Serbia doubles renewable energy production in 2019
Total electricity production under Serbia’s subsidy scheme for privileged power producers, mainly from renewables, doubled last year from 638 GWh to 1,361 GWh. According to the report produced by the state-owned Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), in 2018 privileged and temporary privileged producers generated the most of electricity in hydropower plants, in wind farms […]
Siemens, Uniper exploring green hydrogen use in gas infrastructure
Siemens and Uniper broadened cooperation with so-called brownfield transformation, aimed at decarbonizing energy facilities with hydrogen from renewable sources. Excess wind power could be utilized for electrolysis. Uniper SE and Siemens Gas and Power agreed to work on decarbonization in electricity production and develop coupling solutions, all with the help of the emerging hydrogen technology. […]
UPDATE: North Macedonia extends deadline to apply for concession for HPP Čebren of 333 MW
The Government of North Macedonia has extended the deadline for applications in a procedure for granting a water concession for the construction of the Čebren hydropower plant (HPP) on the river Crna and the operation of existing HPP Tikveš. The initial deadline was April 3. It was extended by the Ministry of Environment and Physical […]
Feed-in tariff surcharge not to be changed in Federation of BiH
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to keep surcharge fee in Q2 and Q3 of 2020 at the same level as in Q1. The fee is paid by electricity consumers through their electricity bills to fund the feed-in tariff subsidies for the privileged power producers from renewable energy sources. The surcharge […]
ENERGY TRANSITION – Changes go into high gear
Author: Nikola Rajaković, a professor at the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering (ETF) It seems that during the last couple of months the speed of change has been the main characteristic of energy transition. This is particularly true for the price drop of renewable energy technologies. It could be easily determined that the […]
Electricity demand shrinks up to 10% in Albania, BiH due to COVID-19 crisis
Electricity demand has decreased by up to 10% in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5% to 10% in Albania, the Energy Community Secretariat said in its first report on the security of supply situation amid the coronavirus pandemic, which cites a number of critical issues for energy systems. The secretariat said it would continuously monitor the […]
Ksenija Karić takes helm at Schneider Electric Serbia, Montenegro
Ksenija Karić is the new CEO of Schneider Electric Serbia and Montenegro. According to the official announcement, Karić is replacing Dejan Marković at the position, and he will become the Energy and Services Director Southeast Europe after four years of managing the company in Serbia and Montenegro. Dragoljub Damljanović, who was the Southeast Europe Energy […]
Expertise France hiring energy experts in Albania for consultancy services
Expertise France called on specialists in the energy sector with knowledge of the Albanian context and experience of at least five years to apply by April 17 and join the agency’s technical assistance program in the Balkan country. The French public agency for international technical assistance is looking for professionals in the energy field who […]