Enlight acquires third wind farm in Balkan region
Israel-based Enlight Renewable Energy acquired the rights to a 105 MW wind energy project in Kosovo*, the company said in a statement. The project, according to Enlight, is in the advanced development stages. Construction works are expected to start next year while wind farm will be operational in 2020. The investment is estimated at EUR […]
UPDATE: Conference “Women in Sustainable Energy – Leadership for Change”
The Center for the Promotion of Sustainable Development (CPOR) in partnership with the Swiss Cooperation Office (SECO) in the Republic of Serbia is organizing the conference “Women in Sustainable Energy – Leadership for Change”. The conference will be held on March 28 at the Radisson Blu Old Mill Hotel in Belgrade, starting at 09:30. Agenda […]
Consolidation inevitable for small power exchanges
Miloš Mladenović, managing director of Serbian power exchange operator SEEPEX, believes that the latest EU regulations introduce competition in the operations of power exchanges, which means that consolidation is inevitable for small power exchanges. In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News, Mladenović also discussed cooperation with Hungarian exchange HUPX, the introduction of an intraday […]
Podveležje wind farm project presented in Mostar by EP BiH
The Elektroprivreda BiH (EP BiH) power company organized a presentation of its project to build the Podveležje windfarm in Mostar. The new power production facility will be built using a loan from the German development bank KfW and EP BiH funds. Representatives of the German company Fichtner helped EP BIH to present the project. The total […]
Montenegrin Government secures funds to buy A2A shares in EPCG
The Montenegrin Government adopted a budget rebalance which foresees EUR 70 million for the purchase of the Italian company A2A’s shares in power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG). In July last year, the Italian company informed the Government of Montenegro about activating the put option, which officially launched the process of the company’s withdrawal from […]
Novi Sad to get its second cogeneration facility
The public heating utility Novosadska Toplana is planning to build a second cogeneration energy plant this summer to produce electricity and heat energy as part of the reconstruction of the TO Jug heat facility with production of heat and electric energy expected in May 2019, Balkan Green Energy News was told by that company. This […]
Bosnia seeks to avert loss of KfW funds in wake of HPP Salakovac project pullout
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) Finance and Treasury Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda has organized a meeting with representatives of German development bank KfW and power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) in an attempt to prevent the suspension of multi-million projects in BiH financed by the German government, after EPBiH decided to abandon a project to reconstruct hydropower plant […]
Serbian TSO: KOSTT ceases illegal power withdrawal, ending deviation in CE Power System
Serbian transmission system operator (TSO) Elektromreža Srbije (EMS) announced that Kosovo’s* transmission system operator KOSTT has ceased unauthorized power withdrawal, which had caused system frequency deviation in the Continental European (CE) Power System since mid-January 2018. According to EMS’ statement issued yesterday, KOSTT stopped these illegal activities on March 3, after it faced pressure exerted […]