Electricity
Neda Lazendić: Serbia has reliable investment environment
25 May 2023 - Neda Lazendić, Country Manager at WV-International, was one of the panelists at the Belgrade Energy Forum 2023
Constantinescu: Grid operators working to integrate hundreds of gigawatts from renewables
25 May 2023 - The challenges in adding wind and solar farms to the electricity networks in Europe are being solved along the way as technology progresses
EBRD’s Bogdanović: Renewable heating is biggest contributor to decarbonization in urban areas
25 May 2023 - Renewable sources can contribute the most to the decarbonization of urban areas, Bojan Bogdanović from the EBRD said at BEF 2023
Croatian pharmaceutical firm Pliva to cover 30% of its electricity demand with PV plant
24 May 2023 - A solar power plant with a capacity of 9.71 MW was installed next to Pliva's factory in Savski Marof just outside Zagreb
US earmarks USD 275 million for SMR nuclear project in Romania
24 May 2023 - The US revealed the intention to facilitate up to USD 275 million in financing for the small modular reactor that NuScale plans in Romania
As CBAM carbon border tax looms, EU wants to help Western Balkans to adapt
23 May 2023 - The EU needs to help both the governments and industrial producers adapt to CBAM and overcome the initial impact, officials said
Firms in North Macedonia propose nine measures to tackle energy crisis
23 May 2023 - Companies in North Macedonia have asked the government for support due to the energy crisis, and proposed nine measures
SEGE starts construction of largest solar project in Western Balkans in Kosovo*
22 May 2023 - According to SEGE's website, the electricity will be sold abroad via the transmission grid operated by TSO KOSTT
Serbia denies it would spin off hydropower plants to joint firm with Hungary’s MVM
22 May 2023 - Serbia denied that it plans to separate 350 MW in hydropower from state-owned coal and electricity producer EPS to a joint firm with MVM
Rimac Energy outlines innovative stationary energy storage solutions at BEF 2023
20 May 2023 - Preparing to hit the stationary energy storage market, Rimac Technology's new brand Rimac Energy presented its solutions at BEF 2023
Maja Turković: Battery installation requirement to clear large number of requests for grid connection
20 May 2023 - It would increase the cost of projects, Maja Turković, Executive Vice President, CWP Europe, said at the Belgrade Energy Forum 2023
BEF 2023: EU’s power market reform will only boost PPAs’ role
20 May 2023 - Businesses in the region must quickly adapt to the new power purchase rules to maintain and improve competitiveness, according to the panel Market design – is the current electricity market model sustainable?
France gathers majority of EU countries in its Nuclear Alliance
19 May 2023 - The energy crisis and advances in SMR technology have boosted political support in the EU for an expansion of the nuclear power sector
Serbia’s TSO EMS to use Plexos to model grid investments
18 May 2023 - Simulating markets will help EMS to plan short-, medium- and long-term procurement decisions, forecasting losses and investment opportunities
Solar power in sports
18 May 2023 - Although rarely thought of as a sector deeply interested in renewable forms of power production, sport offers a great opportunity for applying solar technologies
BEF 2023: Flexibility services are business opportunity for renewables producers
17 May 2023 - The flexibility and digitalization panel at BEF 2023 acknowledged how difficult it is to integrate hundreds of gigawatts from new solar and wind power plants, but it also pointed to business opportunities in the emerging ancillary and system services