Electricity
Slovenia’s last coal mine turning to green energy, underground farming
29 October 2021 - Premogovnik Velenje has projects for methane extraction, a gravity power plant, underground energy storage and farming. Its subsidiary builds PV plants.
Share of CO2 auctions revenue for Greece’s renewables special account reduced to 30%
28 October 2021 - The Greek environment and energy ministry's decision has caused reactions in the renewables market since it lowers the account's inflows by EUR 75 million
Bulgaria-Romania day-ahead market coupling completed
27 October 2021 - The Bulgaria-Romania electricity market project integrated their border into the European single day-ahead market coupling
Bulgarian government subsidizes businesses with EUR 51 per MWh
26 October 2021 - Bulgaria’s interim government has also decided to speed-up the implementation of the aid scheme planned for next year
Serbia eyes minority stake in Hungarian nuclear power plant Paks II
25 October 2021 - Serbia is willing to become a minority shareholder of the nuclear power plant in the Hungarian city of Paks, the Serbian president has said.
Montenegro’s EPCG ready for reconstruction of TPP Pljevlja despite jump in costs
22 October 2021 - State-owned utility EPCG says the reconstruction of coal-fired TPP Pljevlja should begin soon and prevent massive imports of electricity
Spain on track to phase out nuclear power, coal by 2035
22 October 2021 - The phaseout of coal and nuclear power plants will be offset with a simultaneous and gradual increase in renewable power capacity
Romania’s supplier Electrica acquires 31 MW in solar power plants
22 October 2021 - Romanian power and distribution and supply company Electrica has taken over five firms that operate solar power plants
Slovenia adopts Electricity Supply Act after two-year delay
22 October 2021 - The National Assembly passed the Electricity Supply Act after adopting amendments that make all end consumers in the market equal
Power exchange in Montenegro to become operational in H2 2022
21 October 2021 - Montenegrin Power Exchange, EPEX SPOT, and Slovenian power exchange BSP SouthPool have signed a service agreement
Europe’s first LFP battery factory to be built in Serbia
21 October 2021 - ElevenEs will produce LFP batteries for vehicles and energy storage in Subotica, Serbia. It will build the plant with the help of EU funds.
EPS wants to use coal power plants as strategic reserve
20 October 2021 - The supervisory board of Elektroprivreda Srbije has sent an initiative to the ministry of energy to introduce a strategic reserve mechanism.
Romania to triple its solar capacity to 4.25 GW by 2030
20 October 2021 - Solar photovoltaic capacity is projected to triple during 2021-2030, from 1.39 GW in 2020 to 4.25 GW in 2030.
Kosovo* Supreme Court: Kelag’s three small hydropower plants must be shut down
19 October 2021 - The facilities are owned by KelKos, a subsidiary of Austria-based Kelag-Kärntner Elektrizitäts and Kelag International.
Timmermans: There is place for gas, nuclear energy in EU energy mix
18 October 2021 - The European Commission's Frans Timmermans said gas has a future in the energy mix and that EU has nothing against nuclear energy
Serbia won’t cap electricity prices in response to energy crisis – prime minister
18 October 2021 - Prime Minister Ana Brnabić has said the government would not limit the prices of electricity, which the business sector requested.