Electricity
Rolls-Royce SMR to start works with ČEZ on small modular reactors
22 July 2025 - Rolls-Royce SMR and Czech utility ČEZ have signed an early works agreement within their strategic partnership for small modular reactors
Meet VIREAS: new AI-powered virtual assistant for energy
22 July 2025 - The VIREAS app is an interactive platform that enables users to engage with an AI assistant on various topics related to energy
Slovenia kicks off grants program for renewables-based district heating, cooling
22 July 2025 - Slovenia is cofunding the construction or restructuring of district heating and cooling systems using renewable energy sources
Germany supports Serbia in clean energy supply, environmental protection
22 July 2025 - Serbia and KfW signed a EUR 135 million loan for the second phase of the Green Transition Development Policy Operation (DPO II) program
Ninth Energy Community Summer School gathers 40 participants in Montenegro from 28 countries
21 July 2025 - Forty young professionals and researchers from 28 countries gathered at the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Kotor, Montenegro
Resalta takes over Statkraft’s operations in Croatia
21 July 2025 - Norway-based Statkraft has decided to leave India, the Netherlands and Croatia in October 2024. Resalta is part of Aggreko Group
Biggest PV plant in Slovenia begins regular operation
21 July 2025 - The largest solar power plant in Slovenia, built by Moja elektrarna, has only 7.1 MW in peak capacity and a 5 MW grid connection
Pexapark: PPA activity in Europe drops in first half of 2025
21 July 2025 - PPA activity in renewables in Europe fell 26% lower in year-on-year terms in the first half, but not everywhere and not due to solar power
Bulgaria partners with Citi to secure financing for new nuclear power units in Kozloduy
18 July 2025 - The two sides have initiated a partnership for building units 7 and 8 at the existing 2,000 MW Kozloduy nuclear power plant
BiH’s power utility EPBiH cancels waste co-incineration trial in Tuzla coal plant
18 July 2025 - Power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine aborted a waste co-incineration test at its Tuzla coal power plant
Energy Community marks 20th anniversary as integration pillar for Southeastern Europe
17 July 2025 - The Energy Community Ministerial Council held its annual informal meeting in Athens, where the organization was founded twenty years ago
Hungary’s MVM becomes majority owner of two Serbian firms
17 July 2025 - MVM is the dominant producer, distributor, and supplier of electricity and gas in Hungary, while the two firms were privately owned
Google signs world’s largest corporate power purchase agreement for hydropower
17 July 2025 - Brookfield said the Hydro Framework Agreement is the first of its kind and the world’s largest corporate clean power deal for hydro.
Clean transition, decarbonization among priorities in EU’s draft budget
17 July 2025 - Within the EU's proposed long-term budget, the EUR 409 billion European Competitiveness Fund is for strategic technologies including for the clean transition and decarbonization
Bulgarian firm to install pilot hydropower plant on pontoon on Danube
16 July 2025 - Looking to build several hydroelectric plants on pontoons on the Danube in Bulgaria, a local company intends to install a 20 kW pilot facility in Vidin
Construction of largest wind farm in Western Balkans kicks off in Štip in North Macedonia
16 July 2025 - The Štip wind farm will cover an area of 326 hectares in the municipalities of Karbinci, Radoviš, and Štip