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Econergy’s Parau solar park in Romania currently operates at 92 MW and is planned to expand by 310 MW in the next phase.

Econergy expands hybrid solar and storage portfolio in Romania

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The developer is integrating battery storage across its 3.3 GW Romanian PV pipeline, supported by €150 million in government funding and grid fee exemptions.

New horizons – Claritas is developing a 550 MWp solar PV portfolio in Arad County, Romania.

Claritas secures CfDs in Romania and advances battery storage in Poland

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With 169 MWp of Romanian solar and a 9 MWh Polish storage project, Claritas is strengthening its role as an independent player in Central and Eastern Europe’s clean energy transition.

Pens at the ready to secure €315 million for renewable energy in Central and Eastern Europe

EBRD leads €315 million HoldCo financing for Renalfa

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A joint venture between Vienna‑based Renalfa Solarpro Group and French fund manager RGREEN INVEST has secured €315 million in HoldCo financing, led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

PV projects benefit from falling prices in Romania’s second CfD auction.

Solar dominates Romania’s second CfD auction

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A total of 2.7 GW was allocated as solar bids dropped to €35/MWh. VLP supported seven winners in a round that underscored strong investor appetite.

A gleaming field of energy – the CEF Chișineu-Criș solar park is situated in the vast flat Arad Plain in western Romania.

Longi delivers Hi-MO 9 modules for 54 MW project in Romania

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Retail property group NEPI Rockcastle is using its latest solar project to boost the green energy supply for its shopping centres across Romania.

The second auction round for renewables has opened in Romania, with almost 1.5 GW of PV power.

Romania launches new auction with 1.5 GW allocated to solar

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On 12 May, Romania launched its second renewable energy auction to support 3,472 MW of new electricity generation, with 1,472 MW dedicated to photovoltaic projects and the remainder allocated to onshore wind.

Wolf Dietrich, Senior Director Development, UK & Europe, at Independent Power Producer (IPP) Econergy.

Expert analysis: Key challenges and opportunities for the European renewable energy market

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2024 saw considerable growth phases as well as uncertainties around legislation and infrastructure readiness in several European markets. Wolf Dietrich, Senior Director Development, UK & Europe of Econergy, summarises the key challenges and provides an outlook on growth trends and success factors for 2025.

MET Group expands its solar and renewable investments in Romania - in the picture Dunai solar park in Hungary.

Romania: MET Group starts construction of 80 MW solar park

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Swiss-based MET Group strengthens its presence in the Romanian market for renewable energies, commencing the construction of its 80 MW solar project in the Răscăeți municipality (Dâmbovița county).

Longi Solar and Solarpro are collaborating in the strongly growing Romanian solar market.

Romania: Longi and Solarpro cooperate on 174 MW solar park

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Longi will supply PV modules for a 174 megawatt solar park that will be built by the Bulgarian based ECP contractor Solarpro. It is currently the largest of all existing or under-construction PV projects in Romania and is scheduled to go online in mid-2025.

Philipp Kraemer is Director Strategic Growth & Digitization at Austrian-headquartered CCE.

Expert analysis: How to approach battery energy storage systems in Europe

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What are the opportunities and challenges for business cases for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in European markets like Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania and Austria? Expert Philipp Kraemer of CCE shares his analysis.

Expected growth of the utility-scale battery energy storage market in six key countries in Central and Eastern Europe by 2030.

Central & Eastern Europe: Utility-scale storage market set to increase fivefold by 2030

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In many countries in Central Europe, the market for large-scale battery storage is growing rapidly. The drivers are diverse, but there are still obstacles, as Eliza Stefan, Sales Manager BESS for Central & Eastern Europe, Jinko EES, points out.

155 MW Ratesti solar park in Romania.

Romania: Econenergy secures financing for large-scale solar projects

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Econergy Renewable Energy won the recent Romanian Contract for Difference (CfD) auction with the Parau 2 solar project. Additionally a second project financing agreement was signed with Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).

Romania is promising solar market, but there also grid connections are often the bottleneck.

Weekly Topic: Romania: European Energy receives 500 MW grid connection approvals

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European Energy has received grid connection approvals for around 500 MW of solar and wind energy projects across Romania. The total development pipeline for European Energy Romania now exceeds 1.5 GW of solar and wind projects.

