A regional webinar titled Gender-responsive Energy Transition and Workforce Empowerment in the Western Balkans will be held on May 22. The aim of the webinar, organized by GIZ, is to initiate a dialogue on the social and gender aspects of the transit...
The Department of Environment of Cyprus scrapped a proposal for a wind power plant partly within or near protected areas due to the expected impact, including on vulnerable bird species such as the Bonelli eagle and long-legged buzzard. The project w...
Serbia plans to sign an agreement by the end of the year on introducing renewable sources in district heating plants, according to the Ministry of Mining and Energy. Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović met with Ambassador of Ger...
Romanian state-owned hydropower plant operator Hidroelectrica signed a deal with Servelect and subcontractor Electroplus, which need to install solar panels on the roofs of 20 hydroelectric plants. They are on the middle and downstream parts of the O...
The North Macedonian section of the gas interconnector with Greece is expected to be completed by early 2027. The construction contract was signed by the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources, domestic contractor Rapid Build and the countr...
Serbia’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) is committed to its own and the country’s goals for green energy and emission cuts, but it is sustainable only if it doesn’t jeopardize energy security, Chief Executive Officer Dušan Živ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina is set to have its first battery energy storage systems installed in the transmission network, which will provide auxiliary services. The State Electricity Regulatory Commission is drafting a decision to allow battery energy st...
With a majority of votes, 62 out of 120, the Assembly of North Macedonia adopted the Law on Energy. The government’s representatives say it is systemic, comprehensive, and reform-oriented legislation laying the foundation for the country’s new energy...
Representatives of Hyundai Engineering and UGT Renewables, the companies developing a solar power project in Serbia of 1.2 GW in total, and with batteries, said the strategic partnership is a step toward expansion in the surrounding region. Spatial p...
Montenegro has received applications for building solar power plants and wind farms with a total capacity of 5.5 GW, Admir Šahmanović, the Minister of Energy and Mining, said at Belgrade Energy Forum 2025. Montenegrin Minister of Energy and Mining Ad...
The preliminary study on the use of nuclear energy in Serbia should be completed by the end of the second quarter, according to Dubravka Đedović Handanović, the Minister of Mining and Energy. A preliminary technical study for considering the peaceful...
Over the next three years, the Republic of Srpska will connect 250 MW of new solar power plants to the grid, Minister of Energy and Mining Petar Đokić announced at Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 (BEF 2025), a two-day conference that kicked off today. The...
Greece’s special account for renewables, which covers support payments to renewable energy producers, turned positive again in 2024 after years of instability. The account is currently manageable, according to data from the Renewable Energy Sources O...
Electricity market coupling with neighbors in the European Union is a major factor in the EU integration of Energy Community contracting parties and the Western Balkans, alongside deeper coordination within the region, the establishment of energy int...
CWP Europe signed a power purchase agreement (PPA), including balancing responsibility, and a contract for difference (CfD) for its Solarina photovoltaic project, with Serbia’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS). Solarina is a spe...