energy transition
IPTO to invest EUR 4.1 billion in new interconnections, renewables integration, batteries
15 January 2021 - Greece’s independent transmission system operator, IPTO, plans to invest EUR 4.1 billion over the next...
Slovenia earmarks EUR 660 million for liquidity in firms, green transition
12 January 2021 - Slovenia is helping the recovery from the pandemic with EUR 660 million including grants, with a focus on SMEs, liquidity and the green transition
EU’s European Innovation Council Fund buys stakes in startups
12 January 2021 - The EU is supporting innovative startups with direct equity investments for the first time, blending them with grants through the EIC Fund
Kostas Skrekas becomes minister of the environment and energy of Greece
08 January 2021 - New Minister of the Environment and Energy of Greece Kostas Skrekas took over the post from Kostis Hatzidakis. Major reforms are already underway.
Professors say coal already uncompetitive, energy transition must accelerate in region
22 December 2020 - Energy transition into renewables is necessary and more cost effective even than to maintain coal thermal power plants, the academic community claims
Serbia to spend EUR 1.5 billion in 2021 on energy efficiency, to cut pollution
16 December 2020 - Serbia will completely alter investment plans, prioritizing energy efficiency and the fight against pollution, Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlović said
Platform Initiative launched to help energy transition of coal regions in Western Balkans, Ukraine
12 December 2020 - The Platform Initiative in Support of Coal Regions in Transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine has been officially launched
PPC Renewables gets licenses for solar parks of 1.9 GW in lignite areas
10 December 2020 - Greece managed to complete the paperwork in one year for most of the planned solar parks that should replace the lignite industry
GEN-I to roll out option to supply power produced without fossil fuels
09 December 2020 - Households and firms in Slovenia will soon be able to purchase power produced only from...
Western Balkans wasted EUR 655 million on coal subsidies since 2015
04 December 2020 - Serbia and BiH account for almost all of the coal subsidies in 2018 and 2019 among the Energy Community contracting parties in the Western Balkans.
Bulgarian municipalities advised on possibilities for energy communities
27 November 2020 - An energy transition training session was organized for Bulgarian municipalities to highlight the potential benefits of energy communities
Belgrade University professors warn politicians failure to phase out coal will be more costly than any decarbonization measures
25 November 2020 - It will be more expensive for the country to did nothing to reduce CO2 emissions, than to implement decarbonization measures.
Energy reforms move ahead despite COVID-19 – Energy Community annual report
23 November 2020 - The Annual Implementation Report reveals that the average implementation score of the contracting parties increased from 48% to 53%.
Romania erases new coal-fired thermal power plants from its plans
23 November 2020 - The Government of Romania claims no more coal power plants would be built and CE Oltenia hinted it is about to scrap the last such project.
ELES secured over EUR 100 million from EU, Japan for development projects
18 November 2020 - Aleksander Mervar, CEO of ELES, speaks of efforts toward a just energy transition and the development projects of Slovenia's TSO
Serbia to add 1 GW in wind farms in next five years
17 November 2020 - Serbia could get 1 GW in wind farm capacity in the next five years, it has to decarbonize energy and reduce the share of coal in energy production within one or two decades. The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans