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Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2025
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
Athens International Airport builds biggest photovoltaic-BESS plant
29 December 2025 - Athens International Airport (AIA) has a PV plant of 51.5 MW with 82 MWh in energy storage, the largest such facility in Europe
OMV Petrom, CE Oltenia building solar parks of 550 MW in total
23 December 2025 - Romanian state-owned CE Oltenia is turning its coal land into PV plants in partnership with OMV Petrom. The four projects total 550 MW.
Serbia is first Energy Community contracting party to enter verification phase of market coupling
18 December 2025 - At the Energy Community Ministerial Council, ministers addressed energy security, market integration, climate policy
Slovenia earmarks EUR 282.2 million for just transition, renewables in coal region
18 December 2025 - The plan envisages renewable energy projects in the district heating system and at the Šoštanj thermal power plant site
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
European Commission proposes easing 2035 car emissions rules
17 December 2025 - The new rules would lower the emissions cut target from 100% to 90% and allow the sale of hybrid and internal combustion vehicles after 2035
KEK seeks contractor for 100 MW solar power project near Prishtina
16 December 2025 - KEK is receiving bids within the prequalifications call for its Solar4Kosovo photovoltaic project until January 22
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
From construction waste to circular economy: how STRABAG drives green transition
11 December 2025 - Strabag Serbia is introducing recycling, solar energy, electric vehicles and digital tools to accelerate the green transition and reduce CO₂ emissions.
Bulgarian firm Hydrogenera gets electrolyzer order from Volkswagen
10 December 2025 - Hydrogenera will integrate its electrolyzer with a gas burner at Volkswagen Poznań's automotive factory in western Poland.
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
Uncompetitiveness holding EU far behind green hydrogen targets
05 December 2025 - Several high-profile renewable hydrogen projects have been canceled and major companies reduced their decarbonization ambitions, ACER said
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
Greece’s first municipal energy community to be launched in its coal capital Kozani
03 December 2025 - The coal city of Kozani in northern Greece is seeking a contractor for seven photovoltaic systems of 7 MW overall