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Montenegro drafts NECP: TPP Pljevlja to be shut down by 2041
09 December 2024 - The Ministry of Energy of Montenegro submitted the draft NECP to the Energy Community Secretariat for a review
Bulgaria’s call for standalone energy storage is 4.3 times oversubscribed
09 December 2024 - Developers in Bulgaria applied for 4.3 times more in grants for standalone energy storage than the budget. Funding is uncertain, though.
Bulgarian citizens demand referendum on wind farms on agricultural land
09 December 2024 - Citizens from four Bulgarian districts protested in Varna, calling for a referendum on constructing solar and wind farms on agricultural land
Albania allows agrisolar, wind power plants on pastureland
09 December 2024 - Demand for solar and wind power plants prompted Albania to adopt a law allowing such installations on pastureland
Akuo raises EUR 194 million through green bonds for energy projects
09 December 2024 - Akuo sold green bonds worth EUR 194 million to old partners and new institutional investors for green energy plants and storage units
HELLENiQ Energy diversifying oil business with 110 MW solar power purchase
07 December 2024 - HELLENiQ Energy is moving forward with its effort to evolve from being strictly a refiner and fuel retailer to a wider energy group
Slovenia’s coal phaseout: Coal assets to be separated from electricity utility HSE
06 December 2024 - The Government of Slovenia will provide EUR 403 million to prevent the bankruptcy of coal power plant Šoštanj and the mine in Velenje
Serbia introduces Green Budget, earmarks EUR 1 billion for projects
06 December 2024 - The 2025 Budget Law includes the first Green Budget annex, listing 64 green projects to be implemented next year
Thermal power plant Ugljevik halts production due to lack of coal
05 December 2024 - The management of RiTE Ugljevik, which operates a coal mine and the thermal power plant, blames those who ran the company in previous years.
Citizens asked to join complaint against Serbia’s EIA requirements for lithium project Jadar
05 December 2024 - Activist group Marš sa Drine called on citizens to join its complaint against Serbia's requirements for the environmental study for Rio Tinto's lithium project Jadar
EENergy offers EUR 10,000 grants to SMEs for energy efficiency, Western Balkans also included
05 December 2024 - Firms based in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey are among the ones eligible for funding
Eurelectric: EU has tools to tackle negative, high power prices simultaneously
04 December 2024 - Eurelectric proposed measures to the European Commission to address power price spikes as well as episodes of ultralow and negative prices
Western Balkans TSOs back joint declaration on regional cooperation
04 December 2024 - The declaration could speed up the coupling of their electricity markets with the power markets of European Union member states
Econergy signs loan for its PV project in Romania, raises EUR 87 million through bonds
04 December 2024 - Kommunalkredit Austria approved EUR 28 million for Econergy Renewable Energy's Iancu Jianu photovoltaic project of 58 MW in south Romania
Lorkowski: No Western Balkan country can get CBAM exemption for electricity in time
03 December 2024 - Without securing exemptions, Montenegro, BiH, North Macedonia, and Serbia would have to bear CBAM costs of electricity exports to the EU
EU, EIB to support battery manufacturing amid Northvolt’s bankruptcy
03 December 2024 - The EU earmarked loan guarantees, grants and financing for the battery manufacturing sector right after Northvolt's financial crash