Greece had SEE’s highest Q2 wholesale electricity prices, Bulgaria lowest – EC quarterly report
In the South-East European (SEE) region, wholesale baseload prices were the highest in Greece in Q2 2018, at EUR 56 per MWh, while the quarterly average price in Bulgaria had a discount of EUR 22 per MWh. Prices in Serbia and Croatia were by EUR 15 per MWh and EUR 13 per MWh, respectively, below the […]
Norway’s Energi Teknikk, Serbia’s D-company team up to make SHPP equipment
Norwegian equipment supplier Energi Teknikk and Serbia’s D-company have signed a strategic partnership agreement which involves joint production of equipment for small and medium-sized hydropower plants (SHPPs) for the Balkan, EU, Russia and US markets, as well as the purchase of 32% of the Norwegian company’s shares by the Serbian company. Milan Barackov, general manager […]
USAID to help Macedonia diversify energy supply, harmonize regulations with EU
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed memoranda of cooperation with the Macedonian government and Ministry of Economy, as well as with the Energy Regulatory Commission on the Development of the Regional Energy Market project, in what will help diversify Macedonia’s energy portfolio and harmonize the national energy legislation with EU directives, according […]
Electricity projects invited to apply for fourth EU Projects of Common Interest list
The European Commission (EC) has opened a call for electricity projects to be submitted as candidates for the fourth European Union ‘Projects of Common Interest‘ (PCIs) list. The deadline for the applications is November 15, the EC said on its website. The PCIs list will be adopted by the EC by the end of 2019 […]
State Aid Council says loan guarantee for new TPP Tuzla unit in line with BiH, EU regulations
The State Aid Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has announced that its decision on the state guarantee for the loan to construct a new unit of the Tuzla thermal power plant (TPP) is in line with the BiH and EU state aid regulations. The Council’s announcement was in reaction to the Energy Community Secretariat’s letter […]
Second Green Economy Congress to be held in Belgrade from November 1-3
The International Green Economy Congress titled Shaping Synergies into a Circular Society will be held from November 1-3 in Belgrade. During three days of the conference, which will be held on the premises of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, participants will have the opportunity to hear the leaders in economy, entrepreneurship, innovation […]
Governments should establish nation-wide energy efficiency programmes
Achieving results in energy efficiency is not a question of available financing instruments, but a matter of creditworthiness of households and their disposable income for energy efficiency improvements, Violeta Kogalniceanu, Head of the Infrastructure and Energy Efficiency Unit at the Energy Community Secretariat, says in an interview with Balkan Green Energy News. According to her, […]
KEDS launches power grid digitalization under EUR 4 million project
Kosovo’s* distribution system operator (DSO) KEDS has launched a EUR 4 million project for the electricity network digitalization using a SCADA system, equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The digitalization project will secure digital grid monitoring and control from the central office in Priština, KEDS said in a press release. The project will reduce and shorten power outages, […]
