EPCG to invest EUR 67 million in hydropower, analysis for wind farm underway
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) plans to invest EUR 170 million in the next five years, out of which EUR 40 million in the revitalization of two hydropower plants (HPPs), Piva and Perućica, and EUR 27 million in diverting a part of the Zeta river into the Perućica hydropower system. Around EUR 60 million […]
Intraday allocation on Croatian-Hungarian border to be launched
Croatian transmission system operator (TSO) HOPS and Hungarian transmission system operator MAVIR announced the launch of intraday allocation on Croatian-Hungarian border on March 27. “The Go – Live date of intraday allocation on Croatian-Hungarian border is set at 18:00 of March 27, with the publication of ID ATC value, for the business day March 28”, […]
European Environment Agency to assist Energy Community on reporting of emissions from large combustion plants
Energy Community Secretariat will cooperate with European Environment Agency on the Contracting Parties’ obligation to report on emissions of large combustion plants. “The European Environment Agency has agreed for the Secretariat to make use of its tools for the reporting and assessment of data submitted by the Contracting Parties,” the Energy Community Secretariat said in […]
Steag Energy to prepare design for eco-reconstruction of TPP Pljevlja
Preliminary design for the environmental reconstruction of the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant in Montenegro is entrusted to Essen-based industrial group Steag Energy Services GmbH. The German company is specialized in the field of energy, both conventional and nuclear, as well as renewable sources. Montenegro’s power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) announced it picked an offer […]
Enlight acquires third wind farm in Balkan region
Israel-based Enlight Renewable Energy acquired the rights to a 105 MW wind energy project in Kosovo*, the company said in a statement. The project, according to Enlight, is in the advanced development stages. Construction works are expected to start next year while wind farm will be operational in 2020. The investment is estimated at EUR […]
Consolidation inevitable for small power exchanges
Miloš Mladenović, managing director of Serbian power exchange operator SEEPEX, believes that the latest EU regulations introduce competition in the operations of power exchanges, which means that consolidation is inevitable for small power exchanges. In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News, Mladenović also discussed cooperation with Hungarian exchange HUPX, the introduction of an intraday […]
GGE has changed its name and brand and becomes Resalta
Resalta is the new name and brand under which one of the leading energy services companies in South-Eastern Europe, GGE, will operate in the future. What does not change is the company’s commitment to the development of renewable energy sources and the provision of energy efficient solutions to customers. Resalta stands for the high results […]
Ansaldo Energia to supply gas turbines and generators for Pančevo cogeneration plant
Italian company Ansaldo Energia said today it has been awarded contracts worth EUR 40 million to supply gas turbines and generators for 200 MW Pančevo cogeneration power plant in Serbia. The Pančevo combined heat and power (CHP) plant is owned by TE-TO Pancevo, a joint venture between Centroenergoholding, owned by Gazprom Energholding, and Serbian oil […]
