Electricity
Wpd secures concession agreements for two wind farms in BiH
22 July 2022 - The concessions represent the beginning of the implementation of a regional wind farm system with a capacity of 1.2 GW in BiH and Croatia
Portugal, Switzerland launch pumped storage hydropower plants of over 2 GW in total
22 July 2022 - Iberdrola inaugurated its pumped storage plant Tâmega Gigabattery in Portugal and a similar facility was commissioned in Switzerland
Istria, biggest Adriatic peninsula, strives for energy independence
21 July 2022 - Croatia's Istria County will add solar farms of at least 10 MW each to the spatial plan and examine possibilities for offshore wind parks
Energy Community Secretariat initiates infringement procedures against Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Serbia
21 July 2022 - The secretariat seeks a decision from the Ministerial Council on the party's failure to comply with its obligation from the treaty
Acciona to build two wind farms in Croatia after auction win
20 July 2022 - Spain-based Acciona is the only company that won wind power premiums at Croatia's first auction for large green power plants
Germany to reconsider nuclear plant shutdown in following weeks
19 July 2022 - Faced with the gas supply crunch, German ministers from the Greens are willing to reconsider the scheduled closure of the last nuclear plants
Montenegro’s EPCG revamps Kruševo hydropower plant project
18 July 2022 - Montenegro's power utility EPCG will examine the possibility to build hydropower plant Kruševo on the Piva river
EPBiH signs concession for two solar PV plants
18 July 2022 - The photovoltaic plants will be built at the mine tailings dump site of the Gračanica coal mine in the municipality of Bugojno
Montenegro’s power utility EPCG seeks buyer for 10% stake
18 July 2022 - EPCG is preparing to sell 10% of its shares to a single buyer at a minimum price that is more than two times above the current market value
IRENA: Solar, wind power costs defy inflation with massive price drop
15 July 2022 - The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15% in 2021, compared to 13% for offshore wind and 13% for photovoltaics, IRENA said
Slovenia to freeze electricity prices, add 1 GW in solar power to supply homes
15 July 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob said large solar power plants of 1 GW in total would be built by 2025 to supply Slovenian households
Federation of BiH stops Tuzla 7 coal power plant project
14 July 2022 - FBiH rejected the proposition from the contractors from China for an alternative supplier of equipment for the Tuzla 7 coal plant project
Hungary to ban energy exports
14 July 2022 - Hungary's neighbors are closely monitoring the announced measures, and one of them is Serbia which has a deal to store gas in Hungary
Cero signs Greece’s first utility-scale corporate PPA for solar power
14 July 2022 - Macquarie's subsidiary Cero Generation signed Greece's first utility-scale bilateral PPA for solar power with Axpo, for a 100 MW unit
BiH abolishes grid connection limit for renewables
13 July 2022 - The decision makes BiH the country with the most advanced environment in the region for the development of variable renewables
Birol (IEA): World is in middle of first global energy crisis
13 July 2022 - Fatih Birol said at the Sydney Energy Summit that the world has never witnessed an energy crisis of such great depth and complexity