Energy, water crisis spreads as Danube region is clinging on power imports
The downstream Danube region is increasingly depending on electricity imports and interconnections, while leaning on solar power and energy storage on the home front.
Another blow to SEE power production: TPP Pljevlja goes offline
Despite the grid outage at the Pljevlja coal power plant, Montenegro's power system remains stable
Montenegrin utility EPCG developing 639 MW of power generation and storage projects
EPCG is developing solar, wind, battery, and hydropower projects totaling 639 MW, with an expected annual output of over 1 TWh, wrote Milutin Đukanović, President of the Board of Directors
No bids in Montenegro’s second tender for battery energy storage
The tender was for only 200 kWh to 260 kWh of battery storage, whereas the previous, cancelled bidding envisaged 240 MWh
Wind and solar investors set up renewable energy association RES Montenegro
The RES Montenegro association will seek to facilitate and attract investments in the country’s renewable energy sector
Montenegro to produce coal until 2050
The Pljevlja coal mine has been granted a concession for coal production for 24,5 years, extending the fossil fuel extraction until 2050
Montenegro’s state power utility posts EUR 24.5 million loss in H1 2025
EPCG's total revenue in the first half of 2025 amounted to EUR 208.1 million, while total expenses reached EUR 234.7 million
Montenegro publishes NECP for public consultation – sole coal plant planned for shutdown in 2041
The retirement of the Pljevlja coal plant is planned for 2041, but it depends on a just transition and supply security, the draft NECP reads