Romania is an important focus market for the expansion of the solar portfolio of R.Power.

Weekly Topic: Romania: R.Power expands PV projects

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R.Power announced the signing of contracts for the general execution of a 23 MW photovoltaic farm portfolio. The projects will be built by the Polish company Nomad Electric and the Romanian company Waldervar.

250 MW solar park Ratesti in Romania.

Weekly Topic: Romania: Econergy secures financing for 58MW PV project

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Econergy UK, has signed a financing agreement for €28 million in project funding for the Iancu Jianu solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Romania. The project, which has an installed capacity of approximately 58 MW, is currently under construction and expected to be connected during 2025.

From left: Ramona Moldovan Deputy General Secretary of the Ministry of Energy,  Iustin Cionca, president of the Arad County Council, Alexandru Matei Fatu, Managing Director CCE Romania.

Weekly Topic: Romania: CCE Holding opens 40 MW solar park

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With a nominal output of 40 MW, the Romanian CCE solar power plant Horia 1 was officially opened. It was funded by the EU. More PV projects of CEE in Romania are coming.

EBRD is supporting the transition to more solar and other renewables in Romania.

Weekly Topic: Romania: EBRD supports launch of renewable energy auctions

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Supported by the EBRD, Romania has this week launched a Contract for Difference (CfD) mechanism for the construction of renewable energy installations and opened the first auction for 1.5 GW of renewable energy generation capacities – 500 MW of solar PV and 1 GW of onshore wind.

New solar park near Sarulesti in the district of Calarasi in southwestern Romania.
Eastern Europe

Increasing focus on integrated PV development

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The PV market in Central and Eastern Europe continues to develop dynamically. Challenges are - as elsewhere - grid expansion, energy storage, load management and bureaucracy reduction. This was demonstrated at the CISOLAR & GREENBATTERY 2024 conference and expo in Bucharest.

CISOLAR and GREEN BATTERY 2024 in Bucharest will take place October 15th to 17th. pv Europe is the European General Media Partner of the event and will take part in one of the conference sessions.
Events

CISOLAR and GREEN BATTERY 2024 in Bucharest  present newest trends in PV and energy storage

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Bucharest is set to host CISOLAR 2024 and GREENBATTERY EXPO . The conference will be held at the Grand Hotel Bucharest on October 15th, with the Expo and additional conferences continuing at the Laminor Arena on October 16-17th.

The electricity of the planned 229 MW St. George solar park in Bulgaria will be sold via long-term PPAs.
Rezolv Energy

Bulgaria: Contracts awarded for construction of 229 MW solar park

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Actis-backed Rezolv Energy has selected three companies – CMC Europe, Solarpro and Green Solar Energy – to build the 229 MW ‘St. George’ solar park in Silistra Municipality in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Solar park in Romania.
Markets

Central and Eastern Europe increasingly in the solar gigawatt class

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Photovoltaics is picking up speed in Central and Eastern Europe. Poland is leading the way, but other markets such as Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic are also developing dynamically. One challenge is the modernization and expansion of the grids.

EBRD made a equity investment in charging point operator Edrive to support e-mobility in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania.
E-mobility

EBRD funds EV charging infrastructure in eastern Europe and Baltics

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is making an equity investment of €15 million in Eldrive, a leading regional charging point operator in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania.

 EBRD is investing strongly in the green energy transition in Romania and Moldova.
Funding

EBRD supports renewables in Romania and Moldova

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is taking an equity stake in Premier Energy PLC to support investments in renewable energy generation capacity in Romania and Moldova.

 The organizers of The smarter E Europe are again expecting an increase in visitors from Eastern Europe in 2024.
Intersolar Europe

New era for PV dawning in Eastern Europe

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Eastern Europe is one of the new solar market champions. The organizers of Intersolar Europe 2024 are expecting a large number of visitors from this region.

 Iepuresti solar park in Romania (animation).
Eastern Europe

172 MW solar park developed in Southern Romania

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Romania sees a growing number of large solar parks. In Giurgiu a 172 MW solar park is being developed, that is expected to get commissioned in 2024.