Electricity
Coal plant ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 restarted to preserve energy security in Bulgaria
09 January 2025 - ContourGlobal is returning half of Maritsa East 3 in Bulgaria to the grid, to operate at least until the end of March
Toshiba, Voith, ABB to repair Bulgaria’s Chaira pumped storage hydropower plant
08 January 2025 - Bulgaria's NEK signed contracts for units 1 and 3 of the Chaira system with Toshiba and the consortium Voith-ABB, respectively
Renalfa IPP buys 258 MW solar project in Romania, plans to install 1 GWh BESS
08 January 2025 - The project’s commercial operation is scheduled to start in 2027, Renalfa IPP said
US allows incentives for nuclear-powered hydrogen ahead of Trump’s return
08 January 2025 - The US expanded hydrogen production tax credits to electrolyzers powered by uncompetitive nuclear power plants and to waste methane
Romanian 1,700 MW Mintia gas power plant obtains construction permit
06 January 2025 - The cogeneration facility will be located on the site of a former coal power plant in Hunedoara county
State Grid Corp. of China commissions world’s largest pumped storage hydropower plant
06 January 2025 - After testing the last units in its Fengning pumped storage system, State Grid now operates the largest such facility on the planet
BiH’s power utility EPBiH to provide ESCO services for solar power installations
03 January 2025 - Shareholders of Elektroprivreda BiH have adopted the 2025-2027 business plan at the 85th extraordinary general meeting
2024, record year for EU power sector – wholesale electricity prices decreased by 16%
03 January 2025 - Power demand didn’t pick up since the crisis primarily due to low industrial consumption, according to Eurelectric
European gas market strained as Ukraine quits transit from Russia
03 January 2025 - The price of pipeline gas in Europe surged 5% on a weekly basis after Ukraine shut down the pipeline system carrying Russian gas to Slovakia
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2024
31 December 2024 - In 2024, the readers of Balkan Green Energy News were mostly interested in investments in the region's energy transition as well as the EU's CBAM carbon dioxide border tax
Serbia secures financing for innovative solar thermal energy storage
30 December 2024 - The solar thermal project will enable the decarbonization of the district heating system and conditions for balancing the power system
Voltalia starts building Spitalla PV plant in Albania of 100 MW
30 December 2024 - French company Voltalia broke ground on the Spitalla solar park in Albania of 100 MW, scheduled for commissioning in 2027
Serbia’s EPS explores possibility to use biomass, biogas in coal power plants
27 December 2024 - EPS launched a call for an analysis of the availability and technological suitability of biomass in Serbia for use in its power plants
Slovenia adopts updated Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
27 December 2024 - Slovenia targets 400 MW in BESS, 100 MW in electrolyzers and more pumped storage in the updated Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Croatia’s TSO HOPS to get EUR 100 million to upgrade grid
26 December 2024 - The funds are secured from the country's National Recovery and Resilience Plan for the period 2021-2026
Bulgaria signs EUR 166 million in grants to boost grid for renewables
26 December 2024 - The first group of investments under the Greenabler project is worth EUR 568 million and is planned for financing from the EU's Modernisation Fund.