Energy Community adopted EU’s Recommendation on integrated National Energy and Climate Plans

The Contracting Parties of the Energy Community have to start preparation of integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) in 2018 and should finalize them as soon as possible, the European Commission proposed in Recommendation on preparing for the development of integrated NECPs. The Contracting Parties (CPs) formally adopted the Recommendation which aims at encouraging […]

Cadastre of mining waste in Serbia – project in progress

The Cadastre of Mining Waste in the Republic of Serbia is a technical assistance project that The Ministry of Mining and Energy (MoME) has been implemented in partnership with the European Union (EU) since February 2017. The goal of this 3 year long project is to further develop and improve the mining waste management system in […]

VIDEO January 12, 2018

Romania’s electricity market is now fully liberalized

Since the beginning of this year, the electricity market in Romania is fully liberalized – there will be no longer regulated tariffs that household consumers paid until December 31, 2017. Consumers of electricity in Romania now can choose between competitive regime and universal service market, with the option to return to the universal service market […]

Electricity January 12, 2018

Public-private partnership: EIB is interested in PPP projects in Serbia

In 80% of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Europe the public sector pays compensation to a private partner and the concession model has been less often used, said Dubravka Negre, Head of European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Regional Representation for the Western Balkan. Following is her interview for Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model publication. […]

Establishment of energy exchange in Greece seems very imminent

The institutional framework for the establishment and operation of the energy exchange, amended to harmonize the Greek energy market with all European markets, has been sent to the Greek parliament. Based on previous reports from Greek media, the energy exchange is expected to be established in the first half of 2018, while Energy and Environment […]

Electricity January 10, 2018