electricity
OMV opens Austria’s largest green hydrogen plant
30 April 2025 - OMV put into operation its 10 MW green hydrogen plant at the Schwechat refinery. It can produce 1,500 tons per year.
US interested in pumped storage hydropower projects in Romania, Bulgaria
30 April 2025 - Ministers of energy of Romania and Bulgaria separately met their US counterpart and hinted at cooperation in pumped storage hydropower projects
Public voting open for EUSEW Awards
30 April 2025 - As part of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), the EUSEW Awards will be presented to outstanding individuals and organisations driving Europe’s energy transition
CEO of Kosovo* TSO KOSTT dismissed amid allegations of abuse of office
29 April 2025 - KOSTT fired CEO Evetar Zeqiri after a complaint that former board members sent to the Special Prosecutor's Office surfaced in the media
North Macedonia’s MEPSO seeks contractor for power line to Albanian border
29 April 2025 - MEPSO launched a tender for a 400 kV transmission line, the North Macedonian part of a planned interconnection with Albania
Croatian firm ENNA takes over 87.5 MW solar project in Romania
28 April 2025 - ENNA Solar has signed an agreement with Austria-based Kraftfeld Energy to acquire an 87.52 MW ready-to-build solar power plant project
Electricity system in Spain, Portugal collapses
28 April 2025 - Power was out today throughout Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France amid one of the most serious outages so far
Episodes of negative power prices in Slovenia, Romania spread to workdays
28 April 2025 - Romania and Slovenia are experiencing the first episodes of negative day-ahead power prices on workdays, as the phenomenon used to occur only on holidays and weekends
Horius becomes exclusive distributor of PupinEnergy chargers for Serbia
25 April 2025 - Horius signed an exclusive agreement and became the authorized distributor of PupinEnergy AC electric vehicle chargers in Serbia
Project for first gas power plant in Albania enters next stage
25 April 2025 - Greece-based GEK Terna and DEPA Commercial are preparing to build the first gas power plant in Albania, with local partner Gener 2
MORE puts 43.2 MW wind park in northern Greece into regular operation
24 April 2025 - Motor Oil Renewable Energy (MORE) received the operating license for its 43.2 MW wind power plant near the border with North Macedonia
Constitutional Court of Bulgaria annuls exemptions for renewables on agricultural land
24 April 2025 - Investors in agrivoltaics and other renewables on agricultural land face higher expenses and longer procedures as exemptions were scrapped
GWEC: Record wind power capacity was installed globally in 2024
23 April 2025 - New wind turbine installations reached an all-time high 117 GW last year, just above the 2023 level, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) found
Greece’s DEPA Commercial picks contractors for PV plants of 500 MW
23 April 2025 - Terna and Aktor are about to start building a solar power plant of 400 MW and another 100 MW in Greece for state-owned DEPA Commercial
Two PV parks of 117 MW in total coming online near Bucharest
23 April 2025 - Eximprod is commissioning a 65 MW solar park north of Bucharest and Simtel arranged loans for the completion of a 52 MW plant in Giurgiu
Bulgaria grants EUR 587 million to 82 battery storage projects
22 April 2025 - Developers of 82 standalone battery projects in Bulgaria, for an overall 9.71 GWh in capacity, got approval for EUR 587 million in subsidies