Serbia: Novi Sad seeks consultant for solar-thermal district heating project

Preparations for a major transformation of Novi Sad’s district heating system have reached a new stage, as the city-owned heating utility looks for a consultant to oversee delivery of its solar-thermal project. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a prequalification process for advisory and supervision services linked to the initiative. The […]

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Romania: Regulator fines Midia offshore gas consortium for non-compliance with domestic supply rules

Romania’s energy regulator ANRE has imposed a new round of financial sanctions on the consortium developing the Midia offshore gas field in the Black Sea, citing continued non-compliance with domestic gas supply obligations. The penalties target Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) along with partners PetroVentures and GasPlus Dacia, despite previous sanctions in prior years.

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Montenegro: Regulatory approval granted for 67 MW solar project

Regulatory approval has been secured for a new utility-scale solar investment in western Montenegro, after the national environmental authority endorsed the impact assessment for a planned solar power plant near Niksic. The decision removes a major permitting hurdle for the Bogetici solar project. The Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro confirmed that the environmental impact study

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Hungary: MOL expects Danube refinery restoration to extend into Q3 2026 after October fire

Restoration work at MOL’s flagship Danube refinery is now expected to continue into the third quarter of 2026, after which the facility is planned to resume full operations. The extended outage follows a fire in October at the refinery’s AV3 crude distillation unit. An internal technical review determined that the incident was caused by a

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Greece: Fixed-rate electricity contracts gain ground as consumers shift toward price certainty

Electricity consumers are increasingly shifting away from variable pricing in favor of long-term cost certainty, driving a rapid expansion of fixed-price electricity supply contracts over the past year. The pace of switching has accelerated to around 73,000 new fixed-rate agreements per month, putting the market on track to approach two million contracts in early 2026.

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Bulgaria: Kozloduy to shut down 1,000 MW Unit 6 again after turbine system safety malfunction

Bulgaria’s only nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, has announced another shutdown of its 1,000 MW Unit 6, which is scheduled to go offline on 22 December after a malfunction was detected in a safety-related component of the turbine system. The issue emerged while the reactor was in operation and affects the protective membrane of the steam

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Five-country regulators approve expanded Greece–Ukraine gas transit framework through 2026

Energy regulators from five countries have approved a new framework for gas transit capacity linking Greece with Ukraine, paving the way for coordinated cross-border capacity auctions through the end of April 2026. The decision follows a joint proposal submitted by the transmission system operators of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova, aimed at strengthening regional

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Chinese energy, mining and high tech industries in Serbia, interest in Serbia moving toward the EU, not away from it

Energy is where the geopolitical lens usually dominates, but the underlying economics are straightforward. Serbia is part of the wider European power and gas system whether anyone likes it or not: it is physically interconnected, exposed to EU rules on cross-border trade, influenced by European carbon pricing and indirectly hit by CBAM, green taxonomies and

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Why strategic communication now shapes policy, capital and technology in Europe’s energy and industrial sectors — and why ElevatePR matters

Industrial Europe is entering a period defined not by incremental improvements, but by structural transformation. Energy systems are decarbonising under the combined forces of industrial policy, climate strategy and geopolitical competition. Production systems are electrifying, digitising and reorganising around efficiency, supply-chain security and sustainability. Capital is being redirected through green taxonomies, EU industrial policy instruments,

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Why European funds back SEE and Serbian mining juniors with downstream optionality

As European capital returns to mining, it is not returning to the same industry logic. The traditional junior mining model — raise money on a discovery story, sell excitement, focus on the drill program, and treat downstream as “somebody else’s future problem” — is increasingly incompatible with the way European investors think today. Europe is

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