energy transition
Kosovo* receives financing for 120 MW solar power plant on coal ash dump
24 March 2024 - The EIB is providing a EUR 33 million loan for KEK's solar power project of 120 MW in peak capacity on its former coal ash dump
Balkan leaders endorse nuclear energy expansion at Brussels global summit
22 March 2024 - Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey participated at the Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels
Iva Đinđić Ćosić: energy transition opens door for greater role of women
22 March 2024 - Iva Đinđić Ćosić is lead contract specialist at Elektromreža Srbije. With a master’s degree in law, she has been working in the energy sector for 18 years
EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act adopted with looser social, environmental rules
19 March 2024 - Pursuing strategic autonomy, the European Union put together the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) after a major delay in the last phase
Finland-based Korkia sets up local partnership for solar power investments in Romania
19 March 2024 - Korkia, headquartered in Finland, and Greek-Romanian firm Econous Green Energy teamed up for solar power projects of 600 MW in total
Slovenia launches low-carbon hydrogen consortium
18 March 2024 - Slovenia supported the establishment of a low-carbon hydrogen consortium of 18 companies, organizations and municipalities
Bulgaria opens calls for battery storage subsidies within renewable energy projects
18 March 2024 - Bulgaria earmarked EUR 273 million in subsidies for battery systems required to be installed together with renewable electricity plants
Serbia to invest EUR 400 million in reconstruction of hydropower plants
18 March 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović said EUR 400 million would be invested in the revitalization of EPS's four hydropower plants
WindEurope urges for grid buildout acceleration to meet renewables goals
15 March 2024 - At WindEurope's Annual Event, the industry will mostly focus on ways to accelerate the buildout of grids, CPO Pierre Tardieu said
Energy Community issues policy guidelines for energy communities
14 March 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat published policy guidelines on the concepts of energy communities for national authorities
Government of North Macedonia sends two energy bills to parliament
13 March 2024 - North Macedonia is about to regulate renewables with a separate law, which the government passed alongside the changes to the Law on Energy
Romania’s Burduja reveals ceiling prices for wind, solar auctions
12 March 2024 - Romania will publish a call for its first solar and wind power auctions within weeks, according to Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja
North Macedonia picks Turkey-based Fides for photovoltaic plants in industrial zones
11 March 2024 - Turkish company Fides Elektrik Enerjisi was selected for a solar power public-private partnership in North Macedonia
GEN-I completes community PV plants in Slovenia’s Ajdovščina
11 March 2024 - In cooperation with the Municipality of Ajdovščina, Slovenian company GEN-I installed rooftop photovoltaic units on five public buildings
Montenegro, Serbia, Republic of Srpska to boost cooperation in energy security
08 March 2024 - At a meeting in Belgrade, the ministers of energy and mining also discussed the Buk Bijela hydropower project and the Bileća lake issue in BiH
EU remains divided over nuclear energy expansion initiative
07 March 2024 - France leads a group of countries that have a symbolic majority within the EU for the initiative to boost support for nuclear energy