Auctions for cross-border power capacities at border with Bulgaria to be held by Joint Allocation Office from 2019

Auctions for cross-border power capacities at the border with Bulgaria will be held by Joint Allocation Office S.A. (JAO) from Luxembourg from next year, the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) said in a press release. So far, the long-term auctions have been conducted by Bulgarian transmission system operator (TSO) ESO, while daily […]

Electricity December 20, 2018

With 5G rollout around the corner, Serbia readies to test driverless cars on the highway, in cross-border traffic

Serbia has joined a European project to establish 5G corridors to test driverless cars. In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News, Irini Reljin, assistant minister for electronic communications and postal services at the Ministry of Trade, Tourism, and Telecommunications and a professor at the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering, discusses why the […]

Interviews December 17, 2018

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies looking for Project Manager in Serbia

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, a company within the Veolia Environment group, is seeking to hire a Project Manager in Belgrade, Serbia. Veolia offers the entire range of environmental services in water management, waste management, and energy for commercial, industrial, and public authorities. Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies provides water solutions for drinking water, industrial […]

Water December 14, 2018

Waste separation, recycling in Belgrade hinge on progress in Vinča landfill remediation project – deputy mayor

Gradska Čistoća, the public waste management utility for the Serbian capital Belgrade, a city of 1.7 million, will be in charge of waste separation in the period ahead, however, the plans for waste separation and recycling hinge on progress in the public-private partnership (PPP) project with a consortium of France’s Suez and Japan’s Itochu to […]

Waste December 13, 2018

Serbia to launch wind, solar auctions in H2 2019

Serbia will hold its first auctions for the construction of wind farms and solar power plants in 2019, Miloš Banjac, assistant energy minister in charge of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, said at a conference exploring options to increase the renewables share in Serbia’s energy mix and relevant challenges and recommendations. The conference was […]

Renewables December 11, 2018

EU clears MET Renewables’ entry into NIS Energowind ownership

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control over Belgrade-based NIS Energowind, the developer of the Plandište wind farm, by MET Renewables, part of Swiss energy company MET Group, and O Zone, part of Russia’s Gazprom group, the commission said in a press release. NIS Energowind, founded in Serbia […]

Renewables December 7, 2018