Electricity
Albania extends application deadline for first wind farms auction
18 March 2022 - The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy of Albania is running a two-stage tender for the selection of several onshore wind power projects
Energy Community launches series of free webinars on green bonds
18 March 2022 - The intention is to improve stakeholders knowledge on designing green bonds on a national, municipal and company scale
Hungary’s power utility MVM buys stakes in two Serbian firms
17 March 2022 - MVM agreed with Maneks Group from Serbia to purchase 33.4% of its subsidiaries Energotehnika – Južna Bačka and Elektromontaža Kraljevo
Austrian EVN improves flexibility management capability by taking over cyberGRID
17 March 2022 - Energy services provider EVN Group has acquired cyberGRID, getting direct access to its flexibility management platform cyberNOC
Joint venture of ERS, Lugos Renewables for Trebinje 1 solar power plant
15 March 2022 - Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske will off-take electricity from the solar power plant at EUR 50 per MWh for a period of 25 years
Bulgaria targets 10 thousand EV chargers by 2027
15 March 2022 - Bulgaria's ESO signed a cooperation agreement with other stakeholders to set a target of installing 10,000 charging stations with green electricity
Two solar power projects of 150 MW in total launched in Albania
15 March 2022 - Greennat Solar Park Ballsh is planning to build a 100 MW photovoltaic plant and Agna has a 50 MW solar power project, both in Fier county
Bulgarian state-owned firm to develop battery energy storage network
15 March 2022 - The Restore project in Bulgaria for battery energy storage will have a capacity of 6 GWh, and it will balance electricity from renewables
US startup Last Energy plans to install small modular nuclear reactor in Romania
15 March 2022 - Washington DC–based Last Energy is set to demonstrate its small modular nuclear reactor technology in Romania
Europe switching on coal plants amid energy crisis
11 March 2022 - The European Union is pushing to eliminate domestic demand for Russian fossil fuels, but it implies a reversal in coal plant shutdown plans
A1 Bulgaria signs solar PPA with Renalfa
10 March 2022 - Mobile carrier A1 Bulgaria will buy solar energy from Renalfa through a ten-year sleeved power purchase agreement or PPA
Energy Community Secretariat concerned over Chernobyl power cut
09 March 2022 - The Energy Community Secretariat said it is very concerned after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine was disconnected from the grid
Duško Aničić promoted to executive director at Serbian transmission system operator EMS
09 March 2022 - Elektromreža Srbije (EMS) named Duško Aničić as its executive director for system and market operation, the Serbian business registry showed
Price of EU’s plan to cut dependence on Russian gas
09 March 2022 - In the light of the energy transition, it could be a great push for renewables, but also a step back due to the expected increase in the use of coal power plants
EU rolls out plan to cut demand for Russian gas by two thirds in 2022
08 March 2022 - The European Commission outlined a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030, starting with gas
Londoners paid highest electricity prices in Europe in February
07 March 2022 - The highest electricity price is in London, 43 eurocents per kilowatt-hour, and the lowest in Kyiv, 5.4 eurocents.