Hidroelectrica should look into Black Sea offshore wind potential, minister says
Romania’s acting economy and energy minister Virgil Popescu has said the country’s state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica should consider tapping the Black Sea offshore wind potential, local media have reported. No studies of he Black Sea offshore wind potential have been done so far, and the idea has not been publicly debated, although there is potential, […]
Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020 kicks off with over 400 participants
Investors expressed great interest in building solar power plants and wind parks in the Republic of Srpska, said Prime Minister Radovan Višković as he opened the two-day Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020. At the event’s opening ceremony in Cultural Center Trebinje there were more than 300 guests. More than 80 experts from the region […]
EPBiH gets acting chief, seeks candidates for new board
The Supervisory Board of power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) has removed the members of the Management Board due to the expiration of their term of office and it appointed new ones for a period of 90 days. The firm released a vacancy announcement for the new leadership of the company – the general manager and […]
HROTE, CROPEX making auctions of guarantees of origin more frequent
Volumes have strengthened since the start of the year amid a jump in production of power from renewable sources. The sale for the fourth quarter resulted in a total of 274,482 units changing hands at a marginal price of EUR 0.36 apiece compared to 899,199 guarantees of origin and EUR 0.48, respectively, for 2019 in […]
Environmental organizations ask EU to stop waste burning in coal power plants in Bulgaria
Environmental lawyers at ClientEarth, Greenpeace Bulgaria and Za Zemiata are bringing a legal complaint to the European Commission to compel EU authorities to investigate and order the alleged illegal waste incineration in Bulgaria to stop. Three organizations have taken action after the Bulgarian government secretly allowed three aging coal power plants to burn unclassified waste, […]
Most read in February: Green transition in coal regions, Karavasta PV auction, coal project fails in Poland
The so-called coal phaseout and energy transition are coming into the spotlight around the world. It is evident from our readers’ choices as articles covering the matter are topping the chart for last month. The followup on Albania’s procedure for the construction of a 140 MW solar power plant is one of the most popular […]
Master’s students can apply for ESED scholarship of up to USD 21,000 by March 6
In the region tracked by Balkan Green Energy News, excellent students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Turkey and Kosovo* are eligible for the scholarship program. There is one week left for exceptional students from developing countries to apply for the 2020-2021 Education for Sustainable Energy Development (ESED) program. Global Sustainable Electricity […]
Bulgaria to continue to use coal power plants at least until 2030
Bulgaria will continue to use its coal power plants in the following decade and further on, according to the national plan with a 2050 horizon, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said after meeting with representatives of two trade unions, local media reported. They discussed the European Green Deal. The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria […]