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Bulgaria’s energy bill to liberalize wholesale power market, introduce energy communities
08 September 2023 - The proposed changes to the Law of Energy are heading to Bulgaria's parliament amid strong criticism over possible power price instability
FBiH to hand out EUR 12 million in energy efficiency subsidies
25 August 2023 - The funding was provided from the EU's aid package worth EUR 70 million, intended to mitigate the consequences of the energy crisis
Germany suspends cooperation on energy projects with Kosovo*
07 July 2023 - Germany has decided to temporarily suspend cooperation with Kosovo*, including on two major energy sector projects
Belgrade’s public heating utility to install trigeneration plant
05 July 2023 - Beogradske Elektrane has invited bids for the preparation of design and technical documentation for the construction of a trigeneration plant
Federation of BiH to invest USD 70 million in air quality improvement
09 June 2023 - The World Bank has approved a USD 50 million loan to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
EBRD’s Bogdanović: Renewable heating is biggest contributor to decarbonization in urban areas
25 May 2023 - Renewable sources can contribute the most to the decarbonization of urban areas, Bojan Bogdanović from the EBRD said at BEF 2023
BEF 2023: Decarbonization and energy storage require district heating integration with power sector
17 May 2023 - Intersectoral cooperation and the integration of the electricity and district heating sectors are necessary to utilize the energy balancing and storage potential
Wabio from Germany to build 20 biogas plants in Serbia
27 April 2023 - German company Wabio is building a biogas facility in Nova Crnja in northeast Serbia as part of a new EUR 400 million investment cycle
North Macedonia to subsidize households to switch to natural gas for heating
25 April 2023 - The incentives to replace coal, wood and fuel oil with gas is a novelty in the country’s household subsidy program in the energy sector
District heating’s role in balancing renewables in focus of Belgrade Energy Forum 2023
11 April 2023 - BEF 2023 is a meeting point for the leaders of Southeastern Europe’s energy transition. It will be held on May 8-9.
Habeck: Fossil fuels for heating are dead end, not way to save
10 April 2023 - Germany is preparing a law on heating installations to transition from fossil fuels to renewables
Government of Serbia to replace polluting heating boilers
08 April 2023 - Serbia intends to replace coal- and heating oil–fired boilers and furnaces in all public institutions with cleaner solutions, where possible
Kosovo* outlines energy transition until 2031 in strategic document
24 March 2023 - Kosovo* aims at 1.6 GW in renewables capacity by 2031, with 340 MWh in batteries. It opted to reconstruct at least three coal plant units.
EU households with solar panels combined with heat pumps save up to 84%
13 March 2023 - Compared to homes reliant on gas heating and without solar panels, households in Germany, Spain, and Italy saved up to EU 3,700 last year
Another record year for European heat pump market – sales soar 38%
22 February 2023 - Poland achieved the fastest expansion in Europe, 100%, followed by the Czech Republic's 99%. The Netherlands came in third, with 80%.
Study: energy crisis triggered by Ukraine war may push millions into extreme poverty
16 February 2023 - The University of Birmingham has said households in Sub-Saharan Africa are hardest hit in terms of the total energy cost burden rate