Electricity
IRENA: Solar, wind power costs defy inflation with massive price drop
15 July 2022 - The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15% in 2021, compared to 13% for offshore wind and 13% for photovoltaics, IRENA said
Slovenia to freeze electricity prices, add 1 GW in solar power to supply homes
15 July 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob said large solar power plants of 1 GW in total would be built by 2025 to supply Slovenian households
Federation of BiH stops Tuzla 7 coal power plant project
14 July 2022 - FBiH rejected the proposition from the contractors from China for an alternative supplier of equipment for the Tuzla 7 coal plant project
Hungary to ban energy exports
14 July 2022 - Hungary's neighbors are closely monitoring the announced measures, and one of them is Serbia which has a deal to store gas in Hungary
Cero signs Greece’s first utility-scale corporate PPA for solar power
14 July 2022 - Macquarie's subsidiary Cero Generation signed Greece's first utility-scale bilateral PPA for solar power with Axpo, for a 100 MW unit
BiH abolishes grid connection limit for renewables
13 July 2022 - The decision makes BiH the country with the most advanced environment in the region for the development of variable renewables
Birol (IEA): World is in middle of first global energy crisis
13 July 2022 - Fatih Birol said at the Sydney Energy Summit that the world has never witnessed an energy crisis of such great depth and complexity
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