Thousands of protesters demand halt of SHPP construction from government, Serbian President
A few thousand citizens from all over Serbia gathered at Belgrade’s Faculty of Philosophy square to rally with a single demand – the immediate halt of the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs). The organizer of the rally, the Defend the Rivers of Mt. Stara Planina movement has submitted a request for the construction of […]
Work ahead to produce Montenegro’s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Author: Đorđije Vulikić, climate change and sustainable energy consultant The Energy Union strategy is based on the EU’s long-term plan to make energy it uses more secure, affordable, and sustainable. The Energy Union is made up of five mutually supporting dimensions: energy security; the internal energy market; energy efficiency; decarbonization of the economy; and research, […]
PPC secures EUR 255 million loan to upgrade electricity distribution network
Greece’s Public Power Corporation has secured EUR 255 million to upgrade the electricity distribution network operated by the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), its subsidiary. The upgrade is part of a EUR 510 million national investment programme implemented by HEDNO in the 2017-2020 period. The first part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) loan […]
Power utility ERS gets concessions to build, operate HPPs Foča, Paunci
The government of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has awarded concessions to its power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) to build and operate the Foča and Paunci hydropower plants (HPP). Republika Srpska and Serbia plan to jointly build the two HPPs with a combined installed capacity of between 90 MW and […]
Hidroelectrica, Nuclearelectrica to be forced to sell more electricity on regulated market
Public power utilities Hidroelectrica and Nuclearelectrica will have the obligation to deliver up to 65% of their electricity generation to regulated markets, at capped prices, Romanian media reported. This obligation is envisaged under a draft order published by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE). The order was drafted in line with the Emergency Government Ordinance […]
Slovenia, Bulgaria receive EUR 76 million in EU financing for cross-border power lines
EU Member States have approved EUR 48.2 million in aid under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to Slovenian transmission system operator (TSO) ELES for the construction of the first power line between Slovenia and Hungary, as well as EUR 28.6 million to Bulgarian TSO ESO for the construction of the power line between Bulgaria and […]
New energy minister assumes office, OST general manager resigns
Belinda Balluku, niece of a former high-level communist politician, is the new minister of infrastructure and energy in the Albanian government, and one of her first moves was to request the resignation of Albanian transmission system operator OST general manager Klodian Gradeci. According to portal Exit.al, Gradeci resigned today. The new minister requested Gradeci’s removal in […]
Applications open for fourth Energy Community Summer School
The Energy Community Secretariat has launched the call for applications for the fourth Energy Community Summer School. The deadline is March 31, with 40 applicants to be selected for this year’s edition in Krakow, Poland. This year’s Summer School will take place from August 24 to August 31, 2019 at the Jagiellonian University and AGH […]