections: A Turning Point for Energy Policy
Parliamentary elections will be held in Moldova in just over a fortnight from today – on 28 September 2025. The outcome of this election will be pivotal to country’s future, including its energy policy, security, and sovereignty. The last parliamentary election in Moldova was held on 11 July 2021, resulting in a landslide victory for…
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SHS Group and Verso Energy sign groundbreaking hydrogen contract
The SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar Group (SHS Group) with its shareholdings Dillinger (Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke), Saarstahl (Saarstahl Aktiengesellschaft) and ROGESA (ROGESA Roheisen- und Rohstoffgesellschaft Saar mbH), have concluded a long-term contract with energy company VersoEnergy for the annual supply and purchase of at least 6,000 tons of “green” hydrogen. With the conclusion of the Franco-German contract,…
