Launch of GIZ Regional Project on Sustainable Urban Mobility in SEE Countries
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) launched its new regional project Sustainable Urban Mobility in South-East European Countries – SEE Cities Together towards Sustainable and Energy Efficient Transport (SUMSEEC) on 12 December. The kick-off meeting was held in Skopje, Macedonia (FYR) and brought together representatives of South-East European cities […]
Six big wind turbine manufacturers interested in NERO project in Romania
Six European wind turbine manufacturers – Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, Enercon, Senvion, Nordex and Lagerwe – responded to a tender call for 360 wind turbines in Romania. NERO Renewables company which recently called tender, announced that it will make its decision who to work with by the end of the first quarter in 2018. Earlier in […]
Energy Community chief to visit Kosovo*, Serbia, Albania in December
Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat, will visit the parliaments of Kosovo*, Serbia and Albania in December to present the key findings of the Secretariat’s 2017 Annual Implementation Report while Macedonian parliament is planned for early next year, Energy Community Secretariat told for Balkan Green Energy News portal. On 12th December, Kopač […]
GIZ Regional Projects for Energy Efficiency and Biodiversity to launch Interactive Platform
Working on reforms in the areas of energy efficiency, climate change mitigation and biodiversity in South-East Europe, through the Open Regional Funds for SEE-Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) and Biodiveristy (ORF-BD), the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) aims to support sustainable development of the region. Long-term efforts of both regional GIZ projects are directed at providing necessary support […]
Households in Serbia and Kosovo* paid the lowest energy prices in Western Balkans
Households electricity prices in Serbia and Kosovo* are the lowest in the Western Balkans region, though both countries had the highest increase between the first half of the 2016 and first half of this year, the Eurostat data showed. Expressed in euro, the average electricity price per 100 kWh in the 1st half of 2017 […]
European Air Quality Index to show up-to-date quality of air
Since The European Environment Agency (EEA) launched the European Air Quality Index, this online feature allows users to learn and understand more about air quality where they live and work, to check the air quality in any given moment, and to make informed decisions about their environment. This feature displays online up-to-the-minute data for the […]
Energy Community drafted Guidelines on introducing renewable energy auctions
The feed-in tariffs will be replaced by feed-in premiums (FIP), where the renewable energy producers will sell the electricity into the market and get a sliding premium on top of the electricity price. A sliding FIP scheme is based on the so-called “Contracts for Difference”. These are key provisions in the Draft Policy Guidelines on […]
WB6 Report: Projects for regional electricity market to start in November
The projects for the implementation of a regional day-ahead market and cross-border electricity balancing are expected to be kicked-off by the end of November following the finalization of the ongoing tendering procedure, Energy Community said in a Western Balkans 6 (WB6) Electricity Monitoring Report. Latest date for awarding contract for the Technical assistance to the […]
