Electricity
Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 – 50 speakers at eight panels to track pace of SEE energy transition
13 April 2025 - Conference participants will hear in-depth analyses of the current situation, but also projections for the future.
Austria’s Verbund acquires 272 MW wind project in Romania
11 April 2025 - Verbund acquired the project from Monsson at a ready-to-build stage and it expects to start construction in 2026
BiH entities agree on electricity market law – power exchange to be established in Mostar
11 April 2025 - After ten years of negotiations, the Republic of Srpska and Federation of BiH, the two entities of BiH, have agreed on the law on the electricity regulator, transmission, and market
Feasibility study complete for Romania’s East-West underground high-voltage line
11 April 2025 - A project for underground high-voltage power link East-West across Romania entered a new phase with the completion of the feasibility study.
Turkey discovers its hottest geothermal well to date
10 April 2025 - Turkey's Sanko Holding has discovered a geothermal well with temperatures reaching 308 degrees Celsius, according to JESDER
Ember: Warming’s 2024 share of global power demand rise was covered with fossil fuels
09 April 2025 - Renewables and nuclear energy met 79,1% of 2024 global power demand growth. The fossil fuels share was bigger than the part attributed to the annual rise in temperatures.
Delta Green launches platform in CEE for households to provide grid balancing
09 April 2025 - Delta Green claims it is the first in Central and Eastern Europe and among the first in Europe to implement such a solution
RWE-PPC partnership starting to build 567 MW of PV capacity
08 April 2025 - The Meton Energy joint venture of PPC and RWE has taken the final investment decision for two photovoltaic projects north of Thessaloniki
Court annuls environmental permits for EPBiH’s hydro projects Janjići, Vranduk
07 April 2025 - Hydropower projects Janjići and Vranduk are being developed by state-owned power company Elektroprivreda BiH
Turkey pushing against rivals for transmission of green electricity to EU
07 April 2025 - Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria launched a green energy transmission project that could compete with the proposed Black Sea submarine link Georgia-Romania
4 GW of solar, wind projects in pipeline in Montenegro – minister
04 April 2025 - Speaking at the Economic Dialogue Montenegro-Italy round table, minister Admir Šahmanović called for stronger cooperation between the two countries
Share of coal power in Finland nearly zero as cogeneration plant shuts down
03 April 2025 - The now closed Salmisaari coal plant accounted for just 0.8% of the electricity mix in Finland together with three remaining ones
Solar, nuclear lower Europe’s power prices by 30% in March
03 April 2025 - Solar broke a record in power generation in March for the third consecutive month, making up more than 10% of Europe’s electricity mix, Eurelectric said
PPC plans EUR 5.8 billion makeover of Western Macedonia coal region, including data centers
03 April 2025 - PPC presented a EUR 5.8 billion investment plan for the coal region of Western Macedonia in northern Greece
Eurowind Energy signs virtual PPA in Romania with automotive manufacturer
03 April 2025 - Autoliv contracted the supply of electricity from a wind park that Eurowind Energy built in Romania and Alight's solar project in Finland
Bulgaria aims to make Europe’s biggest energy community
03 April 2025 - The upcoming solar power program in Bulgaria for municipalities and small businesses will create Europe's biggest energy community, Minister Zhecho Stankov claims