Greece becomes net electricity exporter in 2024
10 February 2025 - Greece went from net electricity imports of 18% in 2019 to a small surplus in the balance last year, mostly attributed to gas power plants
Lager to install solar power plants on former coal mining site in BiH
27 January 2025 - Lager’s main activity is the sale of construction machinery. However, it is also investing in renewables in the region
Golob: Slovenia must define its own vision for electricity supply by 2040
23 January 2025 - The Government of Slovenia organized the first meeting as part of expert consultations titled Vision 2040 - Supplying Slovenia with electricity
Trump declaring energy emergency to ‘Drill, baby, drill’
20 January 2025 - In his inauguration address, United States President Donald Trump vowed to bring energy prices down, with an emphasis on raising oil and gas production
Coal plant ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 restarted to preserve energy security in Bulgaria
09 January 2025 - ContourGlobal is returning half of Maritsa East 3 in Bulgaria to the grid, to operate at least until the end of March
Republic of Srpska doesn’t have EUR 357 million to maintain production in coal power plants
24 December 2024 - Minister Petar Đokić held a meeting with the boards of directors and supervisory boards of coal complexes Gacko and Ugljevik
Federation of BiH preparing energy sector transition strategy
18 December 2024 - The entity Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry has started the procedure for a strategy for the transition of the energy sector
Serbia’s EPS commissions Kostolac B3 coal plant of 350 MW
13 December 2024 - After seven years of construction, Chinese contractor CMEC handed over the Kostolac B3 coal-fired thermal power plant to state-owned EPS
Ugljevik power plant back online, but coal shortage remains unresolved
12 December 2024 - Faced with workers fearing for their jobs, the management of the state power utility has promised significant investments in Ugljevik
Slovenia’s coal phaseout: Coal assets to be separated from electricity utility HSE
06 December 2024 - The Government of Slovenia will provide EUR 403 million to prevent the bankruptcy of coal power plant Šoštanj and the mine in Velenje
Thermal power plant Ugljevik halts production due to lack of coal
05 December 2024 - The management of RiTE Ugljevik, which operates a coal mine and the thermal power plant, blames those who ran the company in previous years.
COP29 decisions ambitious but insufficient to curb global warming
25 November 2024 - The COP29 summit resulted in a global pledge of USD 300 billion per year for poorer and most vulnerable countries and a global carbon market deal