East-West Energy Corridor to extend from Turkey to Montenegro
Bulgaria's ESO received a grant from the US for a feasibility study for the proposed East-West Energy Corridor between Turkey and Montenegro
Balkans blackout on June 21 occurred after two overhead lines tripped – ENTSO-E
ENTSO-E said the cascading power failure of June 21 ensued amid outages of two overhead lines, of which the first is in Montenegro
Bulgaria experiences historic power output slump in June
Bulgaria's total power output in June was the weakest since 2019. The country only had a slight year-to-date surplus in electricity trade.
Shell halts construction of biofuel refinery in Rotterdam to cut costs
Shell is pausing construction of a biofuel plant in the Netherlands. It joins a group of European energy firms scaling back green investments.
Transelectrica: Romania requires up to 4 GW in energy storage in balanced mix
Transelectrica urged the authorities in Romania to back large-scale energy storage projects, especially for pumped storage hydropower plants
North Macedonia gets new government – Sanja Božinovska is in charge of energy
New Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral Raw Materials Sanja Božinovska indicated that North Macedonia would revise four proposed strategic partnerships
Cascading power grid failure causes blackout in BiH, Montenegro, Albania, Dalmatia
Overloads in key electricity interconnections led to unprecedented outages in BiH and Montenegro today while the power was out in much of Croatia and Albania as well
Sweden opts against subsea interconnector with Germany over power price concerns
The Hansa PowerBridge subsea interconnector would have facilitated renewable electricity transmission from Scandinavia to Germany
