Montenegro is facing its most challenging year for the energy sector, Minister of Energy and Mining Admir Šahmanović stressed. State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) will suffer a loss of around EUR 80 million given that the Pljev...
Due to record air pollution levels in recent days, the Municipality of Kakanj requested that the local coal-fired power plant’s activity be reduced to supplying thermal energy for district heating only. The thermal power plant says it has already don...
Global car sales growth is predominantly driven by sales of electric and hybrid cars. Sales of pure internal combustion engine cars peaked in 2017 and have since fallen by 30% while the sales of electric cars achieved a 14-fold increase, according to...
Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, intends to invest EUR 56 million in waste management, green areas, and low-emission machinery. It expects the investment to reduce the environmental footprint of its municipal utilities and their operating costs. Zagreb Hol...
The city of Kozani in northern Greece, home of the country’s dwindling lignite industry, is seeking a contractor for seven photovoltaic systems of 7 MW overall. The municipality said the power plants would supply its buildings, public lighting, pumps...
The Serbian Law on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tax and Law on Carbon-Intensive Product Imports Tax, both at EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent, are coming into effect on January 1. It is the country’s answer to and equivalent of, respectively, the European...
Unless the rules are refined for the electricity sector, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) risks undermining the European electricity market integration and security of supply, Brussels-based think tank Bruegel warned. Bruegel has analyze...
Zdravko Dragaš is the new CEO of Montenegro’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore. The Board of Directors of Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) appointed Zdravko Dragaš today as the company’s CEO, at its 41st regular session. A month an...
Romania apparently achieved moderately lower prices at its additional wind power auction for contracts for difference (CfDs) than in the regular round. According to a media report, nine bids were approved, for seven proposed facilities, and the winne...
Elnos Group will build a connection to the transmission grid for the 300 MW Vetrozelena wind farm near the city of Pančevo in Serbia. Vetrozelena is the largest wind power plant under construction in Serbia. The largest existing one is Čibuk 1, with...
Wpd has won environmental approvals for a wind power project of 147.6 MW in Central Greece and one for 77 MW in Thrace, in the country’s northeast. Some of Germany-based wpd’s wind power investments in Southeastern Europe are struggling with delays a...
GE Vernova said it would start the delivery in 2026 of 42 of its 6.1 MW-158m wind turbines to Greenvolt for the Gurbănești project near Bucharest. Together with the recent order for the nearby Ialomiţa wind farm, the Portugal-based firm secured half...
The Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy published the first list of households that will benefit from the national program for modernizing heating systems. In total, more than 100,000 households have been accepted, of which 5,000 are classified...
The two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference COP30 is taking place in Brazil. It brought together delegations from more than 190 countries to discuss the challenges of climate change and measures for mitigation and adaptation. The current CO...
Croatia’s highway management enterprise, Hrvatske Autoceste, is implementing a project for solar power plants along its highways. The company plans to use the electricity for self-consumption and for electric vehicle chargers. It would reduce costs a...