Electricity
Bulgaria freezes electricity, heating, water prices for households
16 December 2021 - Bulgarian lawmakers that were elected on November 14 voted to freeze electricity and heating prices for households until the end of March
Hydropower dam in Albania gets PV plant, new RES capacities to be added
16 December 2021 - Hydropower plant Vau i Dejës will be turned into an integrated energy production hub with solar and wind power capacities
First commercial PPA in Croatia signed by wpd, Danske Commodities
16 December 2021 - German-based wpd and energy trader Danske Commodities signed a fixed-price power purchase agreement for the Orlice wind farm in Croatia
Greek power network operators report surge in investments in 2021
16 December 2021 - Investment in the Greek electricity network increased substantially in 2021 in order to help the country make its energy transition
Rizvanolli: Energy crisis in Kosovo* worsens amid coal plant outage
15 December 2021 - Prishtina was left without district heating as a coal plant broke down and Kosovo* is forced to import large quantities of electricity
German solar developer to install 88.5 MW PV facility in BiH
15 December 2021 - The company plans to install a solar power plant in the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac in the Una-Sana Canton
Serbia’s electricity crisis: EPS struggling to get coal plants back online
15 December 2021 - State-owned utility EPS got some of the aging units functioning again after a breakdown, but the country is still relying on power imports
Serbia opens cluster 4 in EU accession negotiations
14 December 2021 - In its negotiations on EU accession, Serbia opened cluster 4 – Green Agenda and sustainable connectivity, consisting of four chapters
Impact of 2021 electricity price surge on Energy Community contracting parties
14 December 2021 - The paper, prepared by the Energy Community Regulatory Board (ECRB), summarizes the measures taken by all nine contracting parties
Elektromreža Srbije needs additional EUR 200 million for electricity interconnections
13 December 2021 - Problems with electricity supply exist in Vojvodina, the city of Bor and the capital Belgrade and its surroundings
Government to develop 11.3 GW of solar, wind projects in Serbia
13 December 2021 - The draft program of economic reforms for the period 2022-2024 envisages the implementation of state projects for the construction of wind farms and solar power plants
EPS to convert coal-fired power plant Morava to natural gas
13 December 2021 - The state-owned power utility has announced a tender for the preparation of studies for the construction of the Morava gas power plant
Serbia importing over 25% of electricity amid outages due to snow
13 December 2021 - Almost 1.5 GW of current consumption is being covered by imports, after outages at Serbia's biggest coal-fired thermal power plants
EPCG to install two solar power plants at HPP Perućica dams
10 December 2021 - Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore has initiated the procedure for installing two solar power plants at dams at hydropower plant Perućica
EU approves Croatia’s renewable energy auction support mechanism
10 December 2021 - The European Commission has approved Croatia's EUR 783 million scheme to support electricity production from renewable sources through 2023
Failing to switch from coal to wind and solar could cost every Polish family EUR 170 per year by 2030
09 December 2021 - Poland's Instrat Foundation has analyzed the current Polish Energy Policy for 2040 and proposed solutions