Journalist
Igor Todorović
Cement giant Holcim joins Croatia’s first virtual power plant
10 June 2022 - By joining KOER's virtual power plant, the Komoračno cement plant is contributing to the integration of renewable energy in Croatia, Holcim said
E-Grus may seek coinvestor for its Golič wind farm project in Slovenia
10 June 2022 - Savaprojekt's subsidiary E-Grus will probably look for a coinvestor when it advances the Golič wind farm project in Slovenia
Germany’s GIZ to help Serbia make renewables available to everyone
09 June 2022 - Minister Zorana Mihajlović signed an agreement with GIZ on the Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Serbia
Lithium salts could be declared health hazard in EU
09 June 2022 - A major lithium producer threatened to close its plant in Germany if the European Union declares the material dangerous to human health
European Parliament delays decision to introduce carbon border tax – CBAM
08 June 2022 - The European Parliament rejected a set of law proposals within the Fit-for-55 climate package including the CBAM carbon border tax scheme
Renewables are cornerstone of Kosovo* energy strategy through 2031
08 June 2022 - Kosovo* aims to boost its renewables capacity by 5.6 times within a decade to 1.4 GW including 100 MW from the prosumers segment
One more step to definitely ban small hydropower plants in FBiH
08 June 2022 - The Parliament of FBiH must ban small hydropower plants before the elections or the initiative may fail, environmentalist Anes Podić warns
Croatia examining alternative fuels for its retired coal plant Plomin 1
07 June 2022 - A consortium will determine the best solutions for using gas, biomass and waste in defunct thermal power plant Plomin 1 in Croatia
Priority of new Government of Slovenia is to tackle energy crisis
06 June 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob promised everyone would take their fair share of the burden from rising food and energy prices
Eightfold increase in number of prosumers recorded in Romania in 2021
06 June 2022 - Reforms, subsidies and investments enabled the growth in capacity installed by prosumers last year in Romania by 424% to 85 MW.
Romania to accelerate coal phaseout deadline to 2030
03 June 2022 - Romania became more ambitious with its coal phaseout planning. It is pushing the deadline forward by two years, to 2030.
Romanian energy suppliers warn compensation for price caps is drying up their liquidity
02 June 2022 - The Romanian association of energy suppliers says some of its members may cease operations amid a lack of compensation for energy price caps
Green power purchase agreements are key for total decarbonization in Western Balkans
02 June 2022 - Instruments like power purchase agreements are becoming more important as the energy market in the Western Balkans is opening up
Small modular reactors create far more nuclear waste than conventional units – study
01 June 2022 - Small modular reactors would create two to 30 times more nuclear waste per unit of energy than conventional nuclear plants, scientists found
Albania bans single-use plastic bags
01 June 2022 - It is forbidden to produce, import and sell disposable plastic bags in Albania including those that are defined as oxo-degradable or oxo-biodegradable
WB-6 countries struggling to secure electricity production in their old coal power plants
31 May 2022 - It's going to be a long winter in several Western Balkan countries as old coal-fired power plants are unreliable and lignite is scarce