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Montenegro’s EPCG kicks off preparations to install batteries
03 September 2024 - The Board of Directors of Elektroprivreda Crne Gore has adopted a project task proposal to set up battery energy storage systems
Unicorn is easing digitalization, electricity market entry for new players
03 September 2024 - TSOs need tools to exchange data with lower-level market segments down to individual devices. Unicorn Systems' software helps integrate all market players, CCO Jan Konrád says.
Republic of Srpska signs renewables deal with two Chinese firms
03 September 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy Đokić said that on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Srpska, he signed an agreement on renewables
New bill of law to support 2 GW of battery storage in Greece
02 September 2024 - The Greek government is preparing a plan to continue supportting battery storage investments
Montenegro to delay temporary shutdown of TPP Pljevlja for 2026
02 September 2024 - The pause in the operation of the Pljevlja coal plant, planned for 2025 within its ecological reconstruction, could be postponed to 2026
Lithium mining plans deepen divisions within Serbia
02 September 2024 - Environmentalists held a protest because of charges that campaigners against lithium mining are facing. The Ministry of Mining and Energy said it received an anonymous threat related to Rio Tinto's Jadar project.
France, Serbia sign five agreements on critical raw materials, waste, energy
30 August 2024 - France and Serbia have agreed nuclear energy cooperation, a loan for EMS, and wastewater treatment plant construction
State obstructs use of solar energy by households, firms in BiH
30 August 2024 - Decarbonization is being obstructed by legislators and power utilities, says Damir Miljević, a member of the Management Board of RESET
Anti-lithium activists ask Macron for help, Élysée says decision on mining lies with Serbia
29 August 2024 - Serbian environmentalist coalition SEOS has sent a letter to Emmanuel Macron, seeking his support in blocking the lithium mining project
Slovenia’s HSE to install 800 MW of flexibility capacity by 2035
29 August 2024 - Slovenia’s state-owned power utility, Holding Slovenske Elektrarne, posted a EUR 391 million profit in 2023
Bulgaria, Oman seek to boost energy cooperation
29 August 2024 - Bulgaria and Oman intend to develop mutual projects in the sectors of natural gas, hydrogen, renewable energy production, storage, and oil
Croatia’s HEP to buy smart electricity meters worth EUR 86.5 million
28 August 2024 - Croatia’s power utility, Hrvatska Elektroprivreda, has launched a tender for the purchase of smart meters worth EUR 86.5 million
One of Europe’s largest green hydrogen industrial clusters to be built in Sweden
28 August 2024 - The industrial cluster would tap on wind power to produce green hydrogen and then use it to make carbon-neutral fertilizer
Heavy industry turns to solar: BiH alumina producer building 16 MW of PV power plants
28 August 2024 - Zvornik-based Alumina is working on the construction of 16 MW of solar power plants to generate electricity for its factories
Half of energy organizations set to integrate AI in year ahead – survey
27 August 2024 - DNV has conducted an annual survey of nearly 1,300 senior professionals, alongside in-depth interviews with industry leaders and experts
EU’s mining waste rules not fit for new critical raw materials mines
27 August 2024 - The European NGO Transport & Environment commissioned a legal analysis of the 2006 EU Extractive Waste Directive (EWD)