New player and statuses in Balance Scheme
New player in the Slovenian power market is NIS Petrol Srl. The company entered the Balance Scheme on December 31, Borzen said. As of January 1 there are changes within the system, namely balance group Borzen, d. o. o. – Centre for support (Eco group) changed its status to balance subgroup responsible party in the […]
Crodux energija joins BSP SouthPool
BSP Regional Energy Exchange LLC, registered in Ljubljana, said Crodux energija d. o. o. became a member of BSP SouthPool. The company joined the Slovenian electricity day-ahead and intraday market. Crodux energija was stablished by Croatian enterprise Crodux plin. In September it started trading electricity in its home country in strategic partnership with Swiss company […]
Foča assembly has little power over small hydro
The opposition in a town in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina is asking for a special session of the local parliament. At a regular meeting, Radisav Mašić, chief of the Municipality of Foča, read information on the plans and development of 14 small hydropower plants on the rivers Ćehotina, Govza, Bistrica, Oteša, Krupica, Jabušnica, Sutjeska i […]
Shoe soles prototype charges phones, gadgets
Marathon runner Kokan Ajanovski publicly tested a prototype for a revolutionary device that uses the energy generated by walking and running to charge mobile devices like phones and tablets, the United Nations Development Programme reported. The device is the outcome of six months of development by a group of four students whose idea for the […]
Bitola to get district heating from KfW’s loan
The governments of Macedonia and Germany, local utility ELEM and KfW Development Bank signed agreements for the project of new district heating system for Bitola, Novaci, Mogila and Logovardi. The bank provides a EUR 39 million loan with fixed interest rate of 1.5% for 15 years, including a grace period of four years, according to […]
Government files charges in ČEZ privatization affair
The Ministry of Energy and Industry completed the audit on the privatization of the electricity distribution network operator (Oshee sh. a.) and pressed charges against three former ministers in the government of Sali Berisha, one of his then-advisors and two deputy ministers. Besides Ridvan Bode, Genc Ruli, Florion Mima, Enno Bozdo, Neritan Alibali and Zana […]
Net metering – photovoltaic sector’s only hope
Many member countries of the European Union are increasing their reliance on fossil energy, much of it imported, despite large domestic renewable resources and the fact that the European Union (EU) has pledged to develop renewables totalling 20% of all generation capacity before 2020 and 50% of all capacity before mid-century. As Lee Buchsbaum outlines […]
Cretan interconnection plan scaled back
The Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or Admie SA) cut back on the scale of its interconnection plan intended to link Crete with the grid serving the wider Athens area and, for the time being, will connect the island as far north as the Peloponnese, according to sources of Energy Press portal. The operator is […]
