Electricity
Bulgarian IBEX to roll out 15-minute interval for power delivery in October
13 July 2022 - Bulgaria's IBEX will introduce a 15-minute product on October 1 within the intraday market for the Bulgarian-Romanian border
EPS intends to co-incinerate waste in two coal power plants
12 July 2022 - State-owned company has announced a tender for the preparation of investment and technical documentation for the co-incineration project
EPCG hires Swiss consultancy for gas power plant projects
12 July 2022 - EPCG will work with SS&A Power Consultancy on projects for the first gas-fired power plants in combination with renewables in Montenegro
Pokrovac: Several reasons for poor response at Croatia’s first utility-scale renewables auctions
12 July 2022 - Croatia has offered premiums for 638 MW, however investors have sent 19 bids for only 150 MW in total
No more permits for small hydropower plants in Federation of BiH
11 July 2022 - The Federation of BiH banned permitting for small hydropower plants of up to 10 MW in capacity, but activists say the struggle is not over
Croatia’s first utility-scale renewables auctions undersubscribed
11 July 2022 - The quota for hydropower plants was the only one oversubscribed, with three offers for a combined 5.3 MW, against 4 MW on offer
Four power exchanges in Western Balkans to be launched by mid-2023
11 July 2022 - The inauguration of the power exchanges would be a big step forward as now there is only one operational exchange in the region
Energy Transition Tracker: Energy Community’s coal power output drops 11% in 2021
08 July 2022 - Coal power production in all nine Energy Community contracting parties has been reduced by 13% to a five-year low last year
Republic of Srpska calls for concession bids for 10 MW solar park in Bileća
08 July 2022 - The Republic of Srpska in BiH issued a public call for a potential concessionaire for a 10 MW solar power plant in Bileća in east Herzegovina
Serbia’s energy companies EPS, Srbijagas could lose EUR 2 billion over two heating seasons
07 July 2022 - Fiscal Council proposed a power price increase of 15%-20%, compared to 65%-75% for natural gas, and 10%-40% for heating
European energy prices soar as winter gas supply pessimism mounts
07 July 2022 - Concerns for the energy security of Europe's economy have become chronic – German Uniper and France's EDF are on the verge of bankruptcy
BiH blocks Tuzla 7 coal plant project
06 July 2022 - The construction of unit 7 of the Tuzla thermal power plant encountered another obstacle with the decision of the State Aid Council of BiH
Enlight buys 525 MW renewables project portfolio in Croatia
06 July 2022 - Israel-based Enlight said it acquired and entered joint renewable energy projects of 525 MW in total in Croatia
Natural gas, nuclear energy remain part of EU taxonomy – NGOs to file lawsuit
06 July 2022 - The European Parliament rejected the motion to exclude investments in natural gas and nuclear energy from the sustainable finance taxonomy
Romania to switch its coal plants to reserve as it closes them, without decommissioning
06 July 2022 - Romania decided to extend the coal phaseout back to 2032 and gave up on the plan to dismantle some of the coal plants that it retires
Turkish entity in Cyprus offers energy, water deal to government in Nicosia
05 July 2022 - Cypriot Turkish leader Ersin Tatar offered the Republic of Cyprus a deal on hydrocarbons, electricity, renewables and water, but under a two-state solution