Investors in Serbia are obtaining approvals for connecting their planned battery energy storage systems of an overall 2,021 MW and 5,899 MWh to the grid. The projects are for standalone batteries and ones that would be co-located with power plants. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are rapidly expanding worldwide, and Southeast Europe is no exception. […]
The Single Day-Ahead Coupling area split its hourly units into 15-minute intervals for electricity trading. The change, affecting most European markets, is aimed at enhancing the integration of renewables by making flexibility and balancing more efficient. After delays and intensive testing, the European wholesale electricity market switched to a 15-minute market time unit (MTU) from […]
The European Parliament and Council of the European Union agreed, after almost three years of negotiations, on updated rules regarding the pollution of surface and groundwater. However, the co-legislators left a timeline of up to two decades for member states to comply with some of the obligations. The Danish presidency of the Council of the […]
China-based Dongfang Electric plans to build a wind turbine production facility in Turkey, said Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar. It would have an annual capacity of 2 GW. Turkey is pushing ahead with its ambition to reach 120 GW in combined solar and wind power capacity by 2035. Following a meeting with […]
The liberalization of the power market in Cyprus took effect alongside the launch of the electricity exchange, with day-ahead, forward and balancing markets. The island country is one of the most isolated energy systems of the European Union. It relies on expensive oil plants to cover its power needs. Cyprus has no electricity or gas […]
With approval from the Government of Montenegro, the Ministry of Energy and Mining issued a public call for the selection of a legal person that would conduct the obligatory marking of liquid fuel and biofuel in the Montenegrin market. The introduction of fuel marking is an important step in the fight against the gray economy […]
Steel pipe manufacturer Corinth Pipeworks has put into operation a 7.1 MW photovoltaic facility on its plant in the Thisvi Industrial Area. It is the largest industrial rooftop PV system in Greece, the company said. A steel pipe factory northwest of Athens will cover an estimated 25% of its electricity needs with its new solar […]
The Dabar hydropower plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, according to Petar Đokić, Minister of Energy and Mining of the Republic of Srpska. The operation of the Dabar hydropower plant, the most complex hydropower facility, in which EUR 339.5 million has been invested, will bring benefits for the entire eastern […]
The Pljevlja coal mine has been granted a concession for coal production for 24.5 years, extending the extraction of the solid fossil fuel until 2050. Admir Šahmanović, Minister of Energy and Mining, and Nemanja Laković, CEO of coal mine operator Rudnik uglja Pljevlja (RUP), exchanged concession agreements for the period up to 2050. They spoke […]
The Center for the Promotion of Sustainable Development and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH are organizing the annual WISE Serbia Women’s Network event, which will take place on October 16 at Fabrika Events in Belgrade. The WISE Serbia Women’s Network in sustainable energy, climate action, and environmental protection has been in existence since […]