Hrvatske Šume terminates contracts for wood chips delivery for cogeneration facilities
Public forest management utility Hrvatske Šume has terminated contracts with 20 companies on the sale of wood chips and firewood for cogeneration plants, leaving 265,000 tons of wood chips available for a public call, which the company plans to launch in about ten days. Hrvatske Šume informed buyers that 20 contracts on the sale of […]
Electrica appoints Georgeta Corina Popescu as new CEO
The Board of Directors of Romanian power distribution and supply company Electrica has decided to appoint Georgeta Corina Popescu as new CEO, for a four-year term. She was interim CEO of Electrica from November 1, 2018, after former CEO Dan Catalin Stancu resigned. “The Romanian energy market is undergoing a profound transformation period, and for […]
KESH gets new CEO as sacking continues in Albanian state-owned power sector
Former chief of the Albanian Development Fund (ADF) Benet Beci has been appointed as new general manager of public power utility KESH, after Agron Hetoja was relieved of duty, local media reported. This is the second major change in leadership of the state-owned power utilities following the appointment of the Belinda Balluku as new infrastructure and […]
Federation of BiH to establish energy efficiency agency
The Government of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) will establish an energy efficiency agency after adopting implementing regulations for the Law on Energy Efficiency, local media reported. According to a statement for news agency FENA by Amira Pintul, adviser to the federal minister of energy, mining and industry, the FBiH is successfully fulfilling obligations in […]
Blockchain brings disruption to energy sector
The use of blockchain in the energy sector of Serbia, as well as other countries, would help introduce prosumers – households both producing and consuming electricity and selling surpluses without energy companies as intermediaries. Through the Internet of Things (IoT), it would also enable end consumers to manage their consumption via smart devices and energy […]
Thousands of protesters demand halt of SHPP construction from government, Serbian President
A few thousand citizens from all over Serbia gathered at Belgrade’s Faculty of Philosophy square to rally with a single demand – the immediate halt of the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs). The organizer of the rally, the Defend the Rivers of Mt. Stara Planina movement has submitted a request for the construction of […]
PPC secures EUR 255 million loan to upgrade electricity distribution network
Greece’s Public Power Corporation has secured EUR 255 million to upgrade the electricity distribution network operated by the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), its subsidiary. The upgrade is part of a EUR 510 million national investment programme implemented by HEDNO in the 2017-2020 period. The first part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) loan […]
EC refers Slovenia to court for failure to transpose EPBD, warns Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece on Energy Efficiency Directive
The European Commission (EC) has decided to refer Slovenia to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to comply with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The EC has also requested 12 countries, including Bulgaria, Croatia, and Greece, to correctly transpose the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive […]