Luka Petrović named acting GM of power utility ERS – vacancy announcement ahead for post of general manager
Luka Petrović, who has so far served as mayor of Trebinje, was named acting general manager of Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), the power utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entity Republika Srpska, on November 16, after Radmila Čičković resigned the post citing personal reasons, according to a press release from ERS. Luka Petrović was appointed to […]
Energy Community Secretariat welcomes first-ever renewable energy support auction in EnC
The Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat has congratulated Albania on successfully completing the first-ever renewable energy support auction in the Energy Community, inviting other EnC Contracting Parties to follow in the country’s footsteps. “We warmly welcome the first renewables support auction in Albania and hope that it will be followed in all Contracting Parties. Renewable energy […]
International Energy Agency hiring Head of the Energy Environment Division
The International Energy Agency (IEA), an autonomous body within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), is seeking to hire Head of the Energy Environment Division. The job opening is available to candidates that meet the relevant requirements and are citizens of OECD member countries, which, in the region regularly covered […]
Draft National Energy and Climate Plan envisages EUR 32.7 bln in investments to boost RES share to 32% by 2030
Greece’s draft National Energy and Climate Plan calls for EUR 32.7 billion in investments from 2020 to 2030 for the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in energy consumption to rise to 32% and electricity production to 55%. Comments to the draft plan are due by December 3, according to the Ministry of Environment and […]
FutureFlow project could reduce costs of providing system services by 60%
With automatic frequency control, the FutureFlow project offers savings of 60% in the cost of system services and redispatching of up to 57%, said Uroš Salobir, Strategic Innovation Director at Slovenian transmission system operator (TSO) ELES, discussing the results of the cross-border integration of markets for system services. Slovenian energy trader GEN-I also presented an overview […]
Elektrokrajina launches tendering for supply of ancillary equipment for 2 business units
Power distribution company Elektrokrajina, a subsidiary of state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), has launched tendering for the supply of ancillary equipment for business units in Banja Luka and Srbac. At the end of September, the company also published invitations for tenders from would-be contractors for the reconstruction of medium and low voltage networks […]
Fintel Energija to start trading on BELEX on Nov. 20 as it completes Serbia’s 1st IPO in 80 years
Belgrade-based renewable energy company Fintel Energija, a subsidiary of Italy’s Fintel Energia, will start trading on the Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX) on November 20, having successfully completed Serbia’s first initial public offering (IPO) in nearly 80 years, raising a total of some RSD 755.2 million, or around EUR 6.3 million, for a new wind farm […]
Serbia, Croatia, BiH, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus among countries to improve green transition scores – EBRD
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Bulgaria, Romania, and Cyprus are among countries that improved their 2018 scores in the area of green transition compared to 2017, while the scores of Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo*, Montenegro, and Turkey, among other markets, remained unchanged, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Transition Report […]