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Romania will rely on gas-fired power plants to ensure its energy security and the decommissioning of its coal-fired fleet by 2032, the country’s draft 2025-35 energy strategy published late on

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The construction contract for the expansion of Bulgaria’s Chiren gas storage facility will be suspended until the European Public Prosecutor's Office (Eppo) has completed its investigation, the

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The Hungarian state-owned energy firm MVM Group is looking to secure a 5% stake in Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz offshore gas field to improve its security of supply, traders have told Montel.

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Serbia and Ukraine have surpassed the set 90% gas storage threshold before the November 2024 deadline, the Energy Community Secretariat said late on Tuesday in its annual report on storage regulation.

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The TSOs of southeast Europe (SEE) have recently struggled to maintain system security due to regional outages and grid constraints, several sources told Montel.

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Slovenia will establish an adequate hydrogen-ready grid for the installation of 300 MW of electrolyser capacity by 2035, enabling the transport of green hydrogen between different stakeholders within

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North Macedonia's gas interconnector with Greece is expected to increase import dependence and could potentially result in a surplus of supply, according to statements made to Montel by the think tank

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Serbia will begin official negotiations with Russia on a new gas supply agreement on 1 September, Dusan Bajatovic, the CEO of Serbian TSO Srbijagas, told Montel in an interview.

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The European Commission has approved EUR 6.9bn of public funding by seven EU countries to support developing hydrogen projects including 3.2 GW of large-scale electrolysers, it said on Thursday.

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North Macedonia’s parliament gave an initial approval to the strategic partnership with Greek investor Mytilineos late on Wednesday to build a cogeneration plant in an effort to reduce the

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Over 60% of Croatian biogas power plants have stopped operating and more facilities will probably follow suit, Marijan Cenger, the president of the country’s biogas producers association (HUPB),

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Croatian energy company Ina plans to build a EUR 40m biogas/biomethane production facility in Sisak within the next two to three years, the company has confirmed to Montel.