electricity
No bids for 10% stake in Montenegrin power utility
03 August 2022 - The deadline has passed and state-owned coal power producer Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) failed to attract any offers for a 10% stake
Austrian investors building largest battery unit in Romania
03 August 2022 - Megalodon Storage intends to complete its 7 MW lithium ion battery storage unit in Ilfov county near Bucharest next year
Two wind farms in Croatia enter merchant PPA deal, leave FiT subsidy scheme
02 August 2022 - Wind parks ZD 6 and ZD 2 & 3 are among the first renewable energy plants to voluntarily leave Croatia's feed-in tariff subsidy scheme
TÜV’s Bühler: Restarting retired nuclear plants in Germany is technically feasible
01 August 2022 - Joachim Bühler from safety inspection operator TÜV says Germany can bring three closed nuclear plants back to life
Drought to cost Montenegro’s EPCG utility EUR 100 million in third quarter
01 August 2022 - State-owned power producer EPCG said it would have to import 294 GWh of electricity in the three months through September due to drought
Ember: EU must install renewables two times faster by 2026 to meet climate targets
28 July 2022 - The EU will need double solar and wind additions by 2026 to deliver on the goal to hold global warming at a maximum 1.5 degrees
Serbia to target emissions cut of 40.3% by 2030 in upcoming NECP
27 July 2022 - Serbia presented the preliminary goals for its integrated national energy and climate plan as it is about to start a public debate
ERS sets up wind farm subsidiary to develop Donja Trusina project
26 July 2022 - The Republic of Srpska is establishing a project firm under state-owned power utility ERS to develop the Donja Trusina wind park project
Elassona in Greece to build municipal photovoltaic plants of 5 MW in total
26 July 2022 - The Municipality of Elassona will build solar power plants to cut electricity costs for water supply and sewerage by 90%
North Macedonia to declare state of energy crisis in August
25 July 2022 - The country has declared the state of energy crisis last year in November for a month, but soon extended it for six more months until June 9
Portugal, Switzerland launch pumped storage hydropower plants of over 2 GW in total
22 July 2022 - Iberdrola inaugurated its pumped storage plant Tâmega Gigabattery in Portugal and a similar facility was commissioned in Switzerland
Istria, biggest Adriatic peninsula, strives for energy independence
21 July 2022 - Croatia's Istria County will add solar farms of at least 10 MW each to the spatial plan and examine possibilities for offshore wind parks