Montenegrin Government secures funds to buy A2A shares in EPCG
The Montenegrin Government adopted a budget rebalance which foresees EUR 70 million for the purchase of the Italian company A2A’s shares in power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG). In July last year, the Italian company informed the Government of Montenegro about activating the put option, which officially launched the process of the company’s withdrawal from […]
Great interest in 5th International RENEXPO Water & Energy in Belgrade
For the fifth time, Belgrade will host a unique international event – RENEXPO® Water & Energy, which gathers experts from renewable energy, energy efficiency and water management sectors active or interested in the region of Southeast Europe (SEE). The 5th RENEXPO Water & Energy, International fair trade taking place April 24 – 26 in Belexpocenter in Belgrade, […]
Novi Sad to get its second cogeneration facility
The public heating utility Novosadska Toplana is planning to build a second cogeneration energy plant this summer to produce electricity and heat energy as part of the reconstruction of the TO Jug heat facility with production of heat and electric energy expected in May 2019, Balkan Green Energy News was told by that company. This […]
Bosnia seeks to avert loss of KfW funds in wake of HPP Salakovac project pullout
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) Finance and Treasury Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda has organized a meeting with representatives of German development bank KfW and power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) in an attempt to prevent the suspension of multi-million projects in BiH financed by the German government, after EPBiH decided to abandon a project to reconstruct hydropower plant […]
Croatia fails to protect citizens from industrial waste, EU sends it to Court
The European Commission has decided to send Croatia to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to ensure an adequate level of protection of human health and the environment at Crno brdo site in Biljane Donje, near the town of Benkovac, less than 50 meters from houses. The Commision said that for almost […]
GIZ ORF-EE supports Sustainable Urban Mobility in SEE
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) initiated on 27 February in Sarajevo a round of meetings on the subject of sustainable urban mobility in capital cities of South-East Europe. The mission ended on March 8 with a conclusive meeting in Priština, Kosovo*. Recognizing the importance of the subject matter […]
Serbian TSO: KOSTT ceases illegal power withdrawal, ending deviation in CE Power System
Serbian transmission system operator (TSO) Elektromreža Srbije (EMS) announced that Kosovo’s* transmission system operator KOSTT has ceased unauthorized power withdrawal, which had caused system frequency deviation in the Continental European (CE) Power System since mid-January 2018. According to EMS’ statement issued yesterday, KOSTT stopped these illegal activities on March 3, after it faced pressure exerted […]
Government adopts proposal of Energy Concept of Slovenia
The Slovenian government has defined the text of the proposal of a resolution on the Energy Concept of Slovenia, a framework document laying out the country’s long-term energy goals, and sent it to the parliament for adoption. The document envisages lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% by 2050 compared to the 1990 […]