power grid
BeoGrid 2025 project to upgrade transmission grid for more renewables in Serbia
10 August 2023 - The project envisages the construction of transmission infrastructure to facilitate the grid connection of new wind, and solar power plants
Montenegro’s CGES signs two more grid connection agreements for solar power plants
08 August 2023 - In mid-June, TSO CGES inked its first grid connection agreement for a solar power project. The three facilities are planned at over 1,000 MW in combined capacity.
Croatian hotel chain Valamar Riviera joins KOER virtual power plant
07 August 2023 - The tourism company and KOER intend to cooperate in increasing the sustainability and balance of the Croatian electric power system
Permitting starts for power link for planned offshore wind farms in Black Sea
07 July 2023 - The investment will deliver the first power corridor in the Romanian Black Sea, according to Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG)
EU allocates EUR 2.1 billion for energy, transport, environment projects in Western Balkans
03 July 2023 - This is the fifth investment package under the EU's Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans, announced in October 2020
Maja Turković: Battery installation requirement to clear large number of requests for grid connection
20 May 2023 - It would increase the cost of projects, Maja Turković, Executive Vice President, CWP Europe, said at the Belgrade Energy Forum 2023
Serbia’s TSO EMS to use Plexos to model grid investments
18 May 2023 - Simulating markets will help EMS to plan short-, medium- and long-term procurement decisions, forecasting losses and investment opportunities
BiH’s Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske intends to use drones to monitor distribution grid
15 March 2023 - ERS has announced a tender for the purchase of a drone for Elektrokrajina, its first distribution firm that would use such a device
Artificial energy island would help Romania, Bulgaria tap offshore wind in Black Sea
20 January 2023 - Bucharest-based think tank Energy Policy Group has presented a report titled Offshore wind – the enabler of Romania’s decarbonisation
ENTSO-E, DSO Entity are developing Digital Twin of European electricity grid
22 December 2022 - The two associations intend to use the Digital Twin of the EU grid to coordinate the investments for the digitalization of the energy system
Bulgaria, Romania to invest EUR 2.4 billion in total in power grids
09 November 2022 - Transmisison system operators Transelectrica and ESO have prepared ten-year development plans for the period through 2031
Hungary’s power grid can’t fit any more photovoltaic capacity
19 October 2022 - Until Hungary gets access to European funds for grid upgrades, new PV systems in households can only be used for own consumption
28 GW of renewable energy projects requesting grid connection in Bulgaria
07 October 2022 - Bulgaria is receiving requests for the connection of renewable energy plants with a combined capacity of 2 GW every month
HOPS to invest EUR 213 million in transmission grid by 2026
08 September 2022 - Croatian Transmission System Operator (HOPS) will invest EUR 213 million in power grid revitalization and...
BiH abolishes grid connection limit for renewables
13 July 2022 - The decision makes BiH the country with the most advanced environment in the region for the development of variable renewables
Renewables are cornerstone of Kosovo* energy strategy through 2031
08 June 2022 - Kosovo* aims to boost its renewables capacity by 5.6 times within a decade to 1.4 GW including 100 MW from the prosumers segment