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December 2, 2025

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3rd Conference on Advancing Renewable Investments – guarantees of origin could drive Europe’s green energy integration

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 connected to the grid, storage and flexibility solutions would become increasingly vital to enable the sector’s continued growth and integration. […]

November 17, 2025

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Maćić: Exempting Serbia from CBAM for electricity would mean disastrously fast decarbonization; carbon tax will also block market coupling with EU

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, according to Ljubo Maćić, special advisor at Serbia’s Economics Institute. This is why Serbia never sought an exemption. He added that […]

October 30, 2025

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Renewable electricity should not be subject to EU’s CO2 import tax

The European Commission is collecting evidence to come up with solutions for unintended effects of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on renewable electricity in the Western Balkans, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Artur Lorkowski pointed out in an interview with Balkan Green Energy News, as one of the most important developments in the […]

July 23, 2025

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Germany supports Serbia in clean energy supply, environmental protection

The Republic of Serbia and Germany’s KfW Development Bank signed a loan agreement on July 18 for EUR 135 million for the second phase of the credit program Green Transition Development Policy Operation (DPO II). The signatures underscore the joint activities by Germany and Serbia aimed at a climate-compliant and socially just energy transition, said […]

July 21, 2025

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Energy Community marks 20th anniversary as integration pillar for Southeastern Europe

The Energy Community Ministerial Council held its annual informal meeting in Athens, where the organization was founded twenty years ago. No contracting party is expected to meet the criteria for exemption from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the electricity sector – the European Union is due to start charging the CO2 tax on […]

July 7, 2025

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EU’s Modernisation Fund disburses EUR 3.66 billion for clean energy projects in nine countries

Energy modernization projects in nine member states of the European Union will receive a total of EUR 3.66 billion from the Modernisation Fund, in the largest disbursement to date from the facility financed by carbon pricing revenues, according to a press release from the European Commission. The selected projects focus on renewable energy, grid upgrades, […]

June 18, 2025

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Joksimović: Serbia preparing to introduce carbon pricing

Serbia is preparing to introduce carbon pricing, Jovana Joksimović, Assistant Minister of Mining and Energy for International Cooperation and European Integration, has announced. The authorities are preparing a comprehensive analysis of carbon pricing for all products that will be affected by the European Union’s (EU) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Jovana Joksimović said at a […]

June 17, 2025

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NALED urges action to protect jobs at energy-intensive industries threatened by CBAM

The National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED) has called on the authorities to establish a regulatory framework that would shield Serbia’s energy-intensive industries from the impact of the European Union’s (EU) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which threatens jobs and businesses employing about 7% of the country’s workforce and accounting for 11% of its […]

May 15, 2025

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Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 – energy market reforms accelerate integration into EU

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 interconnections, investments in renewables and progress in carbon pricing, top officials pointed out at the opening of Belgrade Energy […]

April 16, 2025

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Aurora forecasts Western Balkans power capacity growth of 20 GW by 2040

The Western Balkans could see a 20 GW increase in installed capacity by 2040, with nearly 65% coming from renewables, Aurora Energy Research found. Short-term volatility and increased costs of commodities are expected to keep electricity prices near or over EUR 100 per MWh until 2030. Aurora Energy Research issued its first forecast for the […]

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