WB6 electricity report: Slow progress in establishing day-ahead markets and their coupling
The Western Balkan Six (WB6) countries have been progressing in developing their electricity markets at different pace, while the regional market is still to take shape, the Energy Community Secretariat assessed in its WB6 Electricity Monitoring Report. The report was presented at the WB6 Summit in Trieste on July 12. It analyses progress made at […]
Italians join WB6 initiative for energy market integration
The Italian Ministry of Economic Development has joined the Western Balkan 6 (WB6) regional electricity market integration initiative, becoming thus the thirteenth EU stakeholder to join, the Energy Community announced. The WB6 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on regional electricity market development was signed by Italian Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda on the occasion of […]
All new Volvo models electrified as of 2019
The Volvo company announced that as of 2019 all of its new cars would have electric motors placing electrification at the core of future business and marking the end of cars that have only an internal combustion engine. The press release said that Volvo Cars will introduce a portfolio of electrified cars across its model […]
EnC Contracting Parties supported by GIZ ORF-EE in preparation of First Energy Efficiency Annual Reports
The Energy Efficiency Coordination Group Meeting (EECG), which was held on June 28 in Vienna, featured a session on monitoring and reporting on the implementation of obligations arising from the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU). The Directive is to become obligatory in October 2017 for all Energy Community (EnC) contracting parties. The session addressed the […]
Startups from the Balkans may apply for Innoenergy competition for innovations in sustainable energy
The Innoenergy company is organizing its PowerUp! Competition for projects in the field of sustainable energy which brings the authors of winning projects money prizes and access to the start up accelerator Highway® by InnoEnergy. The rewards for the top three projects range from EUR 5,000 to EUR 20,000 with the added possibility of investments […]
iBROAD project kicks off with aim to become driver for deep building renovation
iBROAD, a new project funded by the Horizon 2020 European program, has been launched with the aim to explore, design, develop and demonstrate the concept of individual Building Renovation Roadmaps. With 12 partners from 9 countries, it kicked off on 3-4 July 2017 in the Athens metropolitan area, in Greece. With the innovative approach proposed, […]
Bosnian power exchange to be established with seat in Mostar
Croatian power exchange CROPEX and Bosnian power utility, Elektroprivreda HZ Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB), have expressed support to the establishment of power exchange in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and readiness to provide assistance to the Independent System Operator (NOSBiH) as the bearer of activities of the future power exchange. The seat of Bosnian power exchange will be in […]
Final Facilitating multi-level governance for Energy Efficiency (multEE) project conference held in Vienna
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), in collaboration with its Facilitating multi-level governance for Energy Efficiency (multEE) project consortium partners and the Energy Community Secretariat, held the Final multEE Project Conference on June 29 in Vienna. The conference attracted government officials from nine multEE partner countries, as well as […]