Electricity
RWE offers German companies ownership in its 1 GW offshore wind farm
22 June 2022 - RWE and Commerzbank intend to establish a 'Green Mittelstand Fund' to offer med-sized firms to secure supply of green electricity
Pollution from coal plants in Western Balkans remains extreme in 2021
22 June 2022 - Coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans were in breach of Energy Community pollution rules in 2021 for the fourth year in a row.
Kosovo* may buy stake in gas-fired power plant project in Albania
21 June 2022 - Kosovo* and Albania will jointly work on the LNG terminal project in Vlora and Kosovo* could invest in the planned gas-fired power plant there
Crowdfunding begins for first energy cooperative–owned solar power plants in Serbia
21 June 2022 - The Elektropionir energy cooperative started a crowdfunding campaign for two solar power plants on the Stara planina mountain in Serbia
Roadmap agreed to allow Serbia to supply electricity in north of Kosovo*
21 June 2022 - The roadmap envisages for a subsidiary of Serbia’s state power utility to supply electricity in the four Serb-majority municipalities
Domestic share of wind turbine production in Turkey reaches 72%
20 June 2022 - Turkey has boosted its share of local production of wind turbines to 72% and the government has the ambition to attract more investment
Europe is firing up old coal plants to get through winter
20 June 2022 - Germany is getting retired coal plants back online as Gazprom's gas supply is dwindling while Italy may declare an emergency
EEX, CROPEX set to roll out Croatian power futures in Q1 2023
20 June 2022 - The launch of Croatian power futures will follow the 2019 roll-out of Slovenian, Bulgarian, and Serbian power derivatives
Montenegro’s EPCG joins day-ahead power market on SEEPEX exchange in Serbia
17 June 2022 - Montenegro's state-owned power utility EPCG said it completed the first transaction at Serbian power exchange SEEPEX
REPowerEU is “Russian roulette” for Europe’s energy
17 June 2022 - The arguments for both possible outcomes are strong, said Željko Lovrinčević, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Economics Zagreb
Port of Bar preparing to build LNG terminal, gas-fired power plant
17 June 2022 - Power utility EPCG, which would be a partner on the project, has already initiated feasibility studies for three gas-fired power plants
New power markets increase activity in Balkan energy exchanges
17 June 2022 - The development of new markets in Balkan energy exchanges leads to better opportunities and lowers prices for consumers
Gas and nuclear’s green taxonomy prospects divided European institutions
16 June 2022 - MEPs opposed the European Commission’s plan to include nuclear energy and gas in the list...
North Macedonia enables prosumers to sell surplus electricity
16 June 2022 - Households, firms and institutions registered as prosumers can sell surplus electricity from their rooftop solar systems from next month
Statement of the Day, Balluku: Nine big companies in game for wind auction in Albania
16 June 2022 - Albania's first wind power tender is entering its second phase, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku said.
Statement of the Day, Vučić: It’s bald-faced lie that we are selling EPS
15 June 2022 - President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić denied media reports that state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) is up for sale