Western Balkans TSOs back joint declaration on regional cooperation
04 December 2024 - The declaration could speed up the coupling of their electricity markets with the power markets of European Union member states
Overgrown vegetation caused Balkans blackout on June 21
06 November 2024 - ENTSO-E published an interim-factual report describing the system conditions before the event and its timeline
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary, Romania establish firm for Black Sea interconnector
05 September 2024 - The four parties have signed a shareholders' agreement for the Green Energy Corridor Power Company in Bucharest
Balkans blackout on June 21 occurred after two overhead lines tripped – ENTSO-E
17 July 2024 - ENTSO-E said the cascading power failure of June 21 ensued amid outages of two overhead lines, of which the first is in Montenegro
Lignite power plants are pushed out of market in Balkans
30 May 2024 - PPC's brand new Ptolemaida 5 lignite plant was effectively pushed out of the market in May as uncompetitive
Renewable energy curtailments already surpassed 2023 levels in Greece
30 April 2024 - An unusually hot spring has weakened electricity demand and prices in Greece, while also increasing curtailments
EU adopts first-ever EU network code on cybersecurity for the electricity sector
13 March 2024 - The grid code will support a high, common level of cybersecurity for cross-border electricity flows in Europe
Green Aegean, North-South Balkan Corridor to be completed by mid 2030s
05 March 2024 - A few months after the Greek government started pushing for the Green Aegean Interconnector, ENTSO-E, published the route of the project
Energy infrastructure in the North Sea: a time-sensitive international challenge
29 January 2024 - Europe needs to achieve net-zero emissions in its energy system by the 2040s. The North Sea's contribution to this goal requires a coordinated global effort
Manousakis: We need European power interconnection network
25 January 2024 - Power transmission corridors must take center stage in the public debate in Europe, IPTO's chief Manos Manousakis said, highlighting offshore wind plans
Serbia gets EUR 8.44 million to modernize hydropower plant Bistrica, produce study for Central Balkan Corridor
04 August 2023 - The Bistrica modernization and the construction of the Central Balkan Corridor will boost Serbia’s renewables and transmission capacities
ENTSO-E appoints new governance team
29 June 2023 - The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) elected the governance team, led by President Zbyněk Boldiš.