Journalist
Vladimir Berbatović
Montenegro’s power utility gets EUR 25 million loan to expand Gvozd wind farm
20 August 2025 - The installed capacity will be increased to 75.6 MW, making Gvozd the largest wind farm in Montenegro.
Google secures 50 MW of nuclear power for data centers
19 August 2025 - Nuclear facility Hermes 2, set to go online in 2030, will feed electricity to the grid that supplies Google's data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.
EU preparing roadmap on digitalization, AI in energy
19 August 2025 - The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a roadmap for digitalization and AI in the energy sector.
Kosovo* power distributor KEDS cuts off businesses without supplier after market liberalization
18 August 2025 - KEDS has disconnected 90% of electricity meters at businesses that have not secured a supplier following market liberalization.
Hidroelectrica seeks to buy wind, solar projects totaling 520 MW
18 August 2025 - Romania's hydropower plant operator Hidroelectrica plans to take over a 250 MW wind project and 270 MW of solar projects.
Romanian bourse BRM joins power auctions within European Single Intraday Coupling
08 August 2025 - With this move, BRM becomes part of the Intraday Auctions (IDA) system, launched across Europe in June 2024.
North Macedonia raising capacity threshold for prosumers, speeding up permitting
07 August 2025 - Under the proposed changes, the threshold for rooftop solar would be increased to 10 kW for households and 70 kW for businesses.
Nofar Energy set to secure financing for 515 MW of solar in Romania
07 August 2025 - Nofar is set to secure a EUR 68 million loan from the EBRD for three projects in Romania, including the 265.5 MW Corbii Mari solar park.
WindEurope urges Germany to drop negative bidding in wind auctions, switch to CfDs
07 August 2025 - Germany’s auction for 2.5 GW of offshore wind failed to attract bids, exposing the inadequacy of negative bidding, says WindEurope.
Kragujevac heating plant begins ash removal from disposal site in city center
06 August 2025 - The city of Kragujevac in Serbia has begun removing ash from an uncovered disposal site that has been polluting air and soil for years.
Renewables keep top spot in Greece’s power mix despite surge in curtailments
06 August 2025 - In the first half of 2025, curtailments amounted to 1,327 GWh, equivalent to 9.6% of Greece’s total renewable electricity output.
WindEurope: EU must boost investment in ports, ships to meet offshore wind targets
05 August 2025 - In the past three years, EUR 6.7 billion has been invested in ports and new vessels, but a further EUR 6.4 billion is needed, WindEurope says.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s power utility keeps posting losses amid weak output, increased imports
04 August 2025 - EPBiH failed to turn a profit in the first half of 2025, posting a EUR 23.25 million loss instead.
World far off track from tripling renewables by 2030
04 August 2025 - Two years after the COP28 agreement to triple global renewables capacity to 11 TW by 2030, the world is only on track to double it.
China-based Envision opens world’s largest green hydrogen, ammonia plant
14 July 2025 - The plant can deliver 320,000 tons of green ammonia per year, with annual output projected to rise to 1.5 million tons by 2028.
Ex-Yugoslav hydrogen scientists call for funding research with real-world applications
14 July 2025 - A team of scientists from Slovenia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina is working on a hydrogen project based on seawater electrolysis.