Generation from renewable sources sets daily record
Strong wind and favorable sunshine on March 22 brought the daily share of power generation from renewable sources to a record 47%, Phileleftheros newspaper’s portal said. Another point is that the transmission system operator handled the extreme situation with ease. At 10 a. m. the active production capacity was 408 MW, out of which 138 […]
Gjiknuri-Pagano: Reform in energy sector on right track
After getting acquainted with the measures and steps taken in electricity sector reform, World Bank directors declared that the challenge of Albanian government is very important and the work is on the right track, AlbReporter portal said. Minister of Energy and Industry Damian Gjiknuri received Patrizio Pagano, executive director at WB in Washington, who was […]
Two thirds of EU may face sanctions for ignoring directive
Nineteen EU member states have missed the deadline to translate the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) into national law by more than nine months, despite the rigorous enforcement of existing efficiency laws being part of the flagship Energy Union project, Publics.bg portal said. Proceedings against Greece, Portugal and Slovenia for failure to fully implement the directive […]
Piva hydro plant produced almost 30 TWh in 39 years
Milan Radović, head of Piva hydropower plant, said 146 GWh was produced since the start of the year, in comparison to 782 GWh planned for 2015. He added last year’s investment in equipment was EUR 930,000, national energy company EPCG said on its website. The plant in the country’s northwest has 102 employees. The end […]
Mineco gets concession for Medoš mini hydro plant
Commodity trader, miner and smelter Mineco Group said its subsidiary Medoš One d. o. o. in the Republic of Srpska has been awarded a fifty year concession to build and operate a first hydropower plant on the Drinjača river. Located near Zvornik, the Medoš project will be developed over the next two years with the […]
Petrol stock reshuffling continues with new purchase
Petrol, Slovenia’s largest energy group, said a 7.96% stake in its capital was amassed by a unit of J&T Private Equity Group, Cypriot investment firm J&T Investment Opportunities Limited, making it one of the largest individual shareholders. No other details have been revealed beyond the firm being owned by J&T Private Equity Group, which public […]
Funding energy upgrade for family houses made easier
„Based on the experience on family houses energy upgrade from last year, we decided to change the programme in order for it to become more fair and enable everyone from any part of Croatia to apply,“ the country’s minister of environmental protection and nature Mihael Zmajlović said. Last year it turned out only 180 cities […]
EnerTech Balkans convenes wind and hydro experts and managers
Third annual two-day EnerTech Balkans conference and exhibition was organized in Belgrade’s Hyatt hotel and gathered hydro and wind energy experts and company representatives, regulators from the region, European and government officials, civil sector representatives and consultants. When speaking about situation in Serbian energy sector from the perspective of EU integration, Freek Janmaat, Head of […]