Electricity
Serbian minister discusses electricity sector investment with Saudi fund
10 March 2023 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović met with the representatives of the Saudi Fund for Development in Belgrade
Albania, Montenegro agree to install another electricity interconnection
10 March 2023 - The TSOs of Albania and Montenegro – OST and CGES – plan to reconstruct a high-voltage power line and install another one
Elektroprivreda Srbije plans to install 10 hydropower plants on Ibar river
10 March 2023 - The construction of ten hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Ibar river is known as the Ibarske Hidroelektrane project, and it is not new
Serbia is starting energy sector reforms right now
10 March 2023 - Serbia's Minister of Finance Siniša Mali announced the start of energy sector reforms at the closing of the Kopaonik Business Forum
Germany preparing scheme to lower electricity prices for firms
09 March 2023 - Germany wants to reduce tariffs for businesses to make them competitive with the US and China, which have lower electricity prices
Tomislavgrad municipality in BiH earmarks land for 102.5 MW solar power plant
09 March 2023 - The Municipality of Tomislavgrad called on investors to send bids for the right to build the Orlovac solar power plant
E.ON to invest EUR 2.2 billion in electricity, gas grids in Romania
09 March 2023 - The investment is aimed at modernizing, expanding, automating and digitalizing the electricity and natural gas networks
PPC buys Enel Group’s operations in Romania
09 March 2023 - Enel signed an agreement to sell its entire business in Romania to Public Power Corp. for EUR 1.26 billion.
Montenegro’s EPCG to start production of racking for solar power plants
08 March 2023 - Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) recently took over the now defunct steelworks Željezara in Nikšić from Tosçelik
Slovenia picks solar power projects for subsidies with prices above 100 per MWh
08 March 2023 - Slovenia included 36 photovoltaic projects in its support scheme through the Energy Agency's latest public call
Iraqi firm to switch defunct coal plant in Romania to gas, hydrogen
07 March 2023 - Mass Group Holding told Romania's PM Nicolae Ciucă it would invest more than EUR 1 billion in transforming the Mintia coal plant
Enery wins local support for solar power project between roads in Slovenia
06 March 2023 - The Municipality of Divača in Slovenia agreed to back a solar power project in exchange for access to cheaper electricity
New wave of battery storage projects in Greece ahead of first auction
06 March 2023 - The upcoming general election in Greece is set to delay the first auction for energy storage in Greece
Serbia’s EPS achieves record in daily sales of electricity
06 March 2023 - State-owned coal and power utility EPS sold 26.7 GWh of electricity in the free market on March 2 for a record EUR 4.06 million
Decarbonization, energy security impossible without nuclear energy – Hristov
03 March 2023 - Bulgaria is one of the 10 European Union member states that supported France in the initiative to form a pro-nuclear bloc
Montenegro changes law for coal power plant Pljevlja to continue operating
03 March 2023 - Before Montenegro's move, the Federation of BiH extended the operation of EPBiH's Tuzla 4 and Kakanj 5 units