Electricity
Bulgarian battery factory Exeron X-BESS gets EU strategic status
16 July 2025 - IPS is opening the Exeron X-BESS factory as one of only six strategic projects in the EU designated under the Net Zero Industry Act
R. Power Renewables to start construction of 55 MW PV project in Romania
15 July 2025 - R.Power Renewables published the main details ahead of the start of construction of its Lazuri Solar Park in Satu Mare county in Romania.
Slovenia publishes call for incentives for wind, solar power projects
15 July 2025 - Solar and wind power projects with or without energy storage that are on Slovenia's priority list can be submitted for grants
Electrica sells green bonds for EUR 500 million amid record demand
15 July 2025 - Electricity supplier and distributor Electrica listed its first green bonds on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Montenegro sets November 10 deadline for first solar power auction
14 July 2025 - Legal entities and entrepreneurs in Montenegro are preparing to compete in an auction for market premiums with their solar power projects
Serbia’s EPS starts trial operation of its Petka PV plant on coal tailings dump
14 July 2025 - EPS connected its first larger solar park, called Petka, to the grid. The new facility is in its coal complex Kostolac.
Impact Report 2024: GGF grows direct lending, committed to energy transition, energy security
11 July 2025 - In its Impact Report 2024, Green for Growth Fund outlined powering the green transition across Southeast Europe, the Caucasus and beyond
Visual Fan to install BESS facility of 65 MWh for Renovatio Trading
11 July 2025 - Visual Fan was hired to install a 65 MWh battery energy storage system for Renovatio Trading in Toplița in Romania’s Harghita county
Three quarters of global solar, wind capacity under construction is in China
11 July 2025 - All prospective projects in the world are for 4,484 GW in total capacity. China accounts for 1,302 GW, followed by Brazil, Australia, US
Public call for funding for energy communities in Western Balkans
11 July 2025 - The Emilia-Romagna Region is supporting the creation and strengthening of renewable energy communities (RECs) in the Western Balkans
INA, E.ON sign power purchase agreement in Croatia
10 July 2025 - Croatian oil and gas company INA and German energy firm E.ON's local subsidiary signed a PPA for electricity from renewable sources
Solar beats nuclear in June, becoming EU’s biggest electricity source for first time
10 July 2025 - Solar was the EU’s largest source of electricity for the first time in June. Records for photovoltaics and wind rolled in in May and June
Director Christian Zinglersen is leaving ACER
10 July 2025 - ACER needs to appoint a new director as Christian Pilgaard Zinglersen is becoming deputy secretary general of the EIB Group
Cyprus curtails as much renewable electricity in first half of 2025 as whole last year
09 July 2025 - Curtailments of renewable electricity in Cyprus topped 167 GWh in the first six months of 2025, equivalent to last year's entire cuts
Romania ends double taxation of energy storage
09 July 2025 - The National Energy Regulatory Authority has approved the regulation on the elimination of double taxation of energy storage
Serbia’s power demand soars 20%
09 July 2025 - Power demand in Serbia has increased by 15% to 20% over the past three weeks, according to Dragan Rakić, the head dispatcher of TSO EMS