Clean energy potential of coal regions in Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Slovenia: EU report
In more than half of the 42 coal regions in the European Union, the switch to clean energy can create more jobs than currently exist in the coal sector, finds the latest report of the European Commission. The study of its Joint Research Centre (JRC) on clean energy technologies in coal regions includes seven regions […]
Serbia’s EPS to install 97.2 MW solar power plant in Kostolac
Serbia’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) plans to install 97.2 MW solar power plant Srednje Kostolačko Ostrvo. The investment is estimated at EUR 84 million. After launching the construction of the 66 MW Kostolac wind farm, this should be the company’s second major renewable energy project. The PV plant is planned at an ash […]
Energoinvest, Končar to construct first N. Macedonia-Albania power line, new substation
North Macedonia’s transmission system operator (TSO) MEPSO has signed deals for a new 400 kV line to connect the country with Albania, a new 400/100 kV substation near Ohrid and an extension of Bitola 2 substation. Contracts worth EUR 35 million were awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Energoinvest and Croatia’s Končar. The new line will […]
Coal phaseout in Canada – Ex-colleagues helping miners’ job transition
Regional transition centers in coal regions in Canada are being established in order to support the communities during the country’s coal phaseout. The units operated by former coal miners are one of the achievements of the Task Force on Just Transition for Canadian Coal and Power Workers and Communities, introduced to find a solution for […]
Coal subsidies prompt Energy Community to warn six governments
The European Commission is aware of state aid registered in a study for 2015 to 2017, the EnC Secretariat in Vienna said and published an assessment as a followup to the document. It raised concern about coal subsidies with regard to competition regulation and stressed the authorities should get policy in line with EU rules. […]
Slovenia to phase out coal by 2050 – draft NECP
Slovenia intends to decrease the use of coal by 30% by 2030, while the phaseout is planned by 2050 at the latest, according to the country’s draft national energy and climate plan (NECP), which defines energy policy for the next decade. The document was presented by Infrastructure Minister Alenka Bratušek at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering […]
Marinko Gilja appointed for another four-year term in power utility EPHZHB
Marinko Gilja has been re-appointed as General Manager of the Mostar-based power utility Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB). Gilja’s term of office is four years. Gilja was first appointed in February 2016 for the same period. At the fourth session of the Supervisory Board of EPHZHB, Marinko Gilja was re-appointed as General Manager of […]
Future belongs to those who know how to conserve energy
One thing is certain: the years of inefficient energy use are behind us, and the future belongs to those who approach energy generation, transmission, and consumption with much more prudence, Borko Torbica, vice president of Elnos Group, says in an interview with Balkan Green Energy News. Torbica explained how Elnos Group, an electricity company from […]