Energy, water crisis spreads as Danube region is clinging on power imports
The downstream Danube region is increasingly depending on electricity imports and interconnections, while leaning on solar power and energy storage on the home front.
Slovenia fully integrates with EU power market by joining MARI platform
Slovenia's transmission system operator ELES is becoming an operational member of pan-European balancing energy exchange platform MARI
Omnia Capital takes full ownership of Alive Capital Serbia, strengthening its Southeast European clean energy platform
Omnia Capital B.V., the investment holding company founded in the Netherlands by Italian entrepreneur Giacomo Billi, has completed the acquisition of Alive Capital d.o.o. Beograd from Premier Energy PLC
Aksa enters ancillary services market with Turkey’s first standalone BESS
While accelerating the expansion of its hybrid power plant portfolio, Turkish company Aksa Energy also installed the country's first standalone BESS
Slovenia’s ELES joins automated frequency restoration platform PICASSO
Slovenia's electricity transmission system operator (TSO) ELES became a member of PICASSO, the European platform for cross-border exchange of balancing energy
Bulgaria surges to world’s No. 1 in battery systems share
The combined share of battery energy storage systems in Bulgaria is higher by far than in any other country in the world
Renewable energy ambitions must include ways to ensure grid integration
Market participants in the region have differing views of the current state of the grid, according to a panel held at Belgrade Energy Forum 2026
NGEN, Uniper break ground on 100 MWh battery system in Germany
The battery system in Wilhelmshaven will balance wind and solar power, supporting grid stability and renewables integration