North Macedonia’s ESM needs investments of EUR 3 billion to replace coal power
Balkan Green Energy News spoke with ESM's CFO Ivan Stojanovski on the sidelines of the International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development
PPC building three battery storage facilities in Greece
PPC Group has launched the construction of a battery energy storage system in the area of its Amyntaio coal plant
Božinovska: Solar overtakes hydro in North Macedonia
In 2024, renewables accounted for more than half of the country’s total installed electricity capacity - 56%, Sanja Božinovska said
Share of private power producers in Albania tops 50%
There is more electricity generation capacity in private ownership in Albania than in the system under state-controlled utility KESH
Two large photovoltaic parks commissioned in Albania in 2025
In the first eight months of this year, Albania added two solar parks of 150 MW in total and a hydropower system of 48.9 MW to its transmission grid
Serbia’s hydropower output drops to all-time low amid drought
Electricity production at EPS's hydropower plants is set to hit a historic low this year due to unfavorable hydrological conditions
Romania’s Hidroelectrica to equip hydropower plants with battery storage
Romanian state-owned power utility Hidroelectrica plans to integrate battery storage with all its run-of-river hydropower plants
Croatia’s HEP to install 90 solar power plants on rooftops of its facilities
Croatia’s power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda intends to install 90 solar power plants on its facilities across Croatia. HEP ESCO, a subsidiary of Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP), has launched a public procurement for the installation of 90 photovoltaic plants under a design-and-build model and on a turnkey basis. The firm develops, implements, and finances energy efficiency projects […]