Electricity
GIZ helping two households in Serbia’s Novi Pazar to install rooftop solar
31 October 2022 - Owners of two houses in the city of Novi Pazar in Serbia will receive co-financing in the amount of 50% of their investment
Energy Community opens case against BiH for refusing to close two coal plant units
31 October 2022 - The same procedure was initiated in April 2021 against Montenegro with regard to the operation of the Pljevlja power plant
BIG Energia Holdings expands portfolio with wind, solar projects in BiH, Romania
31 October 2022 - BIG Energia Holdings won a tender for a combined wind and solar project in BiH and signed a lease for land in Romania for a PV plant
EU earmarks grants for Western Balkans to cope with energy crisis in 2023
28 October 2022 - Ursula von der Leyen promised budget aid to Western Balkan governments for energy crisis mitigation measures for families and firms.
Serbian cookware manufacturer finishing its 2.9 MW rooftop solar power plant
27 October 2022 - Metalac from Gornji Milanovac in Serbia's west invested EUR 3 million in renewable energy and the reconstruction of its heating system
BiH to get first hybrid power plant
27 October 2022 - Hybrid power plants haven't been a favorite choice so far for investors in the Western Balkans
Dejan Paravan is new CEO of GEN Energija
27 October 2022 - GEN Group plans to accelerate investments in renewables and nuclear energy
CMS advises a syndicate of banks on the EUR 126m financing of two wind farms in Croatia
27 October 2022 - International law firm CMS has advised a syndicate of banks on a EUR 126 million package to build two onshore wind farms in Croatia
Austrian investors to build 142 MW wind park in Romania in 2023
26 October 2022 - Windkraft Simonsfeld is investing EUR 150 million in its Sfânta Elena wind power project in the Caraş-Severin county in Romania's southwest
Companies in FBiH request 20% cap on increase in electricity prices for 2023
26 October 2022 - Businesses want the Government of FBiH to cap the potential increase in tariffs to 20% like it did late last year for 2022
Concession inked for 30 MW wind farm in Tomislavgrad in BiH
26 October 2022 - Concordia signed a concession contract for its 29.9 MW wind power project Galečić with the Government of Canton 10 in BiH
Romania is simplifying procedure for prosumers
25 October 2022 - The Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority eased the conditions and simplified the procedure for future prosumers
Electricity prices in Balkans: highest in Montenegro, lowest in Kosovo*
25 October 2022 - The highest price in European Union was in Denmark (34.4 eurocents), and the lowest in Hungary (9.4 eurocents)
Romania loses arbitration versus investors in solar power
25 October 2022 - A tribunal has ruled in favor of ten companies that initiated arbitration with the argument that Romania violated the Energy Charter Treaty
Republic of Srpska to reduce renewables surcharge by 90%
25 October 2022 - Entity authorities say investors are giving up on incentives so that there is no need to charge citizens the fee
Kosovo’s DSO KEDS starts using drones to monitor grid
24 October 2022 - Within its pilot project, the company introduced drones in late September and early October