wpd windmanager takes over operational management of Jasenice wind farm from Kelag
Bremen-based wpd windmanager has taken over the operational management of the 11.5 MW Jasenice wind farm in Croatia owned by Austrian energy company Kelag. As of 1 July, 2019, wpd windmanager is responsible for the technical management as well as for the administrative coordination and reporting obligations for the wind farm of Austrian energy supplier […]
Serbian energy regulator approves grid’s development, investment plans
The Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) has approved the Transmission System Development Plan for 2019-2028 and the Transmission System Investment Plan for 2019-2021. The plans were adopted by state-owned company Elektromreža Srbije, Serbia’s transmission system operator (TSO). In the Development Plan for 2019-2028, the list of production capacities expected to be connected […]
11 mayors from region join EU-wide declaration on just transition to post-coal era
A group of 41 mayors from 10 coal regions in 9 European countries including 11 mayors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Romania have signed a declaration supporting a just transition to the post-coal era. The signatory mayors also come from Germany, Slovakia, Poland, and the Czech Republic, while two are from non-EU […]
CROPEX sells 166,779 guarantees of origin in third auction
Croatian power exchange CROPEX has sold 166,779 guarantees of origin (GO) through the IT trading platform, in its third auction of GOs, according to a press release from CROPEX. “In the third guarantees of origin auction for electricity from incentivized producers (Q3/2019) held on October 18, a total of 166,779 GOs was sold at a […]
Government to terminate contracts for small hydropower plants on six Montenegrin rivers
The Government of Montenegro has decided to terminate contracts for the construction of 10 small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on six rivers in the municipalities of Bijelo Polje, Plav, Andrijevica, and Šavnik. The decision to terminate the contracts was made at a government session held in Pljevlja. Prime Minister Duško Marković said that the construction of […]
IFC to help Kosovo* design, tender its first solar PPP project
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will assist the government, as transaction adviser, in defining the parameters and requirements to design and tender the first solar public-private partnership (PPP) project in Kosovo*, IFC told Balkan Green Energy News. Private partners will participate in the open-bidding, competitive tender where the offered […]
Public debate on the Draft Law on Electricity launched in Republika Srpska
The first session of the public debate on the Draft Law on Electricity in Republika Srpska has been held at the Bijeljina regional chamber of commerce. The law should be adopted by the end of the year. The public debate is supposed to last for 60 days, and so far it has not been announced […]
Bulgaria changes grid connection rules for new RES producers – CMS Sofia
Bulgaria’s authorities have adopted changes to the transmission and distribution grid connection rules, in a step aimed at reducing the administrative burden on producers and consumers of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES), according to an eAlert from law firm CMS Sofia. The amendment and supplement for Ordnance 6 of 2014 concerning grid connection rules […]
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