Region/EU
Wind, solar PPA prices jump 27.5% in Europe year over year
14 April 2022 - The wind and solar PPA index for 14 European countries rallied 8.6% in the first quarter and 27.5% year on year, to EUR 57 per MWh
Albania planning two more power interconnectors with Kosovo*, Montenegro
13 April 2022 - Albania's regulator said the link with Montenegro should be reconstructed and that new interconnectors are needed with Montenegro and Kosovo*
IRENA: World’s renewable electricity capacity surpassed 3 TW in 2021
13 April 2022 - Renewables accounted for 38.3% of global electricity generation capacity at the end of last year, IRENA said
How will EU free itself from Russian gas and why gas will be as expensive as champagne
13 April 2022 - The Energy Community Secretariat's Head of Gas Unit Predrag Grujičić explains the future of natural gas in an interview with Balkan Green Energy News
Join SolarEdge Roadshow 2022 touring South-East Europe in May, June
13 April 2022 - This spring, for the first time, Solar Edge is touring six countries of the SEE region in a series of in-person event programs
Westinghouse partners with Slovenian firms to build nuclear power plants in CEE
11 April 2022 - Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe said they would install nuclear power plants or that they are considering the idea
Tenants, landlords in Germany to share CO2 tax for heating
08 April 2022 - Renters in Germany are bearing the burden from a CO2 tax for heating systems, but new rules aim to make landlords pay a fair share
Energy transition in Western Balkans – how to move forward
08 April 2022 - In an op-ed for Balkan Green Energy News, energy experts Mirza Kušljugić and Damir Miljević write about the ongoing energy crisis and the energy transition in the Western Balkans.
Serbia to be exempt from EU’s sanctions against Russian oil firms
08 April 2022 - The fourth package of EU sanctions has banned EU companies from doing business with a new list of Russian companies
Call for European Sustainable Energy Awards extended until April 28
06 April 2022 - The deadline for applications and nominations for the European Sustainable Energy Awards – EUSEW Awards 2022 has been extended until April 28
Revised Fit for 55: Preliminary goals show more renewables, nuclear, coal – much less natural gas
06 April 2022 - The revision of the Fit for 55 energy package calls for more renewables, coal and nuclear in order to offset a great reduction in natural gas
Greece has biggest combined share of wind, solar in electricity generation in SEE
04 April 2022 - Greece is eighth in the world by the share of wind and solar in electricity generation and Croatia came in seventh in the bioenergy section
Slovenia, Serbia to establish first regional power exchange ADEX
04 April 2022 - ADEX shares will be owned equally by Slovenia's TSO ELES, Serbia's TSO EMS and the EU's power exchange EPEX SPOT
EU to allow Western Balkans to take part in joint gas purchases
29 March 2022 - Western Balkan countries will be able to join the European Union's platform for voluntary joint purchasing of gas and hydrogen.
Deepening energy crisis will spur renewables development
29 March 2022 - In an interview with BGEN, Damir Miljević, Nikola Rajaković and Miroslav Vujnović talk about the impact of the Ukraine crisis on the energy transition in BiH, Montenegro and Serbia
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