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Croatian Chamber of Economy asks for lex specialis for renewable energy sector
28 March 2024 - The Association for Renewable Energy Sources produced a position paper identifying obstacles and possible solutions
Eurelectric: Investments urgently needed to triple electrification rates by 2050
07 November 2023 - The peak of the energy crisis may be over but the challenges to Europe’s decarbonization and security of supply aren't, according to the Power Barometer
Distribution grid digitalization, smart meters crucial to scale-up prosumers in Serbia, region
23 August 2023 - The rapid increase in the number of PV power plants for self-consumption has delivered many benefits, but it has also triggered restrictions
Serbian minister discusses electricity sector investment with Saudi fund
10 March 2023 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović met with the representatives of the Saudi Fund for Development in Belgrade
Regulatory deadlock keeps renewables investors in Croatia on seven-year hold
08 February 2023 - new laws since 2021 haven’t changed a thing because bylaws are missing and new investments were halted, the chamber pointed out
Slovenia to invest EUR 3.5 billion in power distribution system
25 January 2023 - Slovenia intends to invest EUR 3.5 billion in the power distribution system by 2032 to overcome the challenges of the energy transition
North Macedonia enables prosumers to sell surplus electricity
16 June 2022 - Households, firms and institutions registered as prosumers can sell surplus electricity from their rooftop solar systems from next month
Eightfold increase in number of prosumers recorded in Romania in 2021
06 June 2022 - Reforms, subsidies and investments enabled the growth in capacity installed by prosumers last year in Romania by 424% to 85 MW.
Kosovo* imposes rotating power outage over high import prices, grid instability
23 December 2021 - Kosovo* introduced systematic, temporary electricity cuts amid a jump in consumption, low production, high import prices and grid issues
Small solar power projects in Greece on hold due to grid overburden
16 August 2021 - Distribution system operator HEDNO can't connect household rooftop solar power systems anymore in some parts of Greece as the capacity reached its limits
Romania’s Electrica secures EUR 120 million loan for network upgrades, smart meters, renewables
19 July 2021 - The EIB has signed a EUR 120 million loan to help Romanian power supplier Electrica modernize its distribution network, introduce advanced metering, and integrate renewable energy sources.
E.ON to install 400,000 smart meters in Romania
08 December 2020 - As a result, at the end of 2028, over 700,000 customers or 45% of the company's total customers in Romania will have smart meters.