Electricity
Vukosavić: EPS doesn’t need foreign management, but independence from government
16 January 2023 - The root of most of the issues of power utility EPS is in appointing politically loyal but incompetent staff, professor Slobodan Vukosavić wrote in an op-ed
Greek firms start construction of 840 MW gas plant in Alexandroupolis, target Balkans for power exports
14 January 2023 - PPC, DEPA Commercial and Damco Energy marked the start of works on a gas-fired power plant in Alexandroupolis in Greece
FBiH government gives green light for Široka Draga wind farm
13 January 2023 - The project will be located on Kamešnica hill, in the territory of the municipalities of Livno and Tomislavgrad
Bulgarian parliament tells government to abandon CO2 reduction target
13 January 2023 - The parliament has obliged the government to change the National Recovery and Resilience Plan in the section covering energy
Oil refinery in Ballsh in Albania to be turned into 100 MW solar power plant
13 January 2023 - A shuttered bitumen facility in Ballsh may reincarnate as a utility-scale photovoltaic plant, according to the Albanian government
HEP plans to purchase electricity from private producers
12 January 2023 - Hrvatska Elektroprivreda is now the second state-owned energy company in the region that made such a decision
Municipal solar power plant in Braşov to lower power bills by 90%
12 January 2023 - The local authority in the city of Braşov in Romania wants to build its own solar power plant to increase energy independence and cut costs
Bulgaria simplifies procedure for rooftop solar installations
12 January 2023 - Currently, the procedure to install solar panels and become a prosumer can stretch to one year, but now it is expected to accelerate
Sarajevo intends to establish public utility for renewable energy production
11 January 2023 - The canton wants to change its energy policy to transition to renewable energy and reduce import dependence
New wind installations in EU jump 33% despite challenges
11 January 2023 - Wind farm developers in the European Union added a total of 15 GW in capacity last year, or a third more than in 2021
Turkish companies to build Dren wind park in North Macedonia
11 January 2023 - Kaltun Enerji hired YEO Teknoloji for its Dren wind farm project in North Macedonia near the border with Greece
Balluku: Albania aims to become net electricity exporter by 2030, plans solar power auction this year
11 January 2023 - Albania aims to become an energy leader in the region and a net power exporter by 2030, Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku said
Enerjisa launches first agrivoltaic pilot project in Turkey
10 January 2023 - The company with the highest installed renewable energy capacity in Turkey is pioneering the agrivoltaic concept
Chinese company CSSC Haizhuang unveils world’s largest wind turbine prototype
10 January 2023 - CSSC Haizhuang Wind Power is assembling the prototype of what would now be the biggest wind turbine on the planet
German eco-activists on barricades defending village from coal mine expansion
10 January 2023 - Environmentalists have been opposing RWE and the local authority's plan for months to demolish the village of Lützerath to boost coal output
Slovenia to incentivize installation of batteries for prosumers
09 January 2023 - The trend of installing batteries in Europe has been additionally fueled by the energy crisis and the impact of the war in Ukraine