transmission system operators
CEO of Kosovo* TSO KOSTT dismissed amid allegations of abuse of office
29 April 2025 - KOSTT fired CEO Evetar Zeqiri after a complaint that former board members sent to the Special Prosecutor's Office surfaced in the media
North Macedonia’s MEPSO seeks contractor for power line to Albanian border
29 April 2025 - MEPSO launched a tender for a 400 kV transmission line, the North Macedonian part of a planned interconnection with Albania
Electricity system in Spain, Portugal collapses
28 April 2025 - Power was out today throughout Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France amid one of the most serious outages so far
Episodes of negative power prices in Slovenia, Romania spread to workdays
28 April 2025 - Romania and Slovenia are experiencing the first episodes of negative day-ahead power prices on workdays, as the phenomenon used to occur only on holidays and weekends
Feasibility study complete for Romania’s East-West underground high-voltage line
11 April 2025 - A project for underground high-voltage power link East-West across Romania entered a new phase with the completion of the feasibility study.
Delta Green launches platform in CEE for households to provide grid balancing
09 April 2025 - Delta Green claims it is the first in Central and Eastern Europe and among the first in Europe to implement such a solution
Greece’s IPTO connects to balancing energy platform PICASSO
20 March 2025 - The Independent Power Transmission Operator of Greece has joined PICASSO, soon after ESO, its counterpart in neighboring Bulgaria
Greek renewables sector slams curtailments bill for not including compensation
04 March 2025 - Power network operators won't compensate renewable energy producers in Greece for curtailments, according to the latest bill
ENTSO-E publishes final report on Balkans blackout in summer 2024
03 March 2025 - The blackout left Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, and parts of Croatia without power supply for three hours
Masdar to supply Eni with electricity from Albania through planned undersea interconnection
25 February 2025 - Masdar and Taqa Transmission intend to deliver power to Eni from future power plants of 3 GW in total in Albania, through a subsea cable
Race against time for Greece to avoid a blackout on Easter
18 February 2025 - Greek authorities are rushing to secure the electricity system against a possible blackout during Easter
Cypriot minister not optimistic about cable project with Greece amid Turkish intimidation
14 February 2025 - Cypriot Minister of Finance Makis Keravnos said the GSI undersea cable project still faces very serious political obstacles
Bulgaria’s ESO joins European balancing platform PICASSO
11 February 2025 - Bulgaria's Electricity System Operator became the first TSO in Southeast Europe to connect to cross-border balancing platform PICASSO
Albania, Italy sign undersea cable deal with UAE as strategic partner
15 January 2025 - Albania, Italy and the UAE agreed to install an electricity interconnector under the Adriatic Sea between Vlora and Puglia
Bulgaria boosts renewables capacity by 938 MW in 2024
14 January 2025 - Renewables capacity increased by 938 MW in Bulgaria last year, compared to the addition of over 1.2 GW in photovoltaics in 2023
WindEurope: EU building less than half capacity needed for 2030 goal
10 January 2025 - Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind, but not enough new wind farms are being built, WindEurope said