Winners of EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 revealed
The winners of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 were announced at an Awards Ceremony with the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, in Brussels. The Businesses and Citizen’s awards went to WiseGRID (Valencia, Spain), one of the three finalists, out of 12, Balkan Green Energy News has picked to present in […]
11th SE Europe Energy Dialogue to be held in Thessaloniki on June 26-27
The 11th edition of the SE Europe Energy Dialogue (SEEED), organized by Institute of Energy for South-East (SE) Europe (IENE) and under the auspices of Greece’s Ministry of Environment and Energy, will be held in Thessaloniki on June 26-27. The purpose of this regional forum (Conference Programme and Confirmed Speakers), which is being organized with […]
Germany’s RWE eyes solar project in Croatia through JV with HEP
Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) expects to launch works on the Kosinj hydropower plant by the end of 2018, while it plans a wind and a solar project in 2019, HEP board member Petar Sprčić has told a conference in Zagreb, noting that he cannot reveal the names of the projects in question. […]
Wind farm quota not to be raised, investors to be selected in tenders – PM
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić has said that feed-in quotas for electricity produced by wind farms will not be increased over the coming period, noting that the construction of new wind farms will primarily depend on bids in tenders. Asked whether wind farm projects, which are focused on Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina, will also […]
EEX, SEEPEX to launch Serbian power derivatives market
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the South East European Power Exchange (SEEPEX), have entered into a cooperation for the listing of cash-settled power futures, SEEPEX said in a press release, adding that both exchanges envisage the launch of the new contracts in early 2019. “Pending the approval of the relevant authorities, EEX will list […]
Albania gets fresh EUR 12 million loan for strategic Dam Safety Project
Albania has drawn an additional EUR 12 million in lending for its Dam Safety Project to safeguard hydroelectric dams and extend the operating life of hydropower plants on two rivers, including the Drin Cascade, which accounts for the bulk of the country’s electricity generation. The three hydropower plants (HPPs) in the Drin Cascade – Fierza, […]
EPBiH not to pay dividends for 2017 as drought drives down profit
Shareholders of power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH), majority owned by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), do not stand to get dividends for 2017, when the company saw its net profit plunge to BAM 620,282 (approximately EUR 317,000), from BAM 12.9 million (around EUR 6.6 million) a year earlier. Under a decision to be […]
GGF supports two large-scale wind farms in Serbia
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF), advised by Finance in Motion GmbH, will support two of the first large-scale wind farms in the country – the 158 MW Čibuk 1 wind farm and the 42 MW Alibunar wind farm with a total of EUR 31.85 million, GGF said in a statement. The GGF secured EUR […]