The Emilia-Romagna Region in northern Italy is supporting the creation and strengthening of renewable energy communities (RECs) in five countries in the Western Balkans. Ten projects can receive up to EUR 200,000 each, alongside technical and other s...
Croatian oil and gas company INA and German energy giant E.ON’s subsidiary in the Southeastern European country have signed a power purchase agreement for electricity from renewable sources. The power purchase agreement (PPA) will enable INA, majorit...
Solar became the EU’s largest source of electricity for the first time in June 2025. National records for both photovoltaics and wind rolled in in May and June, pushing coal to an all-time low. Solar was the largest source of electricity in the Europ...
The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) needs to appoint a new director as Christian Pilgaard Zinglersen is becoming deputy secretary general of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group. ACER’s current chief is leavi...
According to data compiled by the CyprusGrid tracking platform, the island country curtailed more than 167 GWh of renewable electricity in the first six months of 2025. It was equivalent to last year’s entire cuts. On average, two thirds of the poten...
The National Energy Regulatory Authority of Romania has approved a regulation eliminating double taxation of energy storage, to allow for faster deployment of solutions for storing electricity. The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) announce...
Electricity consumption in Serbia has increased by 15% to 20% over the past three weeks compared to the same period last year, according to Dragan Rakić, the head dispatcher of Serbia’s transmission system operator Elektromreža Srbije. The main reaso...
The BESS dealmaking landscape in Europe has evolved dramatically over the past four to five years, driven by diminishing battery pack costs and the emergence of stackable revenue streams in mature markets, Pexapark said in a new brief. Germany and Ne...
Chief Executive Officer of WindEurope Giles Dickson has decided to step down after 10 years, to become a school teacher. The Board of Directors of WindEurope has initiated the process of finding his successor. Giles Dickson has been instrumental in t...
The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline is planned to be expanded to five billion cubic meters per year from three billion. The non-binding assessment phase is underway. ICGB, the operator of the IGB interconnection, targets an...
Romanian engineering and technology company Simtel will install a battery energy storage system in Romania for Turkey-based Güriş. With a storage capacity of up to 196.4 MWh and an installed power of up to 98.6 MW, it would be one of the largest batt...
Electricity consumption by end consumers in Serbia increased 2.7% last year, while production decreased 6.7%, according to the 2024 annual report of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia. Higher consumption and lower production led to a 15% ris...
Montenegro’s power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore will take out a loan of EUR 50 million to purchase electricity to supply consumers in the country. The Government of Montenegro, upon the proposal of the Ministry of Finance, has issued an approval...
Even with a quota for the regulated electricity market in Bulgaria, low electricity prices pushed TPP Maritsa East 2 into a loss last year. It is the only state-owned coal power plant. The financial report for 2024 showed a loss of EUR 52 million for...
Record solar power production, backed by yet insufficient energy storage capacity, helped maintain the stability of the electricity system in Europe during the latest heatwave, Ember said. Many nuclear and other thermal power plants reduced their act...