FBiH to introduce renewable energy auctions in 2021
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), an entity of BiH, plans to introduce renewables auctions in 2021, while the pace of the renewables development will depend on the binding target that Bosnia and Herzegovina will receive for the 2020-2030 period, currently subject to negotiations with the Energy Community, Halko Balavac, assistant energy minister at […]
Croatia’s power utility HEP starts building 58 MW Korlat wind farm
Croatia’s power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has started building the Korlat wind farm near Benkovac. HEP’s first wind farm will have an installed capacity of 58 MW, which is more than the capacity of the currently biggest operational wind farm in Croatia. The Korlat wind farm is expected to produce around 170 GWh of electricity […]
TE-TO Pančevo to start combined heat, power generation in Q4 2020
The 200 MW Pančevo cogeneration power plant (TE-TO Pančevo) is expected to be built by 2020, and the combined production of heat and power (CHP) is scheduled to start in the last quarter of that year, said Aleksandar Antić, Serbia’s minister of mining and energy. Antić made the statement after meeting with Denis Fyodorov, Director […]
Hidroelectrica files non-binding letter of intent to buy CEZ assets in Romania
Romania’s Hidroelectrica, the country’s largest power producer 80%-controlled by the state, has submitted a non-binding letter of intent to buy the assets of Czech energy company CEZ in Romania, Hidroelectrica CEO Bogdan Badea has confirmed, Romania Insider reported, citing Economica.net. The assets have attracted strong interest, CEZ spokesperson Ladislav Kriz said, according to Profit.ro. CEZ […]
Investor pulls out of SHPP project after clashes on Mt. Stara Planina
Residents of the village of Topli Do on Mt. Stara Planina in Serbia clashed yesterday morning with security and workers accompanying investor Dragan Josić in an attempt to start the construction of a small hydropower plant (SHPP). The outcome was the investor’s announcement he was pulling out of the project, as well as that he […]
Working group set up for Vojvodina to get first geothermal power plants
A working group to facilitate the development of the first geothermal power plant projects in Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina has been set up. The working group was established last week at the invitation of the Vojvodina Secretariat for Energy, Construction, and Transport and France’s ES-Geothermie, which offers general contracting services for the development of […]
Elektrokrajina launches three-year, EUR 15 million grid modernization in BiH
Power distribution company Elektrokrajina, a subsidiary of state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), has launched a three-year modernization of the distribution network, worth BAM 30 million (about EUR 15 million) and financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), local media reported. Elektrokrajina is the largest distribution company of ERS, supplying 47% […]
Christian Zinglersen appointed new director of ACER
Christian Zinglersen has been appointed as director of the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) by the Administrative Board of the ACER. The designation followed a favorable opinion from the Board of Regulators. Zinglersen’s term of office is five years (renewable once for up to five years) as of 1 January 2020, […]
