Electricity
Trafigura enters Romanian renewables market via solar power project purchase
17 July 2024 - Trafigura's subsidiary Nala Renewables bought a ready-to-build PV project of 61 MW in Romania with an option to integrate battery storage
Western Balkans have as many prospective solar, wind projects as Germany
17 July 2024 - Prospective utility-scale solar and wind capacity amounts to 23 GW or 70% more than a year ago, according to the latest study
Balkans blackout on June 21 occurred after two overhead lines tripped – ENTSO-E
17 July 2024 - ENTSO-E said the cascading power failure of June 21 ensued amid outages of two overhead lines, of which the first is in Montenegro
Istvánffy: Persistence of high power prices at HUPX depends on heat wave, import crunch
16 July 2024 - Director of markets at HUPX György Istvánffy attributed the extreme electricity price increase to several fundamental factors
Petrol obtains financing for EV charging network in Slovenia, Croatia
15 July 2024 - Slovenia-based Petrol is about to install electric vehicle charging points in 35 locations in its home market and in Croatia.
Green for Growth Fund tops its financial, impact targets in 2023
15 July 2024 - The Green for Growth Fund kept mitigating climate change and promoting sustainable economic growth last year in its 18 markets
Energy permit not needed for power plants under 1 MW in BiH
15 July 2024 - The Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry has adopted the rulebook on issuing energy permits and it entered into force on July 6
Končar, Siemens Energy launch new joint venture
15 July 2024 - Croatia’s firm Končar and Siemens Energy have signed a joint venture agreement on the establishment of the Končar - Transformer Tanks
What is behind electricity price spike in SEE: grid issues, and something more
13 July 2024 - Record high temperatures aren't the main cause of the record price increase on power exchanges, ranging from 50% to 170%
IRENA’s La Camera: Renewables must grow at higher speed, scale
12 July 2024 - IRENA's Director-General Francesco La Camera warned of ongoing patterns of concentration in geography in renewables deployment as well as against complacency
Serbian government forges nuclear energy alliance with 20 scientific institutions, firms
10 July 2024 - The memorandum is aimed at gathering experts from Serbia and abroad to examine the possibility of the use of nuclear energy
Albania declares eight winners at 300 MW solar power auction
10 July 2024 - The lowest bid at Albania's solar power auction came in at EUR 39.7 per MWh, against a starting level of EUR 59.97 per MWh
Heat pumps, electric cars expected to contribute little to power demand growth in Greece
10 July 2024 - Contrary to earlier estimates, heat pumps and electric cars are not expected to significantly raise electricity demand in Greece.
Serbia digitalizes permitting in energy sector
10 July 2024 - Serbia rolled out digital services for energy permitting and the procedure for environmental impact assessment studies
ContourGlobal fires almost all workers from its coal plant in Bulgaria
09 July 2024 - The open market crushed the ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 coal-fired power plant, which has been offline since February
Yanmar, Daigas install small cogeneration gas system with 30% hydrogen blend
09 July 2024 - Yanmar ES has retrofitted its EP400G combined heat and power unit by adding Daigas Energy's hydrogen supply equipment