Serbia to shut-down 8 coal-fired power plant’s units by 2024
Serbia will shut-down 8 coal-fired power plant’s units of public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) which do not comply with ecological requirements of the European Union’s Large Combustion Plants Directive, by 2024. Electricity generation from these power plants will be compensated by the construction of 7 new wind farms and two natural gas and coal-fired […]
Parliamentary Forum: Serbia to avoid mistakes made in Germany’s energy transition
Germany has paid a great amount of money for renewable energy subsidies and this mistake should be avoided by Serbia. A good policy is also to invest in greening existing power plants to reduce CO2 emissions, Tomas Helm of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation said yesterday at the third meeting of the Serbian Parliamentary Energy Policy Forum […]
Croatia’s HEP to supply two Serbia’s cities with electricity
Croatian public utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP) should start supplying electricity to the Serbian city of Valjevo for public lighting and traffic lights by the end of November, while supplies to another Serbian city, Kraljevo, are at the moment uncertain due to the city’s debt to the previous supplier, Serbia’s public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS). […]
Bulgarian, Macedonian TSOs to conduct joint auctions for capacity allocation
Bulgarian electricity transmission system operator ESO and its Macedonian peer MEPSO have signed an agreement to conduct joint auctions for capacity allocation, the Bulgarian transmission system operator (TSO) said in a statement. The document was signed by ESO CEO Ivan Yotov and MEPSO General Director Sašo Vasilevski during a joint session of the governments of […]
Energy Community drafted Guidelines on introducing renewable energy auctions
The feed-in tariffs will be replaced by feed-in premiums (FIP), where the renewable energy producers will sell the electricity into the market and get a sliding premium on top of the electricity price. A sliding FIP scheme is based on the so-called “Contracts for Difference”. These are key provisions in the Draft Policy Guidelines on […]
Chinese company interested in building 60 MW wind park in Nova Crnja
The Municipality of Nova Crnja is negotiating with Chinese investors on the construction of a 60 MW wind farm, said the Mayor of Nova Crnja Municipality Pera Milankov. He said that the Municipality has 1,000 hectares for the construction of wind, solar or biogas power plants. “Thanks to this fact, our municipality is unique in Serbia. […]
EUR 300 million investments in renewable energy projects in Albania
Around EUR 300 million will be invested in Albania’s energy sector, namely in renewable energy sector. More investments from private companies are expected. Growing concerns what will happen to the investment cycle in Albania once Trans Atlantic Pipeline (TAP) and Devolli hydro power plant (HPP) projects see their ends, the Energy and Infrastructure Minister Damian […]
WB6 Report: Projects for regional electricity market to start in November
The projects for the implementation of a regional day-ahead market and cross-border electricity balancing are expected to be kicked-off by the end of November following the finalization of the ongoing tendering procedure, Energy Community said in a Western Balkans 6 (WB6) Electricity Monitoring Report. Latest date for awarding contract for the Technical assistance to the […]