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Romania to roll out flexibility market where you get paid to consume less power
04 November 2025 - Consumers in Romania will be able to participate in the flexibility services market, getting compensated for cutting their electricity use
Domac: No energy transition without much stronger grid investments
28 October 2025 - Croatia is investing only half as much in the power network as Slovenia and Austria, head of Croatia's REGEA agency Julije Domac warned
Montenegro, Italy sign memorandum on electricity market coupling
24 October 2025 - A new deal paved the way for electricity market coupling and installing the second cable within the Monita interconnector under the Adriatic
Several EU member states face uncertainty amid looming Russian gas ban
21 October 2025 - Hungary and Slovakia oppose the Russian gas ban, but the Energy Council envisages exceptions for EU states and even the Western Balkans
Montenegrin TSO CGES buying power transmission lines from its Serbian counterpart EMS
08 October 2025 - Serbian TSO EMS agreed with CGES agreed that each would become the owner of the parts of overhead transmission lines on its country's territory
Software maker Volue acquires power trading, battery optimization platform smartPulse
06 October 2025 - Volue took over smartPulse, accelerating the expansion into CEE, Southern Europe and Turkey with its power trading and battery optimization
European day-ahead power market rolls out 15-minute trading intervals
01 October 2025 - The Single Day-Ahead Coupling area split its hourly units into 15-minute intervals for electricity trading
Cyprus TSO favored in national battery storage tender
19 August 2025 - Cyprus is rushing to deploy a centralized battery storage system, under indirect state control, on the transmission grid
Heatwave strains European grid, brings profit to energy storage operators
07 July 2025 - Record PV production, backed by energy storage, helped maintain electricity system stability in Europe in the latest heatwave, Ember said
Hitachi Energy: Game-changing solutions for a sustainable energy future
25 June 2025 - With its system solutions, products, and services, Hitachi Energy contributes to sustainable energy and a better future, Igor Anđelković said at BEF 2025.
North Macedonia, Kosovo* planning 400 kV power interconnection
23 June 2025 - TSOs of North Macedonia and Kosovo* are developing a project for a 400 kV interconnection between Tetovo and Prizren and other grid upgrades
Spain’s voltage control was insufficient at time of April blackout
18 June 2025 - The total blackout in the Iberian Peninsula on April 28 was caused by overvoltage, with several factors contributing to the crash
Serbia’s EMS starts construction of third section of Trans-Balkan Corridor
10 June 2025 - Elektromreža Srbije started construction works for the part of the Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor between Obrenovac and Bajina Bašta
ACER’s Zinglersen: Integrate electricity markets to bolster flexibility as new era is already here
28 May 2025 - The number of hours with negative power prices reached an all-time high for two years in a row, which means a new era is here, ACER's Director Christian Zinglersen said at BEF 2025
Greece launches Attica-Crete subsea power interconnector
26 May 2025 - Thanks to the new interconnector, Greece's largest island is now fully integrated into the national power grid, IPTO says
Battery storage market in SEE emerging, Western Balkans lagging behind with positive prospects
26 May 2025 - Battery energy storage systems are still rare in Southeastern Europe, but state support and financing models in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania have paved the way for rapid deployment