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Bulgarian IBEX to roll out 15-minute interval for power delivery in October
13 July 2022 - Bulgaria's IBEX will introduce a 15-minute product on October 1 within the intraday market for the Bulgarian-Romanian border
Green for Growth Fund achieves record expansion in 2021
12 July 2022 - GGF recorded its strongest ever net growth in its outstanding portfolio, with EUR 1.3 billion in green loans to over 42,000 end borrowers
EPS intends to co-incinerate waste in two coal power plants
12 July 2022 - State-owned company has announced a tender for the preparation of investment and technical documentation for the co-incineration project
EPCG hires Swiss consultancy for gas power plant projects
12 July 2022 - EPCG will work with SS&A Power Consultancy on projects for the first gas-fired power plants in combination with renewables in Montenegro
Pokrovac: Several reasons for poor response at Croatia’s first utility-scale renewables auctions
12 July 2022 - Croatia has offered premiums for 638 MW, however investors have sent 19 bids for only 150 MW in total
Slovenia’s Energy Agency issues gas crisis warning
12 July 2022 - Gas supply in Slovenia is still running smoothly, but the Energy Agency warned there would be disruptions if flows from Russia are reduced
No more permits for small hydropower plants in Federation of BiH
11 July 2022 - The Federation of BiH banned permitting for small hydropower plants of up to 10 MW in capacity, but activists say the struggle is not over
Croatia’s first utility-scale renewables auctions undersubscribed
11 July 2022 - The quota for hydropower plants was the only one oversubscribed, with three offers for a combined 5.3 MW, against 4 MW on offer
Four power exchanges in Western Balkans to be launched by mid-2023
11 July 2022 - The inauguration of the power exchanges would be a big step forward as now there is only one operational exchange in the region
Kenlov enters Greek renewables market with 378 MW in solar, wind
11 July 2022 - Kenlov Renewable Energy has formally launched its presence in Greece with a 378 MW pipeline of wind and solar projects
Jadar Declaration unites activists in global resistance against lithium mining
10 July 2022 - The Jadar Declaration opens the way for an international solidarity network for environmental protection and against lithium mining
Energy Transition Tracker: Energy Community’s coal power output drops 11% in 2021
08 July 2022 - Coal power production in all nine Energy Community contracting parties has been reduced by 13% to a five-year low last year
Republic of Srpska calls for concession bids for 10 MW solar park in Bileća
08 July 2022 - The Republic of Srpska in BiH issued a public call for a potential concessionaire for a 10 MW solar power plant in Bileća in east Herzegovina
Four renewables auctions to take place in Greece by end of 2022
08 July 2022 - Greece is planning a series of measures in order to accelerate renewables growth, including four auctions
Earth Overshoot Day – resource consumption in Balkans is above global average
08 July 2022 - The Earth Overshoot Day for 2022, the date when humanity spends all the planet's renewable resources for one year, lands on July 28
Serbia’s energy companies EPS, Srbijagas could lose EUR 2 billion over two heating seasons
07 July 2022 - Fiscal Council proposed a power price increase of 15%-20%, compared to 65%-75% for natural gas, and 10%-40% for heating