gas
Romania risks blackouts if it shuts coal plants as scheduled
19 September 2025 - Minister of Energy Bogdan Ivan claims that energy poverty or even blackouts could hit Romania if it proceeds with the closure of coal plants
Romania preparing to include biomethane in gas grid
08 September 2025 - Romania has drafted a directive that would regulate biomethane and mitigate the impact of the extension of an EU emissions pricing scheme
Kragujevac heating plant begins ash removal from disposal site in city center
06 August 2025 - The city of Kragujevac in Serbia has begun removing ash from an uncovered disposal site that has been polluting air and soil for years.
Market assessment underway for expansion of gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria
08 July 2025 - The IGB gas pipeline is planned to be expanded to five billion cubic meters. The non-binding market assessment phase is underway.
Serbia, North Macedonia working on gas interconnector project
03 July 2025 - Srbijagas and Nomagas have expressed their intention to build the Serbia – North Macedonia gas interconnector soon.
Greece to rely on carbon price, renewables potential in green hydrogen development
25 June 2025 - Despite early efforts to develop green hydrogen and its first regulatory framework, Greece finds itself on a steep curve.
Works beginning on North Macedonian side of gas interconnector with Greece
08 May 2025 - The North Macedonian section of the gas interconnector with Greece is expected to be completed by early 2027
EU outlines measures to end Russian gas, oil imports by end-2027
07 May 2025 - The European Commission aims to stop by 2027 the purchases of Russian gas, including LNG, and oil, and phase out nuclear fuel imports
Project for first gas power plant in Albania enters next stage
25 April 2025 - Greece-based GEK Terna and DEPA Commercial are preparing to build the first gas power plant in Albania, with local partner Gener 2
Greece’s DEPA Commercial picks contractors for PV plants of 500 MW
23 April 2025 - Terna and Aktor are about to start building a solar power plant of 400 MW and another 100 MW in Greece for state-owned DEPA Commercial
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