natural gas
Balkan countries count on offshore platforms, LNG to replace Russian gas
20 April 2022 - Southeastern European countries are cutting red tape for offshore gas, offering incentives and looking at LNG as an alternative to Russian gas
Mihajlović, Hill hint at Serbia-US strategic partnership agreement
19 April 2022 - A strategic partnership agreement would make joint projects easier, especially in the energy sector, US Ambassador to Serbia Christopher Hill said
Turkey seeks to produce biomethane from animal waste to cut natural gas imports
18 April 2022 - Turkey has built a prototype of a device for upgrading animal waste biogas into biomethane, a renewable alternative to natural gas.
Environmentalists oppose Greece’s plan to accelerate fossil gas exploration, extraction
14 April 2022 - Greece is speeding up exploration activities with the aim to exploit potential oil and gas reserves and build infrastructure
How will EU free itself from Russian gas and why gas will be as expensive as champagne
13 April 2022 - The Energy Community Secretariat's Head of Gas Unit Predrag Grujičić explains the future of natural gas in an interview with Balkan Green Energy News
Energy transition in Western Balkans – how to move forward
08 April 2022 - In an op-ed for Balkan Green Energy News, energy experts Mirza Kušljugić and Damir Miljević write about the ongoing energy crisis and the energy transition in the Western Balkans.
EU bans Russian coal imports – what lies ahead for global coal, gas, power prices
08 April 2022 - EU member states import more than 40 percent of the coal they consume, and half is supplied from Russia
Serbia to be exempt from EU’s sanctions against Russian oil firms
08 April 2022 - The fourth package of EU sanctions has banned EU companies from doing business with a new list of Russian companies
Revised Fit for 55: Preliminary goals show more renewables, nuclear, coal – much less natural gas
06 April 2022 - The revision of the Fit for 55 energy package calls for more renewables, coal and nuclear in order to offset a great reduction in natural gas
Greece has biggest combined share of wind, solar in electricity generation in SEE
04 April 2022 - Greece is eighth in the world by the share of wind and solar in electricity generation and Croatia came in seventh in the bioenergy section
Russia converts gas payment in rubles, Gazprom continues to supply EU countries
01 April 2022 - Gas market so far didn’t react to the new rules which could be a sing there is no threat that the supplies to Europe would be ceased
EU to allow Western Balkans to take part in joint gas purchases
29 March 2022 - Western Balkan countries will be able to join the European Union's platform for voluntary joint purchasing of gas and hydrogen.
Bulgaria and Greece intensify cooperation in the energy sector
25 March 2022 - Bulgarian-Greek cooperation continues with the completion of the IGB gas pipeline for Azerbaijani gas and LNG from the terminal in Alexandroupolis
US to secure additional 15 billion cubic meters of gas for EU this year with LNG
25 March 2022 - The US said it would strive to ensure, with international partners, added LNG volumes for the EU of at least 15 billion cubic meters in 2022
Biden may promise more LNG to EU but US lacks spare capacity
24 March 2022 - The US president is expected to commit to extra volumes of LNG for Europe even though the global market is tied up in long-term contracts
EU sanctions against Russia threaten Serbia’s oil supply; gas deliveries secured
23 March 2022 - The European Union adopted the fourth package of sanctions against Russia due to its military intervention in Ukraine