Electricity
Romania to more than double number of prosumers in 2022 to 30,000
02 November 2022 - There were 23,785 prosumers registered in Romania at the end of August or 75% more than at the beginning of the year
Construction of solar power plant of over 1 GW to start in June in Romania
02 November 2022 - Rezolv Energy intends to install the largest photovoltaic plant in Europe as it joined a 1.04 GW project developed by Monsson
Rama: Albania to tax windfall profits of private hydropower producers
01 November 2022 - The largest operators of private hydropower plants in Albania will need to pay a windfall profit tax, Prime Minister Edi Rama revealed
Poland to build three nuclear power plants
01 November 2022 - Poland plans to build three nuclear power plants with a total capacity of 9 GW by 2040. The government picked Westinghouse for the first one.
Golob: Right time for nuclear, Slovenia to decide on referendum
01 November 2022 - Slovenia is planning to increase the power generation from nuclear energy, and Croatia is also interested in joining the investment
North Macedonia’s ESM seeks consultant for solar power projects in two coal complexes
01 November 2022 - State-owned ESM is seeking consulting services for solar power projects that would partly replace coal mines and thermal power plants
GIZ helping two households in Serbia’s Novi Pazar to install rooftop solar
31 October 2022 - Owners of two houses in the city of Novi Pazar in Serbia will receive co-financing in the amount of 50% of their investment
Energy Community opens case against BiH for refusing to close two coal plant units
31 October 2022 - The same procedure was initiated in April 2021 against Montenegro with regard to the operation of the Pljevlja power plant
BIG Energia Holdings expands portfolio with wind, solar projects in BiH, Romania
31 October 2022 - BIG Energia Holdings won a tender for a combined wind and solar project in BiH and signed a lease for land in Romania for a PV plant
EU earmarks grants for Western Balkans to cope with energy crisis in 2023
28 October 2022 - Ursula von der Leyen promised budget aid to Western Balkan governments for energy crisis mitigation measures for families and firms.
Serbian cookware manufacturer finishing its 2.9 MW rooftop solar power plant
27 October 2022 - Metalac from Gornji Milanovac in Serbia's west invested EUR 3 million in renewable energy and the reconstruction of its heating system
BiH to get first hybrid power plant
27 October 2022 - Hybrid power plants haven't been a favorite choice so far for investors in the Western Balkans
Dejan Paravan is new CEO of GEN Energija
27 October 2022 - GEN Group plans to accelerate investments in renewables and nuclear energy
CMS advises a syndicate of banks on the EUR 126m financing of two wind farms in Croatia
27 October 2022 - International law firm CMS has advised a syndicate of banks on a EUR 126 million package to build two onshore wind farms in Croatia
Austrian investors to build 142 MW wind park in Romania in 2023
26 October 2022 - Windkraft Simonsfeld is investing EUR 150 million in its Sfânta Elena wind power project in the Caraş-Severin county in Romania's southwest
Companies in FBiH request 20% cap on increase in electricity prices for 2023
26 October 2022 - Businesses want the Government of FBiH to cap the potential increase in tariffs to 20% like it did late last year for 2022