TENDERING: Consulting services to design carbon tax for Energy Community Contracting Parties
The Energy Community Secretariat has published a public call for the provision of consulting services to design carbon pricing for the Energy Community Contracting Parties, setting November 25 as the deadline to file bids. The Energy Community Secretariat is looking for qualified consultants to carry out a study on carbon tax design for the Energy […]
High efficiency and adaptive hardware and software – e-drive applicable to any battery and any machine
High-efficiency e-drive with adaptive hardware and software, making it applicable to a wide range of batteries and machines – we are presenting the winning solution developed by the H-Bridges team of students from the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering. Even though the International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) 2019 task was to develop an […]
689,877 MWh in Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovenian power futures traded in Q3
European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) registered 46.4 TWh in Eastern European power futures trading in the third quarter of 2019. The Bulgarian, Serbian and Slovenian contracts contributed 689,877 MWh to the volume, EEX said. On the EEX power derivatives market, futures for Eastern Europe continue their steady growth. In June this year, EEX extended its […]
Croatia’s HEP, Ukraine’s DTEK sign MoU, first step electricity supply from Hungary
Croatian power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) and Ukrainian energy holding company DTEK have signed a memorandum of understanding and business cooperation. The memorandum was signed by DTEK’s Chief Executive Officer, Maxim Timchenko, and the President of HEP’s Management Board, Frane Barbarić, in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Croatian government, Andrej Plenković, and […]
NGEN installs first Tesla Powerpack battery storage system in the region
Slovenian energy solution provider NGEN has unveiled the first Tesla Powerpack storage system in the region, located in Jesenice, north-west of Slovenia. This is the largest Tesla Powerpack storage system in Europe. The investment in the 12.6 MW/22.2 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) including construction, installation, and all equipment is worth EUR 15 million. In […]
Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia to join Single Intraday Coupling project in November
The go-live of the second wave of the Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC, formerly known as the XBID) project is planned for November 19. The second wave will enable continuous cross-border trading of electricity in the intraday timeframe across Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia. With an additional seven countries due to go-live […]
North Macedonia’s ESM to subsidize purchase of inverter air conditioners with EUR 10 million
North Macedonia’s state-owned power company Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) has set aside EUR 10 million in subsidies for the purchase of inverter air conditioners as part of the government’s Clean Air Plan, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has announced. ESM has set aside the EUR 10 million for the first program phase, with 10,000 households […]
158 MW Čibuk 1, Serbia’s largest wind farm, officially starts operations
Serbia’s largest wind farm, the 57-turbine Čibuk 1, has officially started operations today following a EUR 300 million investment. The wind farm with a maximum capacity of 158 MW generates power to supply 113,000 households and will displace 370,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. Čibuk 1 is one of the wind farms whose output […]
