Journalist
Vladimir Spasić
Geo Power Zagocha to start building Croatia’s second geothermal power plant in summer
08 April 2021 - The investment in the planned 20 MW facility in the Virovitica-Podravina county is estimated at EUR 71 million.
Zeronomics: 55% of companies not on track to net zero emissions in 2050
07 April 2021 - Research into the financing of a net zero world, with the participation of 350 business leaders, reveals a gulf between words and action.
Akuo expands hydropower portfolio in Bulgaria
06 April 2021 - The French company has completed the acquisition of PVB Power Bulgaria, a firm with five hydropower plants in the Balkan country.
Who will attend Ecological Uprising on April 10 in Belgrade?
06 April 2021 - The protest is organized by the Defend the Rivers of Mt. Stara Planina movement and backed by a total of 45 organizations.
Power utility ERS launches tender for EUR 118.7 million in loans to finance construction of HPPs
06 April 2021 - Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske needs funding for three hydropower plants on the Bistrica river and HPP Dabar.
North Macedonia’s ESM to introduce carbon pricing for its power plants by end of 2021
02 April 2021 - Energy Community Secretariat has invited all power producers to implement internal carbon pricing, but so far only ESM answered positively.
Albanian-based companies to install two solar PV plants of 100 MW in total
02 April 2021 - Albania’s government has issued licences for the installation of two solar parks in the municipality of Fier.
Enel Green Power, Monsson Alma to develop 1 GW of solar, wind in Romania
02 April 2021 - The two companies target 500 MW of wind power and 500 MW of solar, and the construction of storage with an installed capacity of 300 MW.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids, KOSTT sign EUR 4.7 million contract to build new substation
01 April 2021 - ABB Power Grids Zagreb and and Kosovo’s* TSO have signed a contract for the construction of substation Ferizaj 3.
FBiH government abandons plan to extend subsidies for SHPPs for another 33 years
01 April 2021 - The Government of FBiH wanted to allow an extension after a period of 12 years during which SHPPs receive subsidies.
North Macedonia securing gas, electricity supply amid coal phaseout
01 April 2021 - The country has signed three memoranda with Greece on the future LNG terminal near Alexandroupolis and the adjacent gas-fired power plant.
TPP Pljevlja uses its 20,000 hours production limit – European Environment Agency
31 March 2021 - The EEA has officially confirmed that the power plant, part of utility EPCG, consumed its limit for production at the end of 2020.
EPS director: Serbia won’t cut electricity production from coal despite green energy expansion
31 March 2021 - Milorad Grćić said power production from coal would remain at the same level while capacities in renewable energy sources would increase
EPBiH mines ended 2020 with total debt of EUR 470 million
30 March 2021 - The miners from the Kreka brown coal mine in BiH stopped striking but bankruptcy looms if the reorganization plan is not implemented.
Serbian government adopts four bills on energy, mining
29 March 2021 - The government adopted the bills on renewable energy sources, energy, energy efficiency and mining, and sent them to parliament for adoption.
Largest power producers lose market share in almost all European countries
29 March 2021 - Market shares of the largest electricity producers have mostly been decreasing since 2007, according to the latest data by Eurostat.