Energy news

Romanian electricity and natural gas distributor Delgaz Grid, a subsidiary of German utility E.ON, said on Friday that it has secured a 3 billion lei ($656.3 million/572.6 million euro) syndicated refinancing facility.

Serbia's state-owned power producer EPS said on Friday it has commissioned a new overburden spreader with an annual capacity of 12 million cubic metres at the Radljevo open-pit coal mine in the Kolubara basin, in the eastern part of the country.

Strabag Romania, part of Austrian construction group Strabag SE, won a contract worth approximately 19.5 million lei ($4.3 milion/3.7 million euro) to build a 4.42 MWp photovoltaic (PV) park for the airport in the northeastern city of Iasi, Strabag SE said on Friday.

Montenegro's power transmission system operator Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem (CGES) is seeking a consultant for a 39 million euro ($45 million) project to modernise the Perucica and Pljevlja electrical substations, which is backed by French development agency AFD.

Albania's economy minister Delina Ibrahimaj on Friday said the government has decided to dissolve a board set up in March to control fuel prices amid volatility on global markets caused by the war in the Middle East.