Balkan Green Energy News

Happy New Year 2025! Balkan Green Energy News, the leading sustainable energy news portal in Southeast Europe, remains dedicated to regular and unbiased reporting on the most important developments in this part of Europe. Thank you for trusting us. We will strive to justify it in the new year as well. Here are the most-read stories in 2024 at our portal featuring some of the major and most important stakeholders in the energy sector, some reaching important milestones in their roadmap to facilitate #energytransition: PPC S.A. UGT Renewables Adam Cortese Joint stock company "Elektroprivreda Srbije" Elektroprivreda Crne Gore AD Nikšić Dejan Paravan GEN energija, d.o.o. AD ESM, Elektrani na Severna Makedonija GGF - Green for Growth Fund EDF Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA Kyriakos Mitsotakis CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz CMS CEE Belgrade Energy Forum Simmons & Simmons

The Novi Sad District Heating Company secured financing f0r its solar thermal project, for an innovative hybrid system for seasonal energy storage that would combine solar collectors, thermal storage and heat pumps. The investment is aimed at decarbonizing the city’s district heating and enabling conditions for balancing the power system. The loan agreement was signed by Siniša Mali, Minister of Finance, while the project agreement was signed by Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic, Minister of Mining and Energy, and Nenad Barac, Director of Novi Sad District Heating Company. Both agreements were signed by Matteo Colangeli, EBRD Regional Head of the Western Balkans. “After precisely five years of intensive preparations, we managed to secure the financing of the project. Huge and important news for the future of Novi Sad”, said Dušan Macura, Chief of Heat Production and the Distribution Sector in the Novi Sad District Heating Company.

🌐 U svetu gladnom energije, koja će iz godine u godinu rasti, postavlja se pitanje kako obezbediti baznu energiju? Da li će obnovljivi izvori moći da proizvedu dovoljno energije? Da li je nuklearna energija rešenje? Kako balansirati hibridne elektoenergetkse sisteme? 🤔⚡ 💡💡💡 Odgovore na ova, ali i brojna druga pitanja iz oblasti energetike možete pronaći u prvoj epizodi podkasta "Razgovori o energetkoj tranziciji". Gost prve epizode je Dušan Macura, direktor sektora za proizvodnju i distribuciju u Novosadskoj toplani i lider promena u daljinskoj energetici. 🔗Cela epizoda na ovom linku https://lnkd.in/d-sxXM_b #obnovljiviizvorienergije #nuklearnaenergija #daljinskaenergetika #podkast

Bulgaria’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) EAD has signed a contract with the Ministry of Energy on a EUR 65 million grant for the first phase of a project called the Greenabler, aimed at adapting the country’s power transmission network to fully integrate the renewable energy potential. The ministry also signed a total of EUR 101 million in grants for three power distribution companies for network modernization. Minister of Energy Vladimir Malinov described the allocation of the grants as a decisive step towards improving the services of ESO and the three electricity distribution companies.

North Macedonia’s capital Skopje is soon rolling out electric car sharing in public transportation as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources Sanja Bozinovska and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Izet Mexhiti have signed a letter of intent with company Avant Car Slovenia. Its Avant2Go platform operates in Slovenia, Croatia and Austria.

Energy Community contracting parties showed a tendency this year toward steady transposition and implementation of European law, the international organization’s secretariat said in an annual report. Still, it reiterated that the countries of the region can’t get exemptions from CBAM for electricity without market coupling with the EU. Additionally and also with regard to the EU’s upcoming CO2 border tax, the secretariat suggested that investing in pollution reduction equipment in large combustion plants – mostly coal plants – isn’t financially viable.

Turkey-based Soyak plans to build an 80 MW geothermal power plant in Croatia. It would be the largest in the country. Mayor of Legrad Ivan Sabolić said Terra Energy Generation intends to install an 80 MW geothermal power plant.

📌 U novom serijalu podkasta portala Balkan Green Energy News "Razgovori o energetkoj tranziciji", domaćin Danko Kalkan iz EY, razgovara sa Dušan Macura, direktorom sektora za proizvodnju i distribuciju u Novosadskoj toplani. 🌐 Svet je gladan energije, a ta glad će se samo povećavati kako populacija raste i tehnologija napreduje, na samom početku kaže Kalkan. Pitanje koje se nameće je kako ćemo zadovoljiti rastuće potrebe za energijom iz čistih izvora, posebno kada uzmemo u obzir veliku količinu energije u sistemima daljinske energetike, koji su ključni za udobnost i kvalitet života u urbanim sredinama. ❔ Kako se sprovodi energetska tranzicija u daljinskoj energetici tema je prve epizode podkasta. Kroz interesantnu priču o trenutnoj energetskoj situaciji u svetu i Evropi, integraciji obnovljivih izvora energije i dekarbonizaciji, o toplotnim skladištima i mnogim povezanim temama, svoje stavove iznosi Dušan Macura, koji je i predsednik poslovnog udruženja Toplane Srbije, član nekoliko međunarodnih stručnih organizacija, autor više desetina publikacija i radova na međunarodnim i domaćim stručnim skupovima u oblasti energetike, ekspert za pametne sisteme u daljinskoj energetici sa preko 20 godina iskustva u ovoj oblasti. U stručnim krugovima, Dušan je prepoznat kao lider promena u daljinskog energetici. Zaprati naš YouTube kanal https://lnkd.in/dPvThjhd

The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) has EUR 150 million in grants for photovoltaic and wind power projects for self-consumption in Romania. The new call is for agricultural and food producers.

North Macedonian power utility AD ESM, Elektrani na Severna Makedonija obtained a loan for the construction of solar power plant Bitola 2 and the expansion of its Bogdanci wind farm. ESM also signed a EUR 5 million grant agreement with the EBRD. The funds are for photovoltaic projects Bitola 1 and Oslomej 2. Minister of Energy, Mining and Minerals Sanja Bozinovska said that Bitola 1 and Oslomej 2 would produce a combined 46 GWh per year, enough to cover the electricity needs of more than 7,000 households in North Macedonia. Fatih Türkmenoğlu signed the contract on behalf of the EBRD. The loan agreement was signed by KfW’s director for Kosovo* and North Macedonia Moritz Remé, and ESM’s President of the Board of Directors and General Manager Lazo Uzuncev. Minister of Finance Gordana Dimitrieska Kocoska and Moritz Remé have signed the guarantee contract.