TENDERING: Environmental impact study for Belgrade’s two planned metro lines
Beogradski Metro i Voz, a company set up to operate Belgrade’s future metro, has launched fresh tendering to produce an environmental impact study for the Serbian capital’s two planned metro lines. The original tendering to produce the study was launched almost a year ago, at the beginning of September 2018, but was suspended in January […]
Electricity customers in Montenegro to get EUR 20-200 for poor supplier, system operator service
From August 8, customers in Montenegro will receive financial compensation of EUR 20-200 in situations when the minimum quality of electricity supply is not met, the Energy Regulatory Agency (RAE) of Montenegro has said on its website. Customers may file complaints about events occurring from August 8, within 30 days of the event which resulted […]
EPBiH installs 6 e-chargers, buys 6 electric vehicles
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) has installed six EV chargers and purchased 6 electric vehicles (EVs). The company now has 7 EV chargers and 8 EVs in total. EPBiH has recognized the importance of electromobility development in BiH. Following the first e-charger located outside of its Sarajevo headquarters, the company installed another […]
EIB to ditch fossil fuel projects from 2021
The European Investment Bank intends to stop funding fossil fuel projects from 2021, according to the draft of the EU bank’s new energy lending policy. In the document, titled EIB energy lending policy – Supporting the energy transformation, the bank said that its activities would shift away from fossil fuel projects and focus on four […]
Sweden provides EUR 616,113 for energy management in BiH
Sweden’s government is allocating an additional BAM 1.2 million (about EUR 616,113) grant to the Green Economic Development (GED) project, implemented by UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina, aiming to improve energy management in public buildings in BiH. Marie Bergstrom, Head of the Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Sweden in BiH, and Sukhrob Khoshmukhamedov, UNDP BiH […]
Croatia’s HEP to install solar park near its lone coal-fired power plant
Croatian power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) intends to install a 25 MW solar park in the area of the Kršan municipality, in the eastern part of the Istrian peninsula, the Glas Istre portal reported. Notably, HEP operates its only coal-fired power plant, Plomin, in this municipality. Mayor Valdi Runko said that the Kršan municipality and […]
Electricity market liberalization lowers prices by 32% in North Macedonia
The electricity market liberalization has decreased prices for small commercial customers by about 32%, said Marko Bislimoski, president of North Macedonia’s Energy Regulatory Commission, local media reported. These consumers became eligible to choose their supplier from January 1 this year, and they are using the opportunity. Bislimoski said that the price they paid before January […]
Romania, Slovenia among five countries eyeing new European Commission’s energy portfolio
Five EU member states, including Estonia, Latvia, Romania, Poland, and Slovenia, are interested in getting the energy portfolio in the next European Commission, HotNews.ro reported. The candidates for European energy commissioner are Kadri Simson from Estonia, Virginijus Sinkevicius, Linas Linkevicius or Saulius Skvernelis from Latvia, Luminita Odobescu from Romania, Krzysztof Szczerski from Poland, and Janez […]