Electricity
Profine Energy developing battery-backed solar power projects of 550 MW in Serbia, BiH
13 March 2023 - The firm is a joint venture between PVC doors and windows manufacturer Profine and energy company Wirth Group
EU households with solar panels combined with heat pumps save up to 84%
13 March 2023 - Compared to homes reliant on gas heating and without solar panels, households in Germany, Spain, and Italy saved up to EU 3,700 last year
GGF approves loan for Blue 1 solar power plant in Albania
13 March 2023 - With the financing package from the Green for Growth Fund, 75% of the costs for the Blue 1 solar power plant in Albania will be covered.
Public consultation underway for largest solar power plant in Cyprus, storage included
13 March 2023 - AGM Lightpower has submitted an environmental impact study for a 72 MW photovoltaic park with a 41 MW battery system.
Romania to earmark EUR 2 billion in subsidies for prosumers
10 March 2023 - Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă said subsidies for households to install solar power panels and become prosumers would be doubled
Bulgaria to replace coal complex with solar gigawatts
10 March 2023 - Bulgaria is leaning on nuclear power, RES and energy efficiency in its decarbonization push, Minister of Energy Rosen Hristov said
EU calls member states to start phasing out energy subsidies for citizens, firms
10 March 2023 - The European Commission reiterated that the best solution to the energy crisis is to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels
Serbian minister discusses electricity sector investment with Saudi fund
10 March 2023 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović met with the representatives of the Saudi Fund for Development in Belgrade
Albania, Montenegro agree to install another electricity interconnection
10 March 2023 - The TSOs of Albania and Montenegro – OST and CGES – plan to reconstruct a high-voltage power line and install another one
Elektroprivreda Srbije plans to install 10 hydropower plants on Ibar river
10 March 2023 - The construction of ten hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Ibar river is known as the Ibarske Hidroelektrane project, and it is not new
Serbia is starting energy sector reforms right now
10 March 2023 - Serbia's Minister of Finance Siniša Mali announced the start of energy sector reforms at the closing of the Kopaonik Business Forum
Germany preparing scheme to lower electricity prices for firms
09 March 2023 - Germany wants to reduce tariffs for businesses to make them competitive with the US and China, which have lower electricity prices
Tomislavgrad municipality in BiH earmarks land for 102.5 MW solar power plant
09 March 2023 - The Municipality of Tomislavgrad called on investors to send bids for the right to build the Orlovac solar power plant
E.ON to invest EUR 2.2 billion in electricity, gas grids in Romania
09 March 2023 - The investment is aimed at modernizing, expanding, automating and digitalizing the electricity and natural gas networks
PPC buys Enel Group’s operations in Romania
09 March 2023 - Enel signed an agreement to sell its entire business in Romania to Public Power Corp. for EUR 1.26 billion.
Montenegro’s EPCG to start production of racking for solar power plants
08 March 2023 - Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) recently took over the now defunct steelworks Željezara in Nikšić from Tosçelik