Bulgaria experiences historic power output slump in June
Bulgaria's total power output in June was the weakest since 2019. The country only had a slight year-to-date surplus in electricity trade.
Slovenia publishes draft agrisolar rulebook for public debate
Slovenia proposed to allow agrisolar facilities only on supporting structures and above orchards of berries and small apple or pear trees
Serbian police charge local activists for resisting revival of Rio Tinto’s lithium project
Seven people were arrested and criminally charged in Loznica at a protest against Rio Tinto's project for a lithium mine and processing plant
Power utility Elektroprivreda BiH posts all-time high annual loss for 2023
A lack of coal, bad hydrology and obsolete production facilities pushed Bosnia and Herzegovina's EPBiH deep into the red in 2023
Shell halts construction of biofuel refinery in Rotterdam to cut costs
Shell is pausing construction of a biofuel plant in the Netherlands. It joins a group of European energy firms scaling back green investments.
Greece plans to end subsidies for battery energy storage systems
Given the curtailments for renewables in Greece, batteries can operate in the market without subsidies, Minister Thodoros Skylakakis said
Serbia proposes national CO2 pricing system instead of regional ETS
In light of CBAM, Serbia could accept taxing emissions on a national level at fixed prices instead of a regional emissions trading system
EDF scraps project Nuward to turn to simpler small modular reactor design
The French nuclear power giant EDF gave up on its original vision for Nuward, an innovative SMR, turning instead to proven technologies