Journalist
Vladimir Spasić
Bulgaria, North Macedonia to couple day-ahead markets in 2022
08 December 2020 - Two countries have signed MoU to push forward the electricity market coupling project which started back in 2018.
E.ON to install 400,000 smart meters in Romania
08 December 2020 - As a result, at the end of 2028, over 700,000 customers or 45% of the company's total customers in Romania will have smart meters.
Croatia sets new record in renewable energy production
07 December 2020 - Due to heavy rains and strong wind, production in hydropower plants and wind farms reached 48 GWh yesterday, while consumption was 47 GWh.
Germany awards EUR 317 million in coal capacity closure tender
07 December 2020 - Owners of 11 coal power plants with an installed capacity of 4.8 GW will receive EUR 317 million to shut down the polluting facilities.
Wind farms, solar power plants set to push coal out of market
04 December 2020 - Decision makers can slow down or speed up the coal phase-out, but regardless of their action, the coal share is heading for a big drop.
World Bank: Main sources of air pollution in Belgrade are heating, road transport, coal power plants
03 December 2020 - The largest sources of pollution are in the urban area - heating and road transport, but also outside the urban area - thermal power plants.
Feed-in tariffs for solar power plants with installed capacity of 20 MW in Kosovo* to be halted
02 December 2020 - State Aid Commission (SAC) said that it has found that the scheme approved by the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) is illegal.
SO2 emissions from Nikola Tesla B coal plant to be reduced 20 times by 2024
02 December 2020 - One of the ten largest SO2 emitters among power plants in Europe starts the construcution of a flue gas desulphurization facility.
Energy Community’s new guidelines remove barriers to prosumer development, experts say
01 December 2020 - Experts from BiH, North Macedonia, and Serbia highlight the new elements in the Energy Community’s policy guidelines on prosumers.
BiH to add 116 MW with two wind farms – Grebak, Vlašić
30 November 2020 - Preparations for the construction of the first wind farm in the Republic of Srpska are over, and talks on financing the Vlašić wind farm are starting.
ESM halts investment in Belene project, turns to gas power plant near Alexandroupolis LNG terminal
27 November 2020 - Elektrani na Severna Makedonija estimates the 800 MW gas project would be finished earlier than the Belene nuclear power plant.
Romania gets EUR 370 million from EU for safe drinking water, wastewater treatment
27 November 2020 - Romania will get EUR 370 million from the EU’s Cohesion Fund to increase the availability of safe drinking water and the treatment of the wastewater.
Belgrade University professors warn politicians failure to phase out coal will be more costly than any decarbonization measures
25 November 2020 - It will be more expensive for the country to did nothing to reduce CO2 emissions, than to implement decarbonization measures.
IEL OIE Balkan Renewable Energy, Akuo to start construction of Bašaid wind farm in 2021
24 November 2020 - Start of the construction of the 85 MW Bašaid wind farm near Kikinda and a geothermal plant is planned for next year.
Energy reforms move ahead despite COVID-19 – Energy Community annual report
23 November 2020 - The Annual Implementation Report reveals that the average implementation score of the contracting parties increased from 48% to 53%.
Balkans’ largest solar thermal system for sanitary hot water is located in Pančevo
20 November 2020 - The project demonstrates that the use of solar energy for heating water is cheaper than using fossil fuels.s