Projects implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the KfW Development Bank in Serbia have introduced modern heating systems to many towns, improved insulation in public buildings and promoted renewable ene...
By 2040, Serbia intends to replace fuel oil and coal in district heating plants with solar, wood biomass, heat pumps, municipal waste and geothermal energy. Maja Vukadinović, acting Assistant Minister of Mining and Energy for Energy Efficiency and Cl...
Author: Naida Hausmann, Lead of the Renewable Energy Taskforce, Energy Community Secretariat Far from being mere certificates, guarantees of origin (GOs) underpin the entire renewable energy value chain – building trust and accountability among produ...
Romania wants to take control of Lukoil’s operations to prevent an imminent freeze from the sanctions imposed by the United States. Bulgaria is already putting the Russian company’s refinery, the largest in the Balkans, under a trusteeship. Serbia an...
As retail evolves, supermarkets are under pressure to boost efficiency and sustainability. The key enabler of this transformation is SolarEdge ONE for C&I – a comprehensive platform that delivers real-time energy visibility and management for com...
Grid operators in Germany received requests for the connection of large battery energy storage systems with an operational power totaling 400 GW and capacity of 661 GWh overall. It is 174 times greater than the current capability of all the batteries...
Citizen energy communities make the energy system greener and benefit society at a local level, Josh Roberts from European federation of energy communities REScoop said in his presentation, organized in Belgrade by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internati...
As CBAM nears implementation, the Ljubljana conference highlighted market tools and partnerships to accelerate clean energy integration with the European Union, the Energy Community Secretariat said. It pointed out that as more renewables capacity is...
Energy storage in Europe has been expanding rapidly since 2020, with the total installed capacity in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Switzerland set to reach 100 GW by the end of November. Pumped hydro storage has the largest shar...
The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), Europe’s largest annual gathering dedicated to renewable energy and energy efficiency, will take place from June 9 to 11, 2026, under the theme ‘A clean, secure and competitive Energy Union’. The 20th edi...
Romanian state-owned hydropower operator and electricity supplier Hidroelectrica is expecting record-low output this year amid a severe drought. However, it entered the winter season with much higher water reserves than in 2024. The company projected...
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state power utility, Elektroprivreda BiH, is implementing a desulfurization project at units 6 and 7 of the Kakanj thermal power plant. The project is expected to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions by about 98.5%. Currentl...
Obtaining an exemption from the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for electricity would mean a rapid and unfeasible decarbonization of Serbia’s energy sector, which would be unacceptable for households and businesses alike, a...
Slovenian transmission and distribution system operator ELES and Italian transmission system operator Terna agreed to upgrade their cross-border electricity network in an investment of EUR 250 million. The project aims to increase the transmission ca...
Germany is rushing to secure the supply of lithium from Bolivia in talks with the new government, but also to enable domestic mining operations. At the same time, Rio Tinto’s controversial project Jadar in Serbia seems dormant despite nominal support...