Electricity
Turkish Egesa Enerji to build two solar power plants in Serbia’s Vojvodina province
30 May 2025 - Turkish company Egesa Enerji has launched a project to build two solar power plants in Vojvodina, with a total nominal capacity of 8.6 MW
Green for Growth Fund launches partnership with Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
30 May 2025 - GGF and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency are expanding green lending in the Western Balkans and the EU's Eastern Neighborhood
Western Balkans power markets: hope for coupling with EU, concerns about CBAM
29 May 2025 - Representatives of TSOs, regulators and power exchanges gathered at a panel on the integration of Western Balkans markets into the EU market
Global battery storage capacity expands by record 200 GWh in 2024
29 May 2025 - The cost of storing electricity has dropped thanks to the declining cost of battery projects and technological advancements, Rystad says
Olympus carbon capture project breaks ground in Greece
29 May 2025 - Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is a must for the future of the cement industry, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said
CyberGrid is committed to energy transition in SEE with its aggregation solutions
28 May 2025 - CyberGrid's Nikolaj Candellari said at BEF 2025 that the firm believes in the energy transition in SEE, contributing to the process with its solutions
Kosovo’s* electricity market liberalization sparks protest by businesses
28 May 2025 - Starting on June 1, businesses with an annual turnover of over EUR 10 million will be required to buy electricity on the open market
ACER’s Zinglersen: Integrate electricity markets to bolster flexibility as new era is already here
28 May 2025 - The number of hours with negative power prices reached an all-time high for two years in a row, which means a new era is here, ACER's Director Christian Zinglersen said at BEF 2025
NGEN showcases solutions at BEF 2025 for decentralized electricity grid of tomorrow
28 May 2025 - Slovenia-based NGEN is expanding throughout Europe with its software platforms and equipment and BESS for decentralized grids
BEF 2025: Digitalization, open markets, time are major preconditions for flexibility services mainstreaming
27 May 2025 - The panel called Market Flexibility: The Backbone of a Resilient Energy System was one of the eight sessions at Belgrade Energy Forum 2025
Velimir Gavrilović, Fortis Energy: We are developing huge portfolio in SEE
27 May 2025 - Fortis Energy is working on renewable energy projects of 2 GW altogether in Southeast Europe, of which half is in Serbia
Electrify Europe – to be competitive and sustainable, the EU needs to speed up electrification
27 May 2025 - As Europe grapples with sluggish economic growth and soaring energy costs, electrification has emerged as the linchpin for reversing industrial decline, accelerating decarbonisation, and restoring global competitiveness
North Macedonia issues first guarantees of origin for renewables
27 May 2025 - The first guarantees of origin were awarded to state power utility ESM, for electricity produced from hydropower.
Largest battery storage system in Balkans commissioned in Bulgaria
26 May 2025 - A BESS facility of 124.1 MW was inaugurated in Lovech in Bulgaria, next to a photovoltaic park in the local industrial zone
North Macedonia in talks on project to build two hydropower plants
26 May 2025 - The construction of hydropower plants Čebren and Galište is expected to cost between EUR 1.2 billion and EUR 1.3 billion
Greece launches Attica-Crete subsea power interconnector
26 May 2025 - Thanks to the new interconnector, Greece's largest island is now fully integrated into the national power grid, IPTO says