Serbian energy minister calls for untangling Drina hydropower deal with Italy
It is time to untangle the situation regarding cooperation with Italians and to start building hydropower plants on the Drina river, independently or with another partner, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić said after the first meeting of the Joint Energy Committee between Serbia and Republika Srpska. In September 2011, Italy’s Seci Energia, […]
Energy Community Report covers climate change for first time
The Energy Community’s latest Annual Implementation Report for the first time covers climate change, bringing details on the Contracting Parties’ climate change legislation and strategies, especially with respect to monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions. The document, presented yesterday, provides a comprehensive overview of the progress achieved by the Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties […]
Tender to be called soon for Ljubinje solar plant, mayor claims Austrians planning to invest
The blueprints for a solar power plant have been drawn up, the required documents have been secured to start construction in the town of Ljubinje in the Republika Srpska and the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining is due to call a tender for an investor, Ljubinje Mayor Darko Krunić said. Local media reported that […]
Turkish-Albanian consortium will build 120 MW HPP in Albania
Ayen Enerji & Fusha, a Turkish-Albanian consortium, has won a contract for construction and operation of a 120 MW hydro power plant in Albania, with a 35-year concession period. Construction works on Kalivac HPP are projected to cost EUR 125.3 million and last two years and a half, the ministry of energy and infrastructure in Tirana said, SeeNews reports. Annual […]
Serbia and Romania power interconnector near completion
The Resita-Pančevo transmission line construction between Romania and Serbia is getting closer to the end. The role of the interconnection between two countries is of strengthening national electricity systems as well as the South-East European one. Romania’s national electricity transmission company, Transelectrica announced that it completed the crossing of the border to Serbia with the […]
Tirana tests electric buses following introduction of electric taxis
The city authorities in the Albanian capital Tirana have started testing electric buses as part of efforts to lower the level of pollution in the city. The first bus that has being tested is a Polish Solaris Urbino 12 electric, which the Tirana Times newspaper said was given the Bus of the Year 2017 award. […]
Kosovo* power production to remain heavily dependent on coal
Kosovo* has been facing its most serious energy crisis to date since the summer of 2017 because the government has failed to reach an agreement with residents of the village of Šipitule to buy land to dig coal. Kosovo* has coal reserves estimated at 14 billion tons, the fifth largest in the world but the […]
Climate change impact of diesel cars amounts to 230% that of electric vehicles
Based on the 2015 EU electricity mix, a full electric vehicle (EV) emits around half of the Well to Wheel (WTW) CO2 emissions generated by a conventional car. Expanding the approach to cover the entire life cycle assessment (LCA) performance of EV to include the equipment cycle (batteries, powertrain, glider), the climate change impact of […]