ERS ready to lead region’s energy transition

State power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) plans to build 1,000 MW of new renewable energy capacities over the next ten years. With the aim of leading the region’s energy transition, ERS will invest in the construction of solar power plants, wind farms, and hydropower plants, ERS General Manager Luka Petrović has said in an […]

Energy Community challenges state aid to Kosova e Re

The Energy Community Secretariat said it has sent a so-called opening letter to Kosovo* with the intention to resolve the dispute regarding the backing for the project of a coal-fired power plant of 450 MW. The international institution claims the stimulus for Kosova e Re is “per se illegal state aid” as the authority responsible […]

Electricity December 24, 2019

PPC may detail lignite phaseout, Greek grid stake sale in late January

The presentation of the integrated five-year business plan outlining the Public Power Corporation’s overhaul and development strategy has been postponed to January 30 as the media in Greece learned the provisions are still essentially unchanged. The path forward especially depends on the European Commission’s stance after the upcoming negotiations about the closure of the lignite […]

Electricity December 23, 2019

Biodiversity Task Force of South East Europe’s role amid changing context of nature conservation

Alongside many activities within the regional projects in the field of environment, biodiversity and climate change Germany’s development cooperation fosters the collaboration  in a new format in the Western Balkan. Under the auspices of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Working Group on Environment, the Biodiversity Task Force of South East Europe (BDTF SEE) was established […]

Rimac Automobili to develop Hyper E-Car Lab in Slovenia

Croatia’s Rimac Automobili and Slovenia’s Lastinski Inženjering have agreed to establish Hyper E-Car Lab, an electric vehicle testing center in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The unit will be used by the Croatian technology and electric sports car company to test its own batteries and drivetrains. According to media reports, other companies will be able to use […]