energy transition
Prosumers in Serbia disappointed with first electricity bills
29 July 2022 - Differences in how two ministries interpreted rules led to higher bills and created confusion among the first prosumers in Serbia
Decarbonizing one steel plant with hydrogen requires up to EUR 7 billion in investment
29 July 2022 - Hydrogen Europe conducted an analysis of the viability of using solar and renewable energy to decarbonize steel manufacturing
Serbia to target emissions cut of 40.3% by 2030 in upcoming NECP
27 July 2022 - Serbia presented the preliminary goals for its integrated national energy and climate plan as it is about to start a public debate
Elassona in Greece to build municipal photovoltaic plants of 5 MW in total
26 July 2022 - The Municipality of Elassona will build solar power plants to cut electricity costs for water supply and sewerage by 90%
Kosovo* to provide more support to its prosumers
25 July 2022 - The Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) of Kosovo* is preparing another mechanism for incentives for investments in rooftop solar power plants
Hungary, Serbia sign green hydrogen deal
25 July 2022 - The MoU was signed by Zorana Mihajlović, Minister of Mining and Energy, and László Palkovics, Minister of Technology and Industry
Petrol to install rooftop solar panels on all its gas stations
25 July 2022 - Petrol is about to equip its first 46 filling stations in Slovenia with rooftop photovoltaic systems with the help of European funds
Portugal, Switzerland launch pumped storage hydropower plants of over 2 GW in total
22 July 2022 - Iberdrola inaugurated its pumped storage plant Tâmega Gigabattery in Portugal and a similar facility was commissioned in Switzerland
EPBiH signs concession for two solar PV plants
18 July 2022 - The photovoltaic plants will be built at the mine tailings dump site of the Gračanica coal mine in the municipality of Bugojno
IRENA: Solar, wind power costs defy inflation with massive price drop
15 July 2022 - The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15% in 2021, compared to 13% for offshore wind and 13% for photovoltaics, IRENA said
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
Energy Community can integrate 30 GW of renewables without investments in flexibility
14 July 2022 - The Study on flexibility options to support decarbonization in the Energy Community has assessed the flexibility needs, options for balancing
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
Energy Transition Tracker: Energy Community’s coal power output drops 11% in 2021
08 July 2022 - Coal power production in all nine Energy Community contracting parties has been reduced by 13% to a five-year low last year
Natural gas, nuclear energy remain part of EU taxonomy – NGOs to file lawsuit
06 July 2022 - The European Parliament rejected the motion to exclude investments in natural gas and nuclear energy from the sustainable finance taxonomy
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