energy communities
Firefighters establish Croatia’s first energy community
25 July 2023 - The volunteer fire brigade of Špičkovina will install a solar power plant to produce electricity for all citizens that want to participate
Energy communities apply for two floating PV plants in Greece with stunning 18.6 GW in total
24 July 2023 - Two energy communities submitted applications for floating PV plants of unprecedented size in the latest licensing cycle
Two years on, Croatia still has no energy communities
04 July 2023 - The Green Energy Cooperative (ZEZ), backed by a number of organizations, has called on the ministry to enable cooperatives to set up energy communities
Bulgarian municipalities demand legal framework for energy communities
23 June 2023 - A group of municipalities urged the Bulgarian authorities to enable the creation of energy communities and support self-consumption
Croatian energy cooperative KLIK is helping citizens produce their own energy
30 May 2023 - Križevci Laboratory for Innovation in Climate KLIK is energy community who reached the very final for the EUSEW 2023 awards in the local energy action category.
Greece slashes allowed capacity for prosumers, tightens rules for energy communities
22 March 2023 - The Greek government passed a new extensive law covering many different aspects of renewable installations
Municipality of Lopare to develop first local energy transition strategy in BiH
20 February 2023 - RESET has signed an agreement with the Municipality of Lopare on cooperation in the implementation of the energy transition
Energy communities in Greece boost installed capacity by 71.4% year over year
31 January 2023 - Total electricity generation capacity run by energy communities in Greece jumped 71.4% to just under 800 MW in the year through November
Citizens in energy transition: Elektropionir – champions of energy democratization
30 December 2022 - Elektropionir is building Serbia's first cooperative power plants, which suggest energy democratization in Serbia is possible
Federation of BiH adopts three energy laws
12 December 2022 - The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the last part of Europe without a legal framework for citizen energy
Western Balkan countries must create legal framework for energy communities, democratize energy
09 December 2022 - The conference Citizen Energy Communities/Renewable Energy Communities in Sarajevo was organized by RESET and the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Regional conference on energy communities to be held on December 8 in Sarajevo
17 November 2022 - The conference is organized by the Regional Center for Sustainable Energy Transition - RESET and the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Two of four European Sustainable Energy Awards go to Southeastern Europe
26 September 2022 - Timea Farkas is the Young Energy Trailblazer at European Sustainable Energy Awards and the Minoan Energy Community won in the Local Energy Action category
Citizen energy – the cornerstone of a sustainable and efficient energy transition
29 July 2022 - Damir Miljević and Mirza Kušljugić from RESET explain the role of citizens in the energy transition
Slovenia to freeze electricity prices, add 1 GW in solar power to supply homes
15 July 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob said large solar power plants of 1 GW in total would be built by 2025 to supply Slovenian households
Energy Community can integrate 30 GW of renewables without investments in flexibility
14 July 2022 - The Study on flexibility options to support decarbonization in the Energy Community has assessed the flexibility needs, options for balancing