Montenegro inks shareholders agreement with A2A
Minister of economy Vladimir Kavarić, on behalf of the Government of Montenegro, and Oreste Bramanti, on behalf of Italian company A2A SpA, signed the new shareholders agreement for the Electric Power Company of Montenegro (EPCG) on August 29. The new document will be in force until December 31, the government stated on its website. Previously, […]
Minister Gjiknuri opens Energy Community Summer School
The first Energy Community Summer School kicked off on September 3 in Tirana with an opening speech by Albanian minister of energy and industry Damian Gjiknuri. The eight-day event gathered 40 postgraduate students and young professionals representing 27 nationalities, the announcement said. Gjiknuri spoke about reforms in Albania’s energy sector. The press release added his […]
Works start on headrace gallery for Dabar hydro plant
The construction of a new hydropower plant in Nevesinje in the Republic of Srpska began last week with the launch of a project of a tunnel worth BAM 112 million (EUR 57.3 million), Srna agency reported. Total investment into the 159 MW Dabar facility in the southeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina is estimated at EUR 180 million, while expropriation […]
Power exports soar 53.3% from first half of last year
Albania imported 776 GWh of electricity in the six months through June, 4.7% less than in the equivalent period of last year, the national Institute of Statistics (Instat) said. At the same time, the measure of gross deliveries abroad jumped 53.3% on an annual basis, to 1.29 TWh, due to more favourable hydrology and a […]
Srpska preparing refurbishment of schools with GGE
GGE d.o.o. will produce a feasibility study for the refurbishment of schools and cultural institutions in the Republic of Srpska. On September 1, entity minister of culture and education Dane Malešević met representatives of the energy services company Luka Komazec and Ankica Barbulov and the head of the Development Agency of Čelinac Aleksandar Branković. The […]
EIB mulls support for onshore wind farms project
A special purpose entity – private company not from the utilities sector, which promotes a project for three wind farms in Tanagra municipality in Viotia prefecture, applied for funding support, the European Investment Bank said on August 25. The portfolio includes the construction and operation of facilities with an overall capacity of 50 MW in […]
Pilot project opens way for major energy efficiency endeavour
The Government of Slovenia said in mid-August that financing was approved for a pilot project within a national programme to refurbish public buildings, worth EUR 415 million in total. The first beneficiaries will be the courts in Celje, Murska Sobota and Slovenj Gradec, where the investment will be worth EUR 2 million. The national project […]
Fund to start paying debts for agreed projects
The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) said on August 31 that it would start paying citizens and companies overdue compensations according to the order of received invoices. It got a green light from the Croatian government for overdrafts of up to HRK 100 million (EUR 13.4 million) for liquidity. “The former fund management irresponsibly and unsustainably contracted energy renewal projects for residential buildings, burdening the fund’s budget […]