Factors like power price volatility, the global shift in policy making and the need for flexible solutions for the integration of renewables are creating an important momentum for developers and aggregators, Chief Executive Officer of Alteo, Attila Chikán, said at Belgrade Energy Forum 2025. The company is expanding in Central and Southeastern Europe with investments […]
Hungarian power utility MVM signed an agreement with a consortium of Turkey-based conglomerate Çalık Holding and Italian company Ansaldo Energia, which are tasked with building a 1,000 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant at the Tiszaújváros site in northeast Hungary. It is the second time this year that MVM contracted the construction of gas-fueled […]
Romania registered the first negative day-ahead electricity price for a workday. The phenomenon, which only used to occur on holidays and weekends, has emerged in Slovenia as well. In spring and autumn, most of Europe occasionally faces periods of excessive power grid loads. The rapid rise in solar and wind power production and the lack of […]
The agenda of the third Belgrade Energy Forum, taking place on May 14-15, has been finalized with the addition of further prominent energy experts and companies. The conference, organized by Southeast Europe’s leading energy news portal, Balkan Green Energy News, will feature eight panels covering key topics in the energy sector, with an impressive lineup […]
Czech energy startup Delta Green has launched a platform enabling households to provide grid balancing for transmission system operators. The company claims it is the first in Central and Eastern Europe and among the first in Europe to implement such a solution. Delta Green said it just became the first in the CEE region to […]
By Arianna Vitali, Secretary General at the Coalition for Energy Savings, EUSEW’s partner organisation, highlighting the importance of energy efficiency in EU electrification, including cost savings, better grid flexibility, and protecting consumers. It is no secret that for the EU to reach climate neutrality, the progressive electrification of our energy system will be essential – and […]
Electricity generation in solar and nuclear power plants, combined with higher temperatures, lowered the price of electricity in Europe in March by almost 30% on a monthly basis, according to Eurelectric’s data. Photovoltaics broke the record in power generation in March for the third consecutive month, Eurelectric said, adding that they accounted for more than […]
Millennium Challenge Account Kosovo invited qualified companies to respond to the prequalification call for a battery storage project. The two lots are for 45 MW and 125 MW in operating power, with a duration of two hours. The United States, acting through its Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) and the Government of Kosovo*, entered into a […]
Serbia’s transmission system operator Elektromreža Srbije received two grid connection applications for battery energy storage systems. They are the first energy storage projects in the country. Investments in battery energy storage systems (BESS) is ramping up around the world and Serbia is now making its first steps. Annual installations have increased more than 12 times […]
Montenegro’s state-owned power utility, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), intends to invite bids by the end of the year for the installation of battery energy storage systems. President of EPCG’s Board of Directors Milutin Đukanović has said that the company’s business philosophy is based on three principles – production at the point of consumption, use of hydropower […]