energy cooperatives
Ljubljana to create energy community with photovoltaic systems on public buildings
20 October 2023 - Slovenia's capital city established a public-private partnership for the construction of 51 photovoltaic units on public buildings
EU energy ministers achieve breakthrough in electricity market design reform
19 October 2023 - The Council of the EU adopted its so-called general approach to the electricity market design reform, breaking the Franco-German deadlock
Bulgaria adopts changes to Energy from Renewable Sources Act
03 October 2023 - Bulgaria simplified renewables permitting, rolled out banking guarantees for projects and regulated citizen energy communities
Bulgaria’s energy bill to liberalize wholesale power market, introduce energy communities
08 September 2023 - The proposed changes to the Law of Energy are heading to Bulgaria's parliament amid strong criticism over possible power price instability
First municipal solar park in Western Balkans to be built in Mostar
14 August 2023 - Mostar is getting the concession for the first municipal utility-scale renewable electricity plant in BiH and the Western Balkans
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
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
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
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
What’s new in Federation of BiH’s draft law on renewables?
04 July 2022 - It introduces auctions for the allocation of feed-in tariffs and feed-in premiums for renewable power plants
Crowdfunding begins for first energy cooperative–owned solar power plants in Serbia
21 June 2022 - The Elektropionir energy cooperative started a crowdfunding campaign for two solar power plants on the Stara planina mountain in Serbia
Virtual power plants to enable power market access for prosumers in Croatia
26 May 2022 - The law in Croatia allows households with solar panels to group and place excess energy in the market, though it is too expensive for now