Pollution from coal plants in Western Balkans remains extreme in 2021
Coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans were in breach of Energy Community pollution rules in 2021 for the fourth year in a row.
Kosovo* may buy stake in gas-fired power plant project in Albania
Kosovo* and Albania will jointly work on the LNG terminal project in Vlora and Kosovo* could invest in the planned gas-fired power plant there
Crowdfunding begins for first energy cooperative–owned solar power plants in Serbia
The Elektropionir energy cooperative started a crowdfunding campaign for two solar power plants on the Stara planina mountain in Serbia
Roadmap agreed to allow Serbia to supply electricity in north of Kosovo*
The roadmap envisages for a subsidiary of Serbia’s state power utility to supply electricity in the four Serb-majority municipalities
Domestic share of wind turbine production in Turkey reaches 72%
Turkey has boosted its share of local production of wind turbines to 72% and the government has the ambition to attract more investment
Europe is firing up old coal plants to get through winter
Germany is getting retired coal plants back online as Gazprom's gas supply is dwindling while Italy may declare an emergency
Montenegro’s EPCG joins day-ahead power market on SEEPEX exchange in Serbia
Montenegro's state-owned power utility EPCG said it completed the first transaction at Serbian power exchange SEEPEX
Gas and nuclear’s green taxonomy prospects divided European institutions
MEPs opposed the European Commission’s plan to include nuclear energy and gas in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities covered by the so-called EU taxonomy. The two responsible committees consider that the proposal does not respect the sustainability criteria. Unraveling over the financing of gas and nuclear projects is expected in the European Parliament […]