Report: Energy Community countries’ shift in day-ahead markets development
The Western Balkans 6 (WB6) countries shifted from activities to develop national day-ahead markets towards finding an efficient solution that will secure rapid introduction of day-ahead market processes and coupling with neighboring markets, the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat said in its latest WB6 report on electricity. However, overall the report sees very limited progress since […]
Bulgarian company eyeing investment in solar energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgarian company Lada Nar is eyeing investment opportunities in the energy sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), primarily in solar energy. The Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BH (FIPA) Goran Milinić talked to Erdinch Ramadan, representative of the Bulgarian company, and the Ambassador of BiH to Bulgaria Radomir Bogdanović about the possibilities […]
Energy efficiency Action plan to save Turkey USD 30 billion by 2033
The National Energy Efficiency Action plan will help Turkey save USD 30.2 billion in next 15 years. Both residential and industrial energy sectors will be subjects to energy efficiency refurbishment. The Turkish High Planning Council approved this plan in January.The plan has 55 actions planned to develop energy efficiency measures throughout various sectors in industry, construction, […]
Romania’s prosumers are stuck – government doesn’t know how to tax them
Even though Romania introduced the prosumers into legislation 10 years ago, there is still no fiscal regime that would address them. According to energy minister Anton Anton, the Ministry of Public Finance does not know how to tax prosumers. Romanian citizens interested in this activity can’t produce electricity and sell it to the power grid […]
Macedonian climate change challenges and perspectives
Author: Nataša Markovska, Senior Researcher and Professor, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts The article was initially published on portal klimatskipromeni.mk The Paris Agreement represents a dramatic departure from the past 20 years of climate negotiations, providing a broad foundation for meaningful progress on climate change. It is underpinned by the intended nationally determined contributions […]
I recommend ESCO model to municipalities and public sector
I believe that the use of public-private partnership, or the ESCO mechanism, is the right way to increase energy efficiency in the public sector. Therefore, I recommend it to municipalities, but also the entire public sector,” said Aleksandar Antić, Minister of Mining and Energy. In an interview for the Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model publication he […]
ORF-EE discusses National Energy and Climate Plans at the EnC’s 3rd Energy and Climate Committee Meeting
The 3rd Energy and Climate Committee Meeting, held on 21 March at the Energy Community (EnC) in Vienna, primarily focused on National Energy and Climate Plans, 2030 targets for renewables, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and main milestones, including challenges ahead of COP24. Special focus of the meeting was on the development of integrated […]
Minister Antić supports WISE expert network of women in sustainable energy, climate change, and environmental protection
The Center for the Promotion of Sustainable Development (CPOR) has presented results of the first research in Serbia on the role, position, representation, and attitudes of women in sustainable energy at the Women in Sustainable Energy – Leadership for Change conference. Women in Serbia choose sustainability – this is, in short, the finding of the […]
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