Energy intensive businesses pay smaller renewables fees?
The government prepares a new decree about incentives for energy from renewable sources, which will be the base for the new support scheme, Delo newspaper’s portal reported. According to the new rules, the energy-intensive industry shall pay EUR 10 million less for the support for renewables, while households and other businesses would contribute EUR 30 […]
DEM seeks bids for rehabilitation of Melje hydro facility
Hydropower plant operator Dravske elektrarne Maribor d. o. o. (DEM) published an invitation for bids to supply a transformer and other equipment for rehabilitation of the 2.26 MW Melje hydroelectric project on Slovenia’s Drava river, HydroWorld portal said. Bids are due June 1. DEM operates eight hydropower projects on the Drava as well as three […]
ELEM activates EUR 5.6 million in guarantees from Slovenia’s Riko
The bank guarantees provided by Slovenia’s Riko worth EUR 5.6 million were activated, state-owned power producer ELEM said on April 9. The foreign company failed to meet obligations in the former Yugoslav republic on the construction of a 36.4 MW hydropower plant (HPP), said ELEM, operator of the facility. St. Petka HPP was officially delivered […]
Slovenia plans to build Morača hydro plant with Turkey
President of Slovenia Borut Pahor said possibilities for expansion of cooperation with Turkey exist, namely in constructing the Morača hydroelectric power plant in Montenegro, RTV Slovenija said. At his official visit to Slovenia, the president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed with his counterpart and emphasized that cooperation could grow stronger mainly in the fields […]
Petrol stock reshuffling continues with new purchase
Petrol, Slovenia’s largest energy group, said a 7.96% stake in its capital was amassed by a unit of J&T Private Equity Group, Cypriot investment firm J&T Investment Opportunities Limited, making it one of the largest individual shareholders. No other details have been revealed beyond the firm being owned by J&T Private Equity Group, which public […]
Renewable power producers’ capacity rises to 516 MW
Subsidies provided by the Slovenian government to green power producers rose by 10 % on the year to EUR 130.88 million in 2014, according to electricity market operator Borzen’s data, SeeNews portal reported. Slovenia’s electricity feed-in support scheme for renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) power plants included 3,767 power plants with a combined […]
