energy crisis
Greece, Bulgaria inaugurate IGB gas pipeline
11 July 2022 - The two prime ministers symbolically turned the valve at their IGB interconnector. It will initially get gas through the TAP pipeline.
No giving up on the Green Agenda
09 July 2022 - Zorana Mihajlović: The developments in the past year and a half have made a well-known maxim relevant again: energy is the most expensive when you lack it
Serbia’s energy companies EPS, Srbijagas could lose EUR 2 billion over two heating seasons
07 July 2022 - Fiscal Council proposed a power price increase of 15%-20%, compared to 65%-75% for natural gas, and 10%-40% for heating
European energy prices soar as winter gas supply pessimism mounts
07 July 2022 - Concerns for the energy security of Europe's economy have become chronic – German Uniper and France's EDF are on the verge of bankruptcy
Government of BiH fails to reach consensus on gas interconnections with Serbia, Croatia
07 July 2022 - The Council of Ministers of BiH still can't agree to start bilateral talks with Croatia and Serbia on projects for gas interconnections
Romania to switch its coal plants to reserve as it closes them, without decommissioning
06 July 2022 - Romania decided to extend the coal phaseout back to 2032 and gave up on the plan to dismantle some of the coal plants that it retires
Romanian heating plant to build 80 MW solar park, mix green hydrogen into gas
05 July 2022 - Romania's Oradea city is pushing ahead with decarbonization by launching integrated projects for solar power and green hydrogen
Minister Košarac: BiH to approve gas interconnection projects with Serbia, Croatia
05 July 2022 - The two entities that make up BiH agreed the country should build gas interconnections with both Serbia and Croatia, after years of disputes.
Turkish entity in Cyprus offers energy, water deal to government in Nicosia
05 July 2022 - Cypriot Turkish leader Ersin Tatar offered the Republic of Cyprus a deal on hydrocarbons, electricity, renewables and water, but under a two-state solution
Serbia’s power utility EPS posts Q1 net loss of EUR 254 million
30 June 2022 - The state-owned power utility is blaming the poor result on a drop in output, electricity imports, and capped prices for end-consumers
Greece passes renewables law targeting 15 GW in new capacity by 2030
30 June 2022 - Greece adopted a new law on renewables licensing, which includes various measures related to the energy crisis
EU energy ministers aiming at more ambitious renewables, energy efficiency targets
28 June 2022 - The Council of the EU wants to boost the renewables and energy savings targets via the Fit-for-55 package, which depends on upcoming talks
Skrekas: Greece to triple LNG storage, renewable energy capacity
27 June 2022 - Minister of Environment and Energy Kostas Skrekas said the government would mobilize over EUR 44 billion for Greece's energy sector by 2030
North Macedonia considering change in renewable energy auction model
24 June 2022 - North Macedonia may change its renewable energy auction model as power prices jumped, the Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Viktor Andonov says
Germany triggers alert in accordance with its emergency gas plan
23 June 2022 - European future gas prices have soared 50% since the beginning of the reduction in deliveries from Russia to Germany
Italy’s Cingolani: Wholesale gas price cap is necessary to stop manipulation
22 June 2022 - Italian Minister Roberto Cingolani said his country's proposal to limit wholesale gas prices in the EU is gaining support