Journalist
Vladimir Spasić
Industry draws up first global definition of green hydrogen
19 May 2022 - The Green Hydrogen Organization (GH2) has published a Green Hydrogen Standard - for certification and labeling, and greenwashing prevention
Slovenia expects electricity price hike in Q3 2022
18 May 2022 - The end of the war in Ukraine would lead to lower electricity prices, said Aleksander Mervar, ELES CEO
Which Western Balkan countries intend to introduce carbon tax?
18 May 2022 - Countries are doing so in order to accelerate decarbonization, but also to avoid paying the carbon border tax announced by the EU
Bulgaria extends subsidies for businesses to pay high electricity, gas prices
17 May 2022 - The government, employers and unions have agreed on compensation for high energy prices, the government said
Greece to tax power producers’ windfall profits
16 May 2022 - The European Commission has backed taxing windfall profits to mitigate high energy prices causes by the energy crisis
Bulgaria is guilty for air pollution rules European Court of Justice
16 May 2022 - Bulgaria has breached EU rules on air pollution because of failure to address SO2 pollution from super-polluting coal plants
EPS halts construction of its first solar power plant
13 May 2022 - The Petka solar power plant was planned at the external tailings dump of the Ćirikovac coal mine in the Kostolac basin
Slovenia to install three waste incinerators
13 May 2022 - The Government of Slovenia has adopted a decree on granting concessions for waste incineration as an obligatory public service
RP Global develops 500 MW of wind, solar in Croatia
12 May 2022 - Bojan Reščec told Balkan Green Energy News that despite administrative obstacles, RP Global would soon start new investments
SEE faces greater energy security threats than rest of Europe – IENE
12 May 2022 - The Institute for Energy for South-East Europe has presented the third edition of the South East Europe Energy Outlook in Belgrade
Republic of Srpska launches pilot project for prosumers in households sector
10 May 2022 - Power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske has launched a pilot project for households for the installation of rooftop solar panels
Wpd sells its offshore wind business to Global Infrastructure Partners
10 May 2022 - Among projects involved in the transactions are first offshore wind farms in Romania's part of the Black Sea
Serbia to launch auction for wind farms in third quarter of 2022 – ministry
06 May 2022 - According to the Ministry of Mining and Energy, a decree on balance responsibility, and the intraday market must be adopted
Rio Tinto eager to reopen talks with Serbia on Jadar lithium project
06 May 2022 - At the annual shareholders' meeting in Australia the company's top executives said that the project is perfect
SEE countries set up regional taskforce to jointly diversify gas supplies, strengthen energy security
05 May 2022 - Representatives of Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, and Turkey also discussed decarbonization and the green transition
Eurelectric: unsuitable measures to tame electricity prices would hinder investments in renewables
04 May 2022 - Eurelectric has published its response to the European Commission's options for immediate price mitigation measures