Electricity
HPP Buk Bijela groundbreaking to be held on May 17
04 May 2021 - A groundbreaking ceremony for hydropower plant (HPP) Buk Bijela on the Drina river, a joint project of Serbia and the Serb-dominated entity Republic of Srpska, will take place on May 17.
Montenegro to set coal phaseout deadline in national energy and climate plan – prime minister
30 April 2021 - The country is preparing a new energy strategy, which will put priority on renewable energy sources in order to achieve climate neutrality.
Greece pushes coal phaseout deadline to 2025 from 2028
29 April 2021 - Coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5, the last of its kind in Greece, is set to be converted to gas in 2025, three years earlier than planned
Serbia starts drafting national energy and climate plan
23 April 2021 - The Ministry of Mining and Energy has launched a project called the Further Capacity Development for Energy Planning, which will include the drafting of a NECP.
North Macedonia, Montenegro invite bids for day-ahead trading platforms
23 April 2021 - North Macedonia’s national electricity market operator, MEMO, and Montenegro’s power exchange operator, BELEN, have launched tendering for day-ahead trading platforms.
EU ETS covered emissions record biggest drop in six years
23 April 2021 - Greenhouse gas emissions from operators covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) fell by 13.3% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Serbia’s EPS 2020 profit more than doubles to EUR 137 million
21 April 2021 - Elektroprivreda Srbije's profit last year more than doubled compared with 2019, to EUR 137 million.
Energy Community opens infringement procedure against Montenegro over TPP Pljevlja
21 April 2021 - The Energy Community has launched an infringement procedure against Montenegro for continuing to operate TPP Pljevlja despite the expiry of the opt-out period.
Serbia adopts four laws on energy, mining
21 April 2021 - The National Assembly has endorsed the law on renewables, the law on energy efficiency, the law on energy and the law on mining.
ELES CEO: Slovenia must set coal phaseout date as soon as possible
19 April 2021 - Slovenia's only coal-fired thermal power plant TEŠ is on track to lose up to EUR 150 million this year, CEO of ELES Aleksander Mervar said
Mytilineos enters Albanian power market, signs EUR 21 million contract with OST
19 April 2021 - The contract includes the construction of new substation Elbasan 3 and upgrading substation Fier.
Albania introduces market based procurement of balancing services
16 April 2021 - The new balancing rules in force as of April 1 introduce market based procurement of balancing services and imbalance price formation.
European Commission: Serbia, BiH increase coal power output in 2020
13 April 2021 - Power output from coal fell by 22% in the EU last year, while Serbia boosted its production by 4% in the sector and BiH increased it by 8%
Croatian households to be able to buy electricity from all EU countries
09 April 2021 - The new law on the electricity market will increase competition in the market where the state-owned utility HEP holds 90% of the market.
Greece officially writes off four coal-fired thermal power units
08 April 2021 - The plans for a coal phaseout in Greece seem to be accelerating as the only thermal power plant project may be switched to gas earlier.
Akuo expands hydropower portfolio in Bulgaria
06 April 2021 - The French company has completed the acquisition of PVB Power Bulgaria, a firm with five hydropower plants in the Balkan country.