Montenegro
Montenegro’s EPCG joins day-ahead power market on SEEPEX exchange in Serbia
17 June 2022 - Montenegro's state-owned power utility EPCG said it completed the first transaction at Serbian power exchange SEEPEX
Port of Bar preparing to build LNG terminal, gas-fired power plant
17 June 2022 - Power utility EPCG, which would be a partner on the project, has already initiated feasibility studies for three gas-fired power plants
Montenegro’s new government sees green energy as main economic driver
29 April 2022 - Prime Minister Dritan Abazović highlighted tourism and energy as priority sectors for economic development of Montenegro
EPCG starts ecological reconstruction of TPP Pljevlja
29 April 2022 - The ecological reconstruction of TPP Pljevlja will cost a total of EUR 70 million or about 15 million more than originally planned
Montenegro’s power utility EPCG to sell 10% stake to strategic partner
22 April 2022 - Montenegro said it would seek a strategic partner for non-voting shares of state-controlled power utility EPCG, which make up a 10% stake
Environmentalists block construction of Komarnica hydroelectric plant
19 April 2022 - The Komarnica HPP project was halted as environmentalists filed a complaint with the Secretariat of the Bern Convention
Montenegro demands Bileća lake water, electricity from BiH, Croatia
06 April 2022 - The Government of Montenegro has decided to initiate a procedure to determine its share of water and hydropower from the Bileća lake in BiH
EPS to import coal from Montenegro
05 April 2022 - Serbia's power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) will purchase coal from Montenegro’s Pljevlja Coal Mine
EPCG to start reconstruction of TPP Pljevlja by end of April
01 April 2022 - The EUR 54 million contract for the reconstruction was signed with the consortium DEC International-Bemax-BB Solar-Permonte
Barometer of Sustainable Energy Transition – how prepared is Montenegro?
23 March 2022 - A clear vision, the responsibility of key actors, the NECP, sources of financing – each of these segments is equally important for Montenegro’s energy transition.
Montenegro to introduce renewable energy auctions
05 March 2022 - Almost all the remaining countries in this part of Europe said they would introduce auctions. So far they have been held in Albania, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Turkey
Great interest of Montenegrin households, firms for solar subsidies
24 February 2022 - So far, 14,000 households and 800 companies have applied for the subsidized installation of solar PV panels
No oil, gas in first offshore test hole in Montenegro but more drilling ahead
04 February 2022 - Eni and Novatek found no oil or gas after test drilling in the Adriatic Sea offshore Montenegro, so environmentalists are relieved – for now
Dutch investors could reclaim Nikšić landfill, build methane power plant
27 January 2022 - The landfill would be covered with a special impermeable material, which would cut emissions from the waste and its environmental impact to zero.
Montenegro declares 13 energy projects as infrastructure priorities
20 January 2022 - The government's list of priority infrastructure includes 81 projects in the environmental protection sector
EPCG intends to construct three gas power plants in Montenegro
06 January 2022 - In order to prepare the necessary documents, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore has announced a tender for the selection of a consultant