energy transition
Maja Turković: Technology is our strongest card
04 June 2025 - The technological solutions needed to increase the share of renewables are already available and accessible, Maja Turković said at BEF 2025
BESS factory of 1.5 GWh per year opening near Sofia in Bulgaria
02 June 2025 - IPS, a Bulgarian manufacturer of battery energy storage systems, is about to launch operations at its new facility near Sofia
Western Balkans urged to step up just transition measures
02 June 2025 - In its guidelines for the just transition, the Energy Community Secretariat said the Western Balkans lack policies and measures
Serbia drafts just transition action plan
30 May 2025 - The Ministry of Mining and Energy has published a draft just transition action plan and launched a public debate
Third Regional Power Sector Exchange in Ohrid: Power grids at core of energy transition
30 May 2025 - The third Regional Power Sector Exchange of the Western Balkans gathered over 80 energy professionals from the Western Balkans
Green for Growth Fund launches partnership with Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
30 May 2025 - GGF and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency are expanding green lending in the Western Balkans and the EU's Eastern Neighborhood
Workshop on power grid development in Western Balkans held by GIZ, Energy Community Secretariat
29 May 2025 - In support of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, GIZ organized a Strategic Workshop on Power Grids for a regional action plan
Western Balkans power markets: hope for coupling with EU, concerns about CBAM
29 May 2025 - Representatives of TSOs, regulators and power exchanges gathered at a panel on the integration of Western Balkans markets into the EU market
ACER’s Zinglersen: Integrate electricity markets to bolster flexibility as new era is already here
28 May 2025 - The number of hours with negative power prices reached an all-time high for two years in a row, which means a new era is here, ACER's Director Christian Zinglersen said at BEF 2025
Velimir Gavrilović, Fortis Energy: We are developing huge portfolio in SEE
27 May 2025 - Fortis Energy is working on renewable energy projects of 2 GW altogether in Southeast Europe, of which half is in Serbia
Largest battery storage system in Balkans commissioned in Bulgaria
26 May 2025 - A BESS facility of 124.1 MW was inaugurated in Lovech in Bulgaria, next to a photovoltaic park in the local industrial zone
Clock is ticking for introducing carbon tax in Western Balkans, many ambiguities still remain
26 May 2025 - Even though the Governments might not have been proactive enough in the previous years, the participants of the CBAM panel on BEF 2025 believe there is still time for the regional actors to come up with more proactive approach towards the EU