CBAM go-live: no electricity imports in week one
16 January 2026 - Iron and steel dominated the CBAM imports declared in the first reporting window, January 1-6, according to the European Commission
EU’s amendments to CBAM: possibility of relief, but January 1 brought market uncertainty
06 January 2026 - Long-awaited implementing acts and amendments to the CBAM Regulation brought only a minor relief for...
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02 January 2026 - Battery storage and digitalization stepped into the spotlight in 2025, according to the readers of Balkan Green Energy News, which marked its tenth anniversary with the best results so far
Turkey to launch carbon market, sign deals for large renewables projects in 2026
26 December 2025 - These developments represent the core of the 2026 vision for energy and mining in Turkey, revealed by Minister Alparslan Bayraktar
EU simplifying CBAM exemption for electricity, improving emissions calculation
17 December 2025 - Energy Community contracting parties that transposed EU aquis will be eligible for earlier exemptions from CBAM for electricity
CBAM tests market integration and green investments
16 December 2025 - CBAM for electricity raises serious risks and challenges in the region, warns CEO of North Macedonia's MEMO Zoran Gjorgjievski
Serbia, North Macedonia seek to build gas interconnector by end-2027
12 December 2025 - Serbia and North Macedonia aim to complete a gas interconnector in late 2027 and put it into operation in early 2028, said Đedović Handanović
Energy Community: Serbia best in Western Balkans in alignment with EU regulations
10 December 2025 - The decade ahead must sustain the momentum, Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski said in Annual Implementation Report 2025
EU considering Montenegro’s proposals for changes to CBAM
08 December 2025 - Minister of Energy and Mining of Montenegro Admir Šahmanović held meetings on CBAM with several senior EU officials
Bruegel: Without refining or delaying CBAM for electricity, EU risks market integration, security of supply
03 December 2025 - Brussels-based think tank Bruegel has analyzed the impacts of the CBAM application for electricity set for January 1, 2026
Serbia rolls out taxes on greenhouse gas emissions, imported carbon-intensive products
03 December 2025 - The new laws on taxes on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon-intensive product imports, both at EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent, are coming into effect on January 1
Šahmanović: Montenegro still in talks on CBAM postponement
28 November 2025 - Montenegro is still negotiating a postponement of the European Union’s carbon border tax or an exemption from the levy