energy crisis
North Macedonia to reinstate cheaper afternoon power tariff for households
29 June 2023 - Two years after abolishing it, North Macedonia plans to return the daily period of cheap electricity for households, between 13:00 and 15:00
Southeastern Europe dominates EUSEW Awards again in 2023
20 June 2023 - KLIK from Križevci in Croatia and innovator Anastasia-Maria Moschovi from Greece are among this year's winners of EUSEW Awards
Nuclearelectrica inks deal on SMR nuclear plant deployment in Romania, region
19 June 2023 - The memorandum envisages installing US-developed SMR plants at a former coal power plant in Romania and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe
Hydrogen investor becomes Bulgaria’s new energy minister
08 June 2023 - Bulgaria's new Minister of Energy Rumen Radev is a director of Holding Zagora, which participates in the Stara Zagora hydrogen valley project
Serbia sets maximum prices for wind, solar power auctions
05 June 2023 - The setting of the price is one of the most important steps in the preparation for the first auctions in the country
Biogas power plant in Croatia goes bust due to price controls
26 May 2023 - Unless the Government of Croatia helps biogas power plants, 70% will need to be shut down before summer, their association claims
BEF 2023: EU’s power market reform will only boost PPAs’ role
20 May 2023 - Businesses in the region must quickly adapt to the new power purchase rules to maintain and improve competitiveness, according to the panel Market design – is the current electricity market model sustainable?
Serbia looking for strategic partner to build 1 GW of solar
09 May 2023 - The power plants and batteries will be handed over to state power utility EPS under a turn-key contract
Serbia hikes power price for businesses to EUR 110 per MWh
28 April 2023 - The price of electricity for firms in Serbia is set by the government since November 2021 due to the energy crisis
EU’s natural gas consumption falls 17.7%
20 April 2023 - As for the countries tracked by Balkan Green Energy News, only Slovenia didn’t achieve the planned cut
District heating’s role in balancing renewables in focus of Belgrade Energy Forum 2023
11 April 2023 - BEF 2023 is a meeting point for the leaders of Southeastern Europe’s energy transition. It will be held on May 8-9.
Hungary’s top diplomat welcomes forming of energy community with Republic of Srpska, Serbia
23 March 2023 - Péter Szijjártó, who visited BiH, pointed out that regional cooperation is very important to Hungary as a landlocked country
RE-Source Croatia conference: PPAs are tool for securing long term fixed electricity prices for firms
23 March 2023 - The conference was organized by the Renewable Energy Sources of Croatia association (OIEH) in cooperation with the EU RE-Source Platform
EU presents proposals for electricity market design reform
14 March 2023 - The revision to the electricity market design is aimed at switching away from short-term markets, boosting electrification and renewables and protecting consumers
EU calls member states to start phasing out energy subsidies for citizens, firms
10 March 2023 - The European Commission reiterated that the best solution to the energy crisis is to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels
Germany preparing scheme to lower electricity prices for firms
09 March 2023 - Germany wants to reduce tariffs for businesses to make them competitive with the US and China, which have lower electricity prices