Minister Antić: Serbia’s power sector balancing between coal and renewables
Serbia is going to have to invest between EUR 700 and 900 million in the power facilities it plans to continue using after the year 2020 in order to get its energy sector in line with all European Union directives, Serbian Mining and Energy Minister Aleksandar Antić said. Speaking at the Green Forum “Power companies […]
Turkey’s Guris Holding to build windfarms in Kosovo* and Ukraine
The Turkish company Guris Holding has announced the construction of new wind power plants in Kosovo* and the Ukraine, the Turkish press reported. The reports said that the company plans to build the plant in Ukraine outside the city of Odessa but do not specify the exact location of the site of the power plant […]
Macedonia’s MEPSO planning to rehabilitate and modernize its power transmission grid
The Electricity Transmission System Operator of Macedonia AD MEPSO published tenders inviting proposals for goods and services for its project to rehabilitate and modernize its nation-wide power transmission grid along with a power system control project. The total investment in the projects is estimated to stand at EUR 40.5 million. The money to finance the […]
Greek PPC Renewables looking for partners to build 12 wind farms on islands
The Greek company PPC Renewables said it is looking for partners to build 12 wind farms at a number of sites across the country. The company published three tenders to build the wind farms, operate them and provide maintenance for a period of 14 years. According to PPC Renewables’ plans, the 12 wind farms will […]
First wind farm in Bosnia-Herzegovina to supply power to Tomislavgrad
The first wind-powered electricity plant in Bosnia-Herzegovina will supply power to the population of the municipality of Tomislavgrad once it is completed and becomes operational by the end of this year, the Elektroprivreda Hrvatske zajednice Herceg Bosne power company said. The wind farm named Mesihovina will be built across a 22 kilometer stretch of land […]
Serbian EMS certified as electricity transmission system operator
Serbian state-owned company, Elektromreža Srbija (EMS), has obtained a certification as an electricity transmission system operator (TSO). The certification opens the way for the EMS to obtain a license to operate transmission system and to transmit electricity. The Council of the Energy Agency of Serbia (AERS) issued the certificate to the EMS in early August, […]
Italian A2A appeals Montenegrin court’s decision to block its shares in EPCG
The Italian company A2A has appealed court’s decision to block its shares in the Montenegrin electric power company, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), Montenegrin media reported. The High Court in Podgorica, which blocked the shares due to the procedure against several former managers of the company, has confirmed to daily Pobjeda that A2A has appealed the decision. […]
Serbian town of Prijepolje set to upgrade street lighting
The authorities of Prijepolje, the municipality in the Southwest Serbia, has launched a project to replace old lighting which is expected to be done by the end of the year. The new LED lighting will be installed by a consortium consisting of two Serbian and one Slovenian companies. The contract for the purchase and installation […]