Electricity
Massive hike in electricity prices prompts state measures in Bulgaria
17 January 2019 - Three subsidiaries of state-owned power utility Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD (BEH) will provide an additional...
EIB launches public consultation on its energy lending policy
17 January 2019 - The European Investment Bank (EIB), one of the largest financiers of global energy infrastructure, has...
How is Balkan region progressing on energy and climate plans?
16 January 2019 - Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Greece are among 7 EU member states that failed to submit drafts...
MITEF Greece Startup Competition introduces Energy and Mobility Track
16 January 2019 - The deadline to file entries for the MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Greece Startup Competition, which this...
Conservatism still dominates Serbian energy sector, potential of energy transition underestimated
15 January 2019 - To help accelerate Serbia’s energy transition and reduce emissions, it would perhaps be best for...
EFET urges Romania to scrap tax hike for electricity sector
14 January 2019 - The European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) has called on the Romanian government to urgently...
Electricity prices for industry to increase 14% – ERS general manager
10 January 2019 - Luka Petrović, general manager of public power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), has announced that...
EU, US, Chinese companies interested in EPCG acquisition
09 January 2019 - Companies from the European Union, the US, and China are interested in the acquisition of...
CGES to pay dividend from retained earnings from previous years
04 January 2019 - Montenegrin transmission system operator (TSO) Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem’s (CGES) shareholder assembly has backed a EUR...
Power utility EPS gets energy permit to build its 1st wind farm
03 January 2019 - State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has obtained the energy permit for the construction of...
CEDIS signs EUR 22 million agreement to upgrade distribution network
31 December 2018 - Montenegrin distribution system operator (DSO) Crnogorski elektrodistributivni sistem (CEDIS) and the consortium of Montenegrin companies...
Slovenia seeks applications for payments to back renewables, high-efficiency cogeneration
28 December 2018 - The Slovenian Energy Agency has invited applications for incentives to support electricity production from renewable...
KESH adopts climate risk management plan
27 December 2018 - Albania’s state-owned power utility KESH, whose production is almost entirely dependent on hydropower plants (HPP),...
ProCredit Bank is first buyer of green energy with guarantees of origin in Serbia
24 December 2018 - Serbia’s public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and ProCredit Bank have signed the country’s first...
Electricity prices across the region to increase by up to 40% in 2019
20 December 2018 - Electricity prices for businesses went up in Croatia this year, while hikes have been announced...
Norway’s Statkraft seeks to build floating solar power plant in Albania
20 December 2018 - Norway’s state-owned Statkraft, the world’s largest hydropower company and Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy,...