electricity
Ministry of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources of North Macedonia signs MoU with Balkan Green Energy News on cooperation and partnership
17 February 2026 - The Ministry of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources of North Macedonia will expand its cooperation with Balkan Green Energy News in advancing the energy transition in the region
Romania to build one small reactor to test before proceeding with six-unit SMR project
13 February 2026 - Nuclearelectrica voted to launch the investment in an SMR project of 462 MW. Reportedly, it would build and test one of the six units before continuing.
Serbia’s new electricity market rules bring important changes
12 February 2026 - Nikola Tošić, Market Division Manager at Serbia's transmission system operator EMS, explains new electricity market rules
Von der Leyen: EU working with member states to cut taxes and lower energy prices
12 February 2026 - The taxes that industry pays on power are 15 times higher than on gas, Ursula von der Leyen said at the Antwerp European Industry Summit
YESS Power integrates battery system with Novaci PV plant in North Macedonia
12 February 2026 - Turkey-based YESS Power has commissioned, as a contractor, the first grid-scale BESS in North Macedonia and the region
PPC to install 60 MWh battery system at Sălbatica wind farm
11 February 2026 - PPC operates the Sălbatica 1 and Sălbatica 2 wind farms, with a combined capacity of 140 MW, located in Tulcea County
Next generation geothermal challenging competitiveness of gas power plants
11 February 2026 - With its new solutions and falling costs, geothermal power can already replace 42% of EU coal- and gas-fired plant output, Ember found
First car with sodium ion batteries entering mass production
10 February 2026 - Changan presented the world's first mass-produced passenger vehicle equipped with sodium ion batteries, in partnership with CATL
KEY – The Energy Transition Expo: the energy hub becomes increasingly global
10 February 2026 - Of the over 1,000 brands exhibiting at Italian Exhibition Group’s energy transition event, to be held from March 4 to 6 at Rimini Expo Centre, about 32% will be foreign
IEA: Renewables and nuclear set to supply 50% of world’s electricity by 2030 as demand rises steadily
09 February 2026 - Renewables, gas, and nuclear power will meet all additional electricity demand, while output from coal will decline and CO2 emissions stagnate
Protests against giant hybrid power plant project in Bulgaria over loss of land
09 February 2026 - Environmentalists and locals are opposing a EUR 450 million solar power and battery project in Suhindol in Bulgaria
CWP Europe commissions Romania’s largest solar park
09 February 2026 - Solar power plant Studina, the largest in Romania at 174 MW in peak capacity, has entered regular operation
Chinese GCL takes another step in solar power project in Serbia
06 February 2026 - Chinese energy company GCL has taken another step toward building the Knjaževac solar power plant in Serbia
ANRE: Prosumers in Romania reach 3.35 GW in capacity
06 February 2026 - There were almost 290,000 prosumers in Romania at the end of November, with 3.35 GW...
Slovenia endorses key green energy, grid investments
05 February 2026 - Slovenia selected a range of PV, battery storage and grid projects eligible for support via the European Union's Modernisation Fund
Saudi Arabia to build 2 GW of solar power in Turkey within 5 GW deal
04 February 2026 - Saudi Arabia signed an agreement for its companies to build solar power plants totaling 2 GW in two provinces in Turkey