North Macedonia first to draft strategy in line with national energy, climate plans in Energy Community
North Macedonia’s draft Energy Development Strategy until 2040 is the first to comply with the rules of national energy and climate plans in the Energy Community, the Energy Community Secretariat said following the draft’s presentation. The document is also in line with the five dimensions of the EU Energy Union. The draft is currently under […]
Chinese-Montenegrin consortium wins bid for eco-reconstruction of TPP Pljevlja
Chinese-Montenegrin consortium DEC International-Bemax-BB Solar-Permonte has been picked as the best bidder for an environmental reconstruction of thermal power plant TPP Pljevlja, a project that will enable the Pljevlja power generation and coal mining complex to operate for the next 20 to 30 years, according to a statement from state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore […]
Sunny Roofs – Serbia’s first energy cooperative
Citizens of Šabac have founded the first energy cooperative in Serbia, called Sunny Roofs. The cooperative will soon launch a crowdfunding campaign for its first project, the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the roofs of public heating utility Toplana-Šabac. Energy cooperatives have become an increasingly common model for citizens’ involvement in energy transition […]
Final deals inked for Crete’s power link to mainland
A EUR 365 million undersea electric cable between Greece’s largest island and the southeastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula is set to come online next year. Independent Power Transmission Operator SA said the accompanying contracts for the interconnection between Crete and the mainland were signed on October 25 with Intrakat and Elektromek-Nari. The entity, which […]
EPCG, Montenegrin government pay EUR 212 million to Italy’s A2A for EPCG shares
State power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has so far paid EUR 103.65 million to repurchase shares from Italy’s A2A, while EUR 108.86 million has been set aside from Montenegro’s state budget for the same purpose, according to Dragica Sekulić, the economy minister, RTCG has reported. The exit of Italy’s A2A from the ownership and management […]
EPBiH seeks partner to enable payments of electricity bills via mobile app
Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) intends to introduce card-based payments of electricity bills via a mobile app. In order to select a partner to help it introduce the service, EPBiH has invited expressions of interest in the implementation of a system for card-based payments of electricity bills via a mobile app. To collect relevant information […]
Transition away from coal by Matra Power Plant – Solar panels on ash deposits, biomass as fuel
Matra Power Plant, in Northern Hungary, is an example of a coal-fired power plant preparing for the inevitable coal phase-out and transitioning into an industry cluster in which renewables play an increasingly important role. Matra PP has started using biomass, installed 60 MW of solar power plants on an ash deposit heap, and developed an […]
Croatia’s proposed energy strategy envisages raising renewables’ share to 36.4% by 2030
The Croatian government has sent to parliament a proposal of the country’s energy sector development strategy until 2030, with projections until 2050, which envisages increasing renewables’ share in gross final energy consumption to 36.4% by 2030. Presenting the proposal of the strategy, Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav Ćorić said that renewables’ share is […]
