Energo - CEE/FSU Power

Turkey’s Palmet to buy Izmit gas grid and 775MW Baymina gas plant from France’s Engie

Bosnian power company EP BiH to invest €847.72mn in three years

Romanian independent energy group Alive buys PV park and floats €2mn bonds

Sev.en Energy takes over Pocerady brown coal power plant

Albania plans to launch tender for first wind power plants in early 2021

Swedbank issues buy recommendation on Ignitis Grupp

Lower hydropower generation dragged down Slovenia’s electricity output down in November

Electricity generation by hydropower plants slumped in November forcing Slovenia to turn to thermal power generation and pushing up fuel consumption.

Kazatomprom launches auction to sell solar units

EC clears takeover of CEZ assets in Romania by Australian Macquarie Group

NET4GAS begins operating new Czech gas pipeline

Renewables assets change hands in Romania as energy companies look to green future

Demand for wind and solar parks is growing in Romania, where Hidroelectrica and Engie Romania snapped up local renewables assets in December.

Lithuania wants Belarus nuclear energy ban in EU-China pact, but Brussels is keeping mum so far

Electricity, gas prices rise sharply in Georgia

Major development finance banks unite to help Uzbekistan implement solar projects

€170mn Estonian-Latvian electricity connection commences work

North Macedonia to buy 10% stake in Greek LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis

E.ON to build €4mn power plant for Romanian fertiliser maker Azomures

Romanian hydropower group Hidroelectrica takes over major wind farm

Engie Romania takes over 9.3MW PV park in central Romania

US investor expands in Romanian PV generation industry

Bosnia wins procedural step in Tuzla TPP case

Energy Community secretariat launched a procedure against Bosnia over the guarantee for a €614mn Chinese loan to finance the expansion of the Tuzla thermal power plant.

Ukrainian utility DTEK launches new green strategy

Ukraine’s leading utility DTEK announced a new corporate strategy on December 22 that will dramatically increase the share of green energy it produces and puts ESG principles at the core of its business

AMCU found no competition violations in Rotterdam Plus approach.

Tbilisi Energy persuaded not to move ahead with 30% gas price hike says minister

Janaf launches first photovoltaic power plant

Czech energy holding EPH to sell shares in Polish PG Silesia

DTEK Energy receives a UAH275mn fine for abusing monopoly power

Green hydrogen has potential to compete with fossil fuels by 2030

Hydrogen produced with renewable electricity, known as green hydrogen, could compete on costs with fossil fuel alternatives by 2030, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has claimed in a new report.

Green investment forecast to return to pre-COVID levels in 2021

Global capex spending on ren–ewables is poised to bounce back in 2021, rising 8.5% to $255bn – in line with 2019 levels, IHS Markit Energy Advisory Service said this week.

Second shutdown of Cameco’s Cigar Lake coupled with Kazatomprom cutbacks 'may push up uranium price'

Stinging criticism from Uzbek president after officials fail to meet population's demand for gas and electricity