Electricity
New initiative to support sustainable hydropower in the Western Balkans
13 January 2021 - The initiative is led by the International Hydropower Association (IHA), the Albanian power utility KESH, and the Swiss SECO.
Petrol completes takeover of electricity supplier E3
13 January 2021 - Slovenian energy group Petrol has completed the takeover of electricity supplier E3, a subsidiary of...
Serbia’s TSO EMS acquires 5% of shares of Montenegrin TSO CGES
12 January 2021 - Elektromreža Srbije bought shares from small shareholders at the stock exchange for about EUR 7 million.
Submarine cable helps triple CGES’ electricity transit revenues
05 January 2021 - Montenegrin TSO pulled in EUR 11.6 million in revenues in 2020 from the commercial use of the power link between Montenegro and Italy.
EPBiH’s three-year business plan envisages EUR 850 million in investment
05 January 2021 - State power utility EPBiH has adopted a three-year business plan that envisages investments of some EUR 850 million.
Serbia issues guidelines for draft law on renewable energy
04 January 2021 - The Ministry of Mining and Energy has published the starting points for the upcoming draft law and invited the public to submit suggestions.
Dravske Elektrarne Maribor eyes investments in wind, solar, geothermal, storage
30 December 2020 - Company plans construction of three wind farms, a 30 MW solar power plant, geothermal and pumped storage projects.
Romania’s Transelectrica to double cross-border power transmission capacity
30 December 2020 - On January 1, Transelectrica will have a cross-border export capacity of 2.8 GW and the ability to import power at a volume of 3 GW
DSO EPS Distribucija is no longer part of Elektroprivreda Srbije
29 December 2020 - The transfer of ownership is the end of the unbundling of the distribution system from EPS, which began five years ago.
Greece tests Peloponnese-Crete link – world’s longest undersea AC cable
25 December 2020 - Crete's first interconnection with the mainland, via the Peloponnese, was successfully tested. It is the world's longest alternating current cable system
Fastest coal phaseout will have least environmental impact in Slovenia
25 December 2020 - The draft environmental impact assessment has examined the impact of the three scenarios from the strategy.
TPP Ugljevik takes desulfurization unit offline on lack of operation permit
24 December 2020 - The Ugljevik coal complex has lifted its power prices due to the new desulfurization unit, but it can't regularly work without an operation permit
First floating solar power plant project initiated in Greece
22 December 2020 - PPC Renewables plans to install floating solar power plants with 50 MW in total, starting with a project on one of the largest lakes in Greece
Professors say coal already uncompetitive, energy transition must accelerate in region
22 December 2020 - Energy transition into renewables is necessary and more cost effective even than to maintain coal thermal power plants, the academic community claims
North Macedonia, General Electric in talks to build gas power plant
21 December 2020 - There is also a great interest among companies for investment in new power plants in Negotino and in the Čebren hydropower plant.
Serbia’s renewables incentive fee raised fivefold
21 December 2020 - The government has decided to increase the surcharge paid by consumers to fund renewable energy incentives from EUR 0.00079 per kWh to EUR 0.00371.