Renewables generate 39% of total power in July
Montenegrin power market operator COTEE stated total electricity generation in July was 212 GWh, out of which 82 GWh or 39% was from renewable sources. The regular report said three units managed by the Montenegrin Electric Power Company (EPCG) generated 210 GWh. Hydropower plant (HPP) Perućica delivered 41 GWh, HPP Piva gave 39 GWH, while thermal power plant […]
EPS lifts power prices for households, small-scale buyers
The Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) said on August 31 it approved the decision of public enterprise Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) to increase prices by an average 3.8% for households and small-scale customers. The tariff is rising to RSD 6.6 (5.35 euro cents) per kWh excluding tax, […]
Local power generation covers 68.1% of demand in June
Gross national electricity production participated with 68.1% in gross electricity consumption in Macedonia in June, according to data of the State Statistical Office. Hydropower plants produced 55.2% of total electricity generation, thermal power plants covered 41.7%, wind parks produced 1.7%, while electricity output for solar and biogas power plants was 0.7% of the gross power […]
HEP bolstering electricity supply in coastal areas
HEP Group said its Operator of Distribution System (HEP ODS) is investing more than HRK 500 million (EUR 66.8 million) in coastal areas aimed at contributing to Croatian tourism. The investments will allow for a significantly more secure supply of consumers on the Adriatic coast, as during the summer months their number is growing, the government-owned […]
MEPSO inaugurates Skopje–Tetovo powerline
Electricity Transmission System Operator of Macedonia (MEPSO) officially marked the inclusion of reconstructed highline Skopje–Tetovo into the electric network in Jegunovce in the country’s northwest. The length of 110 kV overhead connection is 48 kilometers and the total worth of the investment exceeds EUR 4 million, the MEPSO said. The power line is set on 187 columns […]
Industry saving EUR 48 million per year on green power costs
As earlier this month the European Commission approved Bulgarian state aid system of support for generation of energy from renewable sources from 2011, the measures will be implemented retroactively, from August last year through 2020. Over two hundred companies are going to save BGN 94 million (EUR 48 million) per year or EUR 255.5 million […]
EPBiH to get Podveležje wind power plant site online
Bajazit Jašarević, chief executive of Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine dd (Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina – EPBiH), and Senad Salkić, chief capital investment officer of the utility, signed a contract on connecting wind park Podveležje to 110 kV transmission network with Matan Zarić, head of Transco (Elektroprenos-Elektroprijenos BiH ad), and Cvjetko Žepinić, its director […]
Biogas plant near Šamac finishes trial operation
Biogas-fired heat and power plant Buffalo Energy Gold MG in Novo Selo near Šamac, a town in the northeastern part of the Republika Srpska, is expected to begin full production of electricity in fifteen days, and in the next 15 years it be delivering electricity to the network. Owner Goran Mitrović said the investment is completed, […]