Video game presents SEE 2050 Energy Model
As the climate talks were beginning in Paris, a group of civil society organisations under SEE SEP programme launched a video game version of the South East Europe (SEE) 2050 Energy Model. The organisations argue that the countries in the region can have a cleaner, fairer and more efficient energy system, resilient to future climate […]
Liberalization leads to power price increases
Energy minister Temenuzhka Petkova stated the forthcoming energy market opening in Bulgaria is likely to lead to higher tariffs for electricity, Novinite agency reported. In an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), she said the power price hike could be expected immediately after liberalization in the beginning of next year. Petkova didn’t give any […]
First biomass fueled heating plant in Croatia finished
The first municipal heating system on biomass in Croatia was launched in Pokupsko, southeast of capital Zagreb. It was completely financed by European Union’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance in Rural Development (Ipard), local portal Kronike Velike Gorice reported. The system has a capacity of 1.1 MW, and thirty users were connected through individual substations worth […]
Study on renewable energy policy presented by CIRSD
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) released a study on renewable energy policy in Serbia and the Western Balkans. The study, entitled ’A Roadmap for Deploying Renewable Energy Sources in Serbia and the Regional Perspective,’ was presented before an audience of more than 200 experts, university professors, representatives of the diplomatic corps, […]
Employers praise Solar Energy for Everyone scheme
The government’s stimulation programme aimed at installing up to 40 MW of capacity in photovoltaic systems until the end of 2016 earned approval from the Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB). Half of the quota in the scheme called ’Solar Energy for Everyone’ is for users’ own needs, the organization stressed. Employers underscored new measures […]
Hydro project endangers Danube salmon’s habitat
Kelag, an Austrian–German energy company, is building hydropower station Medna, endangering a globally threatened fish species, non-governmental organizations and scientists said. The investor is about to destroy one of the most important river sections for the endangered Danube salmon or huchen (Hucho hucho) in Europe, according to a joint press release by Riverwatch, EuroNatur, Center […]
Concessions for two small hydro projects underway
The territory of the Trnovo municipality in East Sarajevo has good hydroelectric potential, so the authorities decided to prepare concessions for small power plants Kijevo 2 and Hrasnica, Bosnian daily paper Oslobođenje said. Mladenka Rađen from the local urbanistic department said domestic investors have been expressing interest before as well. “First the concession must be […]
HSE lifting output to 8.22 TWh in five years
State-owned power conglomerate Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) said it adopted a development plan for the period of 2016–20 which foresees an increase in annual electricity output from 7.89 TWh to 8.22 TWh, SeeNews reports. The blueprint should help the company adjust and respond to tougher conditions on both electricity and natural gas markets as well as […]
