After ten years of negotiations, the Republic of Srpska and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the two entities of BiH, have finally agreed on a law on the electricity regulator, transmission, and market. The important piece of legislation should enable the establishment of an electricity exchange, which is one of the conditions for BiH’s exemption […]
Verbund Wind Power Romania, a subsidiary of Austria’s Verbund, has acquired a 272 MW wind project from Monsson, a Sweden-based renewable energy group. The project, taken over at a ready-to-build stage, is expected to enter the construction phase in 2026. The planned wind farm in Caraș-Severin county in Romania is expected to produce 569 GWh […]
A project for underground high-voltage power link East-West across Romania entered a new phase with the completion of the feasibility study. It would run alongside existing energy infrastructure. A year and a half after Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja declared the project for a high voltage direct current (HVDC) line across Romania “the number one […]
Greek renewable energy producers are fearful of any delay in the deployment of battery energy storage systems, because of high curtailments. The sector expects that in a hypothetical scenario without the storage, the curtailments would rise to 25% by 2030, compared to last year’s 3.3%. So far in 2025, curtailments have risen further. According to […]
Slovenia’s natural gas transmission system operator Plinovodi and more than 50 industrial companies have signed an agreement on the establishment of the Hydrogen for Users consortium – SloH2U. The SloH2U consortium represents a systemic response by Slovenian industrial consumers to the need for restructuring the use of hydrogen and renewable gases, according to Plinovodi. The […]
Croatia is one of the three European Union member countries with the highest methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, according to research by Greenpeace Croatia and the Clean Air Task Force (CATF). Greenpeace Croatia noted that methane has 84 times greater global warming potential than carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale. Methane […]
Turkey’s Sanko Holding has discovered the country’s hottest geothermal well with access to a geothermal source, with temperatures reaching 308 degrees Celsius, according to an announcement from JESDER, the Turkish association of geothermal power plant developers. “After a difficult and determined search, we learned with great pride that the hottest geothermal production well […] in […]
According to Ember’s new figures, renewable energy sources met almost three quarters of last year’s increase in the world’s electricity demand. Together with nuclear energy, they would have covered almost the entire jump if it wasn’t for the share attributed to the annual increase in temperatures. Looking at it the other way around, the need […]
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 […]
Registration is now open for participation in the 19th edition of the European Sustainable Energy Week – EUSEW 2025, which will be held from June 10 to 12. Participants can register to attend the event in Brussels or join online. EUSEW is the largest annual event dedicated to renewable energy and efficient energy use in […]
