Croatia’s first geothermal power plant Velika 1 officially unveiled

Croatia’s first geothermal power plant, the 16.5 MW Velika 1 in Ciglena near Bjelovar, has been officially unveiled in a ceremony attended by Croatian Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav Ćorić and Muharrem Balat, Chairman of the Board of Turkey’s MB Holding, which owns the plant. Europe’s biggest binary power plant was built in […]

Electricity November 19, 2019

Hrvatski Telekom, GEN-I agree long-term cooperation on e-mobility

Croatian telecommunications provider Hrvatski Telekom, which operates the largest network of electric vehicle charging stations in the country, and Slovenian electricity supplier and trader GEN-I have signed an agreement on long-term cooperation in the field of e-mobility, enabling GEN-I customers in Slovenia and Croatia who drive e-vehicles to use all e-chargers operated by Hrvatski Telekom. […]

Investors cover only 51.8% of Greek solar power tender

Bidders in the process leading up to the auction scheduled for December 12 by the Regulatory Authority for Energy of Greece sent 44 offers for photovoltaic panels and 16 were received for facilities generating electricity from wind. The solar segment is undersubscribed with projects accounting for only 148.64 MW or 51.8% of the maximum, RAE […]

Electricity November 18, 2019

Power plants in BiH, Montenegro, Serbia at risk of early closure – Energy Community report

All Contracting Parties which have coal in their energy mix are not in compliance with the emission ceilings established under their National Emission Reduction Plans (NERPs) for at least one of the three pollutants (nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and dust) from the Large Combustion Plants Directive, finds the Energy Community Secretariat’s Annual Implementation Report. The […]

Electricity November 18, 2019

Antigraft panel calls for review of Mavrovo SHPPs plan

North Macedonia’s State Commission for Prevention of Corruption closed a case involving deputy prime minister Kocho Angjushev as it found that he has made known his interest in the operations of MHE Topolki Doo in line with the law. At the same time, the independent body urged policymakers to reassess the environmental impact of small […]

Italy-Montenegro undersea power interconnector put in operation

Italian energy company Terna has put in operation an undersea power interconnector between Italy and Montenegro, built in an investment of some EUR 1.1 billion. Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his Montenegrin counterpart, Milo Đukanović, pressed the button to switch the cable on, according to Montenegrin media. The undersea power interconnector links the electrical substations […]