Government to terminate contracts for small hydropower plants on six Montenegrin rivers
The Government of Montenegro has decided to terminate contracts for the construction of 10 small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on six rivers in the municipalities of Bijelo Polje, Plav, Andrijevica, and Šavnik. The decision to terminate the contracts was made at a government session held in Pljevlja. Prime Minister Duško Marković said that the construction of […]
IFC to help Kosovo* design, tender its first solar PPP project
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will assist the government, as transaction adviser, in defining the parameters and requirements to design and tender the first solar public-private partnership (PPP) project in Kosovo*, IFC told Balkan Green Energy News. Private partners will participate in the open-bidding, competitive tender where the offered […]
Public debate on the Draft Law on Electricity launched in Republika Srpska
The first session of the public debate on the Draft Law on Electricity in Republika Srpska has been held at the Bijeljina regional chamber of commerce. The law should be adopted by the end of the year. The public debate is supposed to last for 60 days, and so far it has not been announced […]
Bulgaria changes grid connection rules for new RES producers – CMS Sofia
Bulgaria’s authorities have adopted changes to the transmission and distribution grid connection rules, in a step aimed at reducing the administrative burden on producers and consumers of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES), according to an eAlert from law firm CMS Sofia. The amendment and supplement for Ordnance 6 of 2014 concerning grid connection rules […]
Elektro Celje, Elektro Gorenjska, Elektro Ljubljana join ELES/GEN-I consortium for Slovenia’s green transformation
Power distribution companies Elektro Celje, Elektro Gorenjska and Elektro Ljubljana have joined the consortium for the promotion and acceleration of the green transformation of the Slovenian energy sector. The consortium was established in September by power utilities ELES and GEN-I with the aim of decarbonizing Slovenia by 2050. The identification of the need to link […]
Solar’s vast potential in coal regions in Europe
Author: Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe Coal is on its way out, which is good news for efforts to avert a climate breakdown. However, local communities in coal regions need help in this energy transition, which is where solar power can step in, according to Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe, in an op-ed […]
44 bids submitted for solar power plants on private land in North Macedonia
A total of 44 bids have been submitted for the construction of 27 MW solar power plants on private land, the Ministry of Economy of North Macedonia said on its website. Together with bids for solar power plants on state land, a total of 126 bids have been submitted for 62 MW of installed capacity. […]
Hungarian Automated Mobility Cluster of Zala signs MoU with Serbian EV association
As part of a visit by professors from the Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš universities to the Hungarian Connected and Automated Mobility Cluster of Zala, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the cluster and Serbia’s National Association of Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles (NAAEV). The association organized a visit to the Budapest University of Technology […]
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