Water is and should remain a public good – citizens’ initiatives
The privatization of drinking water sources in Serbia – and the region – has proceeded fairly unnoticed and under the radar. By contrast, the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs), especially in protected areas, has caused a revolt in parts of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania, while the response of Serbian citizens to the […]
HEP receives 6 offers for Orlec Trinket solar power plant
Two Chinese companies – Dongfang Electric International Corporation and Chinapower Sepco1 – are among 6 companies that expressed interest to build the 6.5 MW Orlec Trinket solar power plant on the Cres island, in what would be the largest solar power plant in Croatia, local media reported. According to the Chinese Southeast European Business Association (CSEBA), […]
MOEEBIUS – Saving energy through raising awareness of end-users by using new technologies
Residents of two buildings in the Stepa Stepanović residential complex in Belgrade can check on a mobile application and website how much energy they consume and how much it costs, whether their consumption increases or decreases in relation to regular consumption, but also to compare their spending on energy in various time periods. This data, […]
Montenegro to start phasing out feed-in tariffs for renewables in 2020
The Government of Montenegro has decided to start gradually reducing feed-in tariffs for renewable energy sources as of January 1, 2020, and announced it will continue to promote the construction of wind farms, solar power plants, and large hydropower plants without guaranteed incentive prices, Montenegrin media reported. The government has adopted regulations that will put […]
ProCredit Bank is first buyer of green energy with guarantees of origin in Serbia
Serbia’s public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and ProCredit Bank have signed the country’s first contract for the sale of renewable energy with guarantees of origin. The two companies have signed an annex to the contract to issue a certified guarantee to the bank that EPS will deliver only electricity generated in hydropower plants (HPP), […]
Velika Ciglena geothermal power plant starts operation
The Velika Ciglena geothermal power plant, the first in Croatia and the largest Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system in Europe, with a capacity of 17.5 MW, has started operation. The investor is Turkish construction company MB Holding. MB Holding received a permit to build the geothermal power plant in 2015, under an investment estimated at […]
Electricity prices across the region to increase by up to 40% in 2019
Electricity prices for businesses went up in Croatia this year, while hikes have been announced for 2019 in Serbia, of about 20%, and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), of around 15%. At the same, wholesale prices in Romania could increase by 40%. Electricity supply for the business segment in the region has been liberalized, and state […]
Auctions for cross-border power capacities at border with Bulgaria to be held by Joint Allocation Office from 2019
Auctions for cross-border power capacities at the border with Bulgaria will be held by Joint Allocation Office S.A. (JAO) from Luxembourg from next year, the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) said in a press release. So far, the long-term auctions have been conducted by Bulgarian transmission system operator (TSO) ESO, while daily […]