Hidroelectrica to launch IPO in September 2020
Romania’s state-owned power utility, Hidroelectrica, will launch an initial public offering (IPO) on the Bucharest Stock Exchange in September 2020, local media reported. According to Hidroelectrica CEO Bogdan Badea, the most profitable state-owned company in Romania plans to list 10% of its shares in IPO. There is an option for dual listing, possibly in London […]
FBiH government adopts restructuring program for EPBiH, EPHZHB
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has adopted a restructuring program for the power sector in the FBiH, which envisages the unbundling of two state-owned energy companies – Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) and Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg-Bosne (EPHZHB) – in accordance with the rules of the EU’s Third Energy Package. The restructuring […]
Serbia, Hungary hope to merge power exchanges by end-2019
Serbia and Hungary are hoping that the planned merger between their respective power exchanges, SEEPEX and HUPX, will take place by the end of 2019, creating a powerful regional exchange to the benefit of the entire region, according to Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić. The merger will enable the two power exchanges […]
TENDERING: Bidding deadline extended for Poklečani wind resource assessment
The deadline to file offers to conduct a wind resource assessment for the Poklečani wind farm has been pushed back from July 10 to August 27, public power utility Elektroprivreda HZHB (EPHZHB) has announced. The estimated value of the contract to produce the Poklečani wind resource assessment is BAM 22,000 (about EUR 11,250), with the […]
UPDATE: First Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020 to focus on Western Balkans’ energy future
The first edition of the Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020, to be held on March 5-6, 2020, will be dedicated to the Western Balkans’ energy future and the energy sector potentials of Republika Srpska. Experts, investors, representatives of the NGO sector and international institutions, as well as decision-makers, will get together to discuss the […]
Fingrid acquiring new 400 MVA power transformers from Slovenia’s KOLEKTOR ETRA
Slovenia-based KOLEKTOR ETRA has signed a EUR 6 million contract to supply 400 MVA 400/120 kV power transformers to Finland’s transmission system operator Fingrid for its project to improve the electricity transmission connection between the south and north of Finland, according to a press release from Fingrid. The ordered power transformers will be delivered to […]
Solar PV takes top share of Slovenia’s RES/CHP support payments in H1
Slovenia’s support payments for electricity produced from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP) stood at around EUR 65.6 million, not including VAT, in the first half of 2019, down 6% year-on-year. According to data from power market operator Borzen, the total electricity production within Slovenia’s support system for RES/CHP […]
UPDATE: EU assisting Energy Agency of Serbia to upgrade its regulatory policies, mechanisms, practices in line with the EU Energy Acquis – II quarter results
Project: Technical Assistance to the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia – Approximation of NRA Tasks to the Third Energy Package Project duration: July 2018 – January 2020 Country: Serbia Beneficiaries: The Ministry of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia, while the end-recipient of the project activities is the Energy Agency of the Republic of […]