Region/EU
Just Transition Young Voices Award: Empowering youth champions in the clean energy transition
18 June 2025 - Young people from the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova can apply for the Just Transition Young Voices Award until 28 July 2025
EU nuclear ambitions: EUR 241 billion in investment needed by 2050
17 June 2025 - The European Commission has estimated investments needed for the member states' nuclear energy plans at EUR 241 billion until 2050
World’s largest sand battery commissioned in Finland
16 June 2025 - A sand battery is a high-temperature thermal energy storage system, first developed by the start-up Polar Night Energy.
French power prices jump as EDF looks into possible nuclear reactor defect
12 June 2025 - France’s state-owned power utility EDF is investigating apparent corrosion cracks found at the Civaux 2 nuclear reactor.
Winners of EUSEW Awards announced
11 June 2025 - On the first day of European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), the EUSEW awards ceremony also took place
ENTSO-E proposes delaying CBAM on electricity by one year
10 June 2025 - ENTSO-E recommended to the EU to prolong the transitional period of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for electricity by a year
Serbia’s EMS starts construction of third section of Trans-Balkan Corridor
10 June 2025 - Elektromreža Srbije started construction works for the part of the Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor between Obrenovac and Bajina Bašta
The cost of keeping warm: delivering a just clean heat and cooling transition for European citizens
06 June 2025 - ETS2 – which will be launched in 2027 and will put a price on carbon emissions from buildings and transport – risks deepening the energy poverty problem
EU’s strategic status for Rio Tinto’s lithium project risks fueling tensions in Serbia
06 June 2025 - The addition of the planned lithium mine in Serbia to the EU's strategic projects for raw materials has again stirred up public controversy
Billot: Balkans is key region for Nordex Group
05 June 2025 - Nordex recently marked its 40th anniversary at Belgrade Energy Forum 2025, affirming its commitment to the Balkans
European Commission declares Jadar project in Serbia one of its strategic projects for critical raw materials
04 June 2025 - Rio Tinto's project Jadar in Serbia is now one of the EU's 13 strategic raw materials projects outside of its borders
Western Balkans urged to step up just transition measures
02 June 2025 - In its guidelines for the just transition, the Energy Community Secretariat said the Western Balkans lack policies and measures
Third Regional Power Sector Exchange in Ohrid: Power grids at core of energy transition
30 May 2025 - The third Regional Power Sector Exchange of the Western Balkans gathered over 80 energy professionals from the Western Balkans
Maja Maćić: Alcazar Energy expands presence in Western Balkans
30 May 2025 - Maja Maćić, executive manager of Alcazar Energy, said at Belgrade Energy Forum that construction activities for some projects would start as early as this year
Green for Growth Fund launches partnership with Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
30 May 2025 - GGF and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency are expanding green lending in the Western Balkans and the EU's Eastern Neighborhood
Workshop on power grid development in Western Balkans held by GIZ, Energy Community Secretariat
29 May 2025 - In support of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, GIZ organized a Strategic Workshop on Power Grids for a regional action plan