The European Commission advised Croatia to speed up the installation of renewable energy capacities and add non-fossil flexibility solutions, to reduce electricity prices for businesses. Electricity prices for the corporate sector in Croatia in the first half of 2024 were the third-highest in the European Union, according to the European Commission. At about EUR 0.244 […]
Electronic equipment and software company ScadaWatt, which currently manages a portfolio of 800 MW of solar power plants worldwide, is looking for partners in Serbia to deploy its energy digitalization systems. ScadaWatt, a bronze sponsor of the Belgrade Energy Forum 2025, provides remote monitoring and control systems for solar power plants. “We are here to […]
Serbia has revised its Baselines of the Energy Infrastructure Development Plan and Energy Efficiency Measures for the period up to 2028, with projections up to 2030. It defines priority projects in the energy sector. The Baselines of the Energy Infrastructure Development Plan and Energy Efficiency Measures were adopted in mid-2023 at the proposal of the […]
Croatia can fully transition to using only renewable electricity by 2030, according to Greenpeace. The organization presented its study: 100% Renewable by 2030 – A Plan for the Green Transition of Croatian Power Sector in the country’s capital Zagreb. Political will is the precondition for materializing the goal, it said. The study was conducted by […]
The technological solutions needed to increase the share of renewable sources in Southeast Europe are already available and accessible, according to Maja Turković, Senior Vice President of CWP Europe. Countries in the region now need to adopt regulations to boost the deployment of battery storage and hybrid power plants, she said on the sidelines of […]
Nuclear power plants have the highest construction cost overrun and the longest time delays of all energy projects. In the clean energy sector, the worst marks for violation of set construction cost and timelines go to hydrogen, carbon capture and storage as well as gas power plants, according to a study by the Boston University […]
In addition to the plans for several solar power plants in Trebinje, the city in the far south of the Republic of Srpska is paving the way for a wind farm. Chinese company Zhongbo Group is interested in investing in the project. The Assembly of the City of Trebinje has approved the proposition to develop […]
Turkish company Egesa Enerji has launched a project to build two solar power plants in Vojvodina, with a total peak capacity of 8.6 MW. The investor has signed an agreement with the contractors, and construction is slated to begin in the coming months, according to a statement by Serbian company Solarna energija budućnosti (SEB), which […]
Capacity building and education for corporates, together with product diversification and an upgrade of the regulatory framework, could clear the obstacles for power purchase agreements in the Western Balkans, which are lagging behind the other countries in Southeast Europe. In addition to their other benefits, such contracts could contribute to securing baseload energy from hybrid […]
Technologies for the energy transition already exist, and their use is increasing thanks to falling costs. Investors and bankers claim they are ready to invest and that money isn’t an issue. The missing part are upgraded transmission grids, along with policies and regulations to integrate everything into a suitable environment, according to investors and lenders […]