Electricity
Grid stress test: Germany intends to extend operation of two nuclear plants
06 September 2022 - After performing a stress test, the German government now wants to keep two reactors in reserve this winter instead of closing them
Natural gas, electricity prices soar 30% on Nord Stream 1 shutdown
05 September 2022 - Gazprom said it would keep the Nord Stream 1 pipeline offline right after the G7 agreed to cap the price of Russian oil
Democratic Party demands parliamentary inquiry: who is responsible for outages in EPS?
05 September 2022 - As a result of the outages, Serbia became a major importer of electricity and spent EUR 650 million since last winter
Albania, Serbia sign memorandum to cooperate in energy, mining sectors
02 September 2022 - The memorandum of cooperation between the two countries was signed at a summit of the Open Balkan initiative in Belgrade
Mihajlović: Serbia preparing projects for two pumped-storage hydropower plants
02 September 2022 - Đerdap 3, a hybrid pumped-storage power plant, should be built in phases, Minister Zorana Mihajlović said in a interview
Energy Community to adopt 2030 energy, climate targets in December
02 September 2022 - The adoption of the targets is essential to put the contracting parties on a path towards achieving climate neutrality
Serbia plans five new power interconnections with neighbors
02 September 2022 - The five proposed interconnections are among 141 projects in the latest European Ten-Year Network Development Plan 2022 (TYNDP)
German firms reduce, halt production over high energy prices
01 September 2022 - The halting of production because of the high energy prices is seen by the German government as an alarming situation
IEEFA: Relying on carbon capture in fossil fuel sector will not work
01 September 2022 - The Carbon Capture Crux – Lessons Learned studies 13 flagship large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS)/carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) projects
Hungary to build Paks II nuclear power plant with Russia
31 August 2022 - Russian state-owned nuclear power company received the approval for the construction of two blocks at the Paks II nuclear power plant
Nano Energies becomes licensed aggregator in Croatia
31 August 2022 - Nano Energies Hrvatska has fulfilled all the conditions and received a license for energy aggregating activities
North Macedonia joins other countries in region seeking to encourage small solar projects
31 August 2022 - The government has decided to simplify the procedures for installing small solar power plants on the roofs of houses and commercial buildings
Serbia hikes power price for businesses
30 August 2022 - Electricity supplied to businesses by state power utility EPS will cost EUR 95 per MWh from September 1
Climate change is making it hard to predict hydropower plant output in Drina River basin
30 August 2022 - Depending on the assumptions on the trend of global emissions and the impacts of climate...
Romania sells decommissioned Mintia coal power plant
30 August 2022 - The buyer is required to invest in a new power generation unit that will mainly use natural gas and renewables
EU governments preparing market reforms to decouple power prices from gas
29 August 2022 - Austria, Belgium, and Germany believe market reforms are inevitable to weaken the prevailing influence of gas costs on electricity prices