Italy mulls keeping its last coal plants on standby
21 April 2025 - Italy may switch its remaining coal plants on the mainland to a standby mode this year instead of dismantling them
Aurora forecasts Western Balkans power capacity growth of 20 GW by 2040
15 April 2025 - The Western Balkans could see a 20 GW increase in installed capacity by 2040, with nearly 65% from renewables, Aurora Energy Research found
Turkey pushing against rivals for transmission of green electricity to EU
07 April 2025 - Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria launched a green energy transmission project that could compete with the proposed Black Sea submarine link Georgia-Romania
PPC plans EUR 5.8 billion makeover of Western Macedonia coal region, including data centers
03 April 2025 - PPC presented a EUR 5.8 billion investment plan for the coal region of Western Macedonia in northern Greece
Bulgaria aims to make Europe’s biggest energy community
03 April 2025 - The upcoming solar power program in Bulgaria for municipalities and small businesses will create Europe's biggest energy community, Minister Zhecho Stankov claims
Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal to remain out of service at least until end-March
03 March 2025 - On the day when it was supposed to get the Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal in Greece back online, Gastrade extended the outage by another month
EU Clean Industrial Deal envisages EUR 100 billion Industrial Decarbonisation Bank
27 February 2025 - Within the Clean Industrial Deal, the European Commission aims to raise up to EUR 100 billion for the Industrial Decarbonization Bank
Masdar to supply Eni with electricity from Albania through planned undersea interconnection
25 February 2025 - Masdar and Taqa Transmission intend to deliver power to Eni from future power plants of 3 GW in total in Albania, through a subsea cable
Munich Security Conference shows rising significance of energy security in Europe
19 February 2025 - There is no European or national security without energy security, which was among the factors discussed at the Munich Security Conference
Serbia, Hungary continue strengthening energy cooperation
14 February 2025 - Minister Đedović Handanović and her Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó discussed strengthening bilateral energy cooperation
Data centers threaten to derail Europe’s energy transition
13 February 2025 - The expansion of data centers in the EU and UK can strongly increase emissions if they rely even partly on fossil fuels, a new report shows
Greece becomes net electricity exporter in 2024
10 February 2025 - Greece went from net electricity imports of 18% in 2019 to a small surplus in the balance last year, mostly attributed to gas power plants