Bulgaria’s funding for waste incinerator CHP greenlighted by EU
The European Commission said on November 25 that it gave the go-ahead for Bulgaria’s proposal to back a project for a high-efficient cogeneration system in the capital city. The overwhelming part of the EUR 93.8 million plan for the waste incinerator is money from the trade bloc’s structural funds. The remaining EUR 3 million will […]
Renewables’ capacity in Croatia projected at 1.9 GW for 2030
Analysts have calculated that the share of 36.4% in gross final energy consumption, targeted in Croatia’s strategy for the next decade for renewable sources, is equivalent to 1.9 GW. GlobalData said in its report that the projected level doesn’t include small hydropower. Authors updated the outlook and attributed the surge in green energy’s stake mostly […]
Thermal power permits for 875 MW revoked by Romanian regulators
The Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority or ANRE decided to withdraw licences for three units controlled by Electrocentrale Bucureşti SA. Their total power capacity is 650 MW. The thermal facilities are equipped also for heating, as is one other system, located near the border with Serbia and Bulgaria, which also lost its permit. In a statement […]
Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia link intraday markets with 14 EU countries via SIDC project
In the second wave of the European Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC, formerly XBID) project, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia have successfully linked intraday markets with fourteen countries active in operational work since June 2018. The second wave will enable continuous cross-border trading of electricity in the intraday timeframe across seven countries […]
Fifth overhauled unit at EPS’ hydropower plant Đerdap 1 put in operation
State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has put in operation the fifth overhauled unit at HPP Đerdap 1, adding 30 MW of installed capacity to Serbia’s biggest hydropower plant. After the commissioning of the fifth overhauled unit, there is only one more unit left to be revitalized, and that job should begin next year, according […]
EU’s Third Energy Package and Republika Srpska’s energy sector
Author: Boris Lubarda, head of the general electricity and energy efficiency section, the Ministry of Energy and Mining of Republika Srpska With the adoption of a draft law on electricity in September this year, Republika Srpska launched a process of laying the legal groundwork for ordering its electricity sector according to the rules required by […]
ERS, EPHZHB to continue with cooperation on electricity production at PHE Čapljina
Public power utilities Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) and Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB) have agreed to continue with their cooperation on electricity production at pumped-storage hydropower plant PHE Čapljina in 2020. The cooperation in 2020 will be regulated by an agreement worth roughly BAM 100 million (around EUR 51.2 million), under which ERS will […]
Možura wind farm, Montenegro’s second largest, officially starts operation
The Možura wind farm, Montenegro’s second largest, with an installed capacity of 46 MW, has been officially inaugurated. The EUR 90 million wind farm was put in operation by Montenegrin energy minister Dragica Sekulić and Maltese energy and water supply minister Joe Mizzi. The Možura wind farm was built by a consortium of Maltese state-owned […]
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