Montenegrin Government secures funds to buy A2A shares in EPCG
The Montenegrin Government adopted a budget rebalance which foresees EUR 70 million for the purchase of the Italian company A2A’s shares in power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG). In July last year, the Italian company informed the Government of Montenegro about activating the put option, which officially launched the process of the company’s withdrawal from […]
Novi Sad to get its second cogeneration facility
The public heating utility Novosadska Toplana is planning to build a second cogeneration energy plant this summer to produce electricity and heat energy as part of the reconstruction of the TO Jug heat facility with production of heat and electric energy expected in May 2019, Balkan Green Energy News was told by that company. This […]
Bosnia seeks to avert loss of KfW funds in wake of HPP Salakovac project pullout
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) Finance and Treasury Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda has organized a meeting with representatives of German development bank KfW and power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) in an attempt to prevent the suspension of multi-million projects in BiH financed by the German government, after EPBiH decided to abandon a project to reconstruct hydropower plant […]
Bulgarian Energy Minister resignation not accepted
Bulgarian Government decided not to accept the resignation of the Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petrova. Just a week ago she offered the resignation to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and he accepted it. She decided to leave Bulgarian Government to prevent possible allegations about her role in the CEZ deal with Bulgarian company Inercom. Deputy Prime Minister […]
Aarhus Centers to initiate dialogue between citizens, business, and state on circular economy
Aarhus Centers will foster transition to a circular economy and more efficient use of natural resources by providing a framework for the exchange of information, knowledge, and experience between citizens, decision-makers and the private sector. This is one of the main takeaways from the first national workshop in Belgrade, which marks the launching of a […]
Slovenia’s Petrol lands district heating digitalization project in Austria
Slovenian energy group Petrol has signed an agreement with Austrian energy company Wien Energie to carry out the first phase of district heating network digitalization in Vienna, Petrol has said in a statement. The DigitalIntelligent Smart Networks – District Heating (DISNet-DH) project is to help Wien Energie improve supply and energy efficiency. Petrol, which manages […]
Rimac: German company to build factory for electric vehicles in Serbia
Mate Rimac, the founder of Croatia’s electric carmaker Rimac automobili, announced on social networks that a major German automotive company will build a factory for the production of electric vehicles’ engines in Serbia. On his social network account, Rimac wrote that he was recently at the meeting of the board of directors of a major […]
Montenegro to buy part of transmission network from Krnovo wind farm
The Government of Montenegro has decided to purchase a part of the power transmission infrastructure which France’s Akuo Energy has built for its Krnovo wind farm. A European Union grant of EUR 5.8 million has been secured for the transaction. The 110/35 kV Brezna substation with a connection to the existing Nikšić-Brezna transmission line, as […]
