Electricity generation

BELGRADE - Electricity generated by new solar power plants will replace Serbia's costly electricity imports during the winter season, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after the signing of an agreement with a consortium between Hyundai Engineering and UGT Renewables on building self-balanced solar power plants that will ensure 1 GW of power generation capacity to Serbia.

Greece's power grid is getting greener fast, but, at the same time, is still clinging to the old fossil fuels, data show.

Indeed, the share of natural gas in power generation is still increasing.

G7 energy and climate ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting a goal in the mid-2030s, in a move hailed as significant by some environmentalists but described as "too late" by others.

A remarkable shift in Bulgaria's energy landscape has been unveiled in the latest report from the Commission for Energy and Water Regulation, submitted to the Bulgarian parliament. The data reveals a staggering increase of over 140% in electricity production from photovoltaic plants, accompanied by a significant decline in output from coal-fired power plants in the year 2023.

As a consequence of the recent cold spell gripping Bulgaria, the nation experienced a notable shift in its energy dynamics, emerging as a net importer of electricity on January 9. Despite possessing ample capacity, Bulgaria's electricity production struggles to compete in the market, leading to increased reliance on neighboring countries.

China's carbon emissions are likely to fall in 2024 because record growth in renewable energy capacity is now sufficient to cover growing demand, a new analysis finds.

China is the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter and has brushed aside calls for a more ambitious carbon neutrality target than its current 2060 goal.

Although fossil fuels, especially coal, dominated the world after the Industrial Revolution, times have changed.

Over the past 200 years, mankind has progressed far faster than ever to transform the world into an uninhabitable place for future generations, by intervening with the air, water and soil.

Turkey may produce around 2 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of power from landfill gas (LFG) if all garbage is collected and used to generate power, according to experts. This volume is equal to 5 percent of the electricity that Turkey generates from Russian gas, but is enough to meet the electricity demand of 1 million households, according to sector representatives.  

Turkey's B?S Enerji said it has halted its energy production activities due to steep fluctuations in the market and highly challenging economic conditions, in a written statement released to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Nov. 27. 

Many Turkish investors have started to dissemble gas-turbine power plants, which are no more profitable in Turkey due to the loss in Turkish Lira and lowering sector prices, and carry them abroad, mainly into Africa, according to sector representatives.

This trend may, however, put the future supply into risk, they warned.