The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a capacity mechanism for Germany available from 2031. This measure, with an estimated cost between €15.6 billion and €35.2 billion, aims to ensure sufficient capacity to produce, store or flexibly consume electricity, so that electricity production can consistently meet expected demand. Capacity mechanisms can play […]
The European Commission has convened an ad hoc meeting of the Electricity Coordination Group today with EU countries, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, the relevant Regional Coordination Centres and the Energy Community Secretariat to discuss the electricity security of supply in Central and South-East Europe. The discussion took place against the […]
The European Commission has approved a €300 million Irish scheme to provide temporary electricity price relief for energy-intensive companies in line with the objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal. Through the condition to reinvest a significant share of the aid received in decarbonisation measures, this scheme will contribute to the transition towards a net-zero economy. […]
Three out of four large energy suppliers to the population reported a profit in 2025, according to balance sheet data from the Ministry of Finance. On July 1, 2025, the capped electricity prices were abolished, and electricity suppliers were able to practice free market prices again. The supply companies still have to recover about 8 […]
Global power demand is set to grow by more than 3.5% per year on average over the rest of this decade, with electricity generation from renewables, natural gas and nuclear all expanding to keep pace, according to a new IEA report. Electricity 2026, out today, is the IEA’s annual report on global electricity systems and […]
EU gas and electricity markets in the second quarter of 2025 saw a further return to more stable and predictable levels, according to the new quarterly reports for both markets published today. Wholesale gas prices seemed to turn the corner, declining for the first time since early 2024, as LNG imports surged. At the same […]
A greater degree of interconnection of the Romanian electricity grid with the others, but also with the grids of other EU states, would have reduced by at least a quarter the prices of spot electricity in the evening peak hours in Romania in the summer of 2024, according to a recent study by ACER, the […]
The Bulgarian Ministry of Energy has launched a public consultation on a new round of its subsidy program for battery energy storage projects, aimed at facilitating the integration of renewable energy sources. The plan aims to support the implementation of a new battery storage capacity of 1.9 GWh, with funding of approximately EUR 118 million. […]
Electricity consumption decreased slightly in the first half of the year, but production decreased significantly, so the system was on imports, which was not small at all – one MWh out of five consumed in Romania came from the networks of our neighbors “Analyzing the evolution of the components of the energy balance, in the […]
Final electricity consumption increased by 1.3%, but production fell by 10% in the first five months of the year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS). Energy imports increased by 67%. Electricity production in the first five months of the year was 10% lower than in the same period in 2024, recording […]
EU gas and electricity markets from January to March 2025 proved their continued resilience as they ensured stable and secure energy supplies with important milestones on both markets. For electricity, while the wind sector and hydropower faced unfavourable conditions, solar power generation reached 45 TWh, a record level for the first quarter – some 30% higher […]
PPC Energie, one of the largest electricity suppliers to the population, has launched a competitive offer with a significantly lower price. Anyone can request it. PPC launched today a new standard offer for the supply of electricity, called PPC Energie Verde, with applicability from July 1, according to data from ANRE’s offer comparator. The price […]
The conference on energy affordability held by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the European Commission stressed the need for the active participation of as much of the population as possible. Households, vulnerable citizens and SMEs, including those in rural areas, must become the primary players in the energy transition. The EU must be […]
Energy market reform is taking a major step forward in Egypt as the government approves the first bilateral power purchase agreements between private generators and consumers. As part of a pilot of the private-to-private (P2P) rules, developed with technical support from the EBRD to the Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency (Egypt ERA) […]
