Agreements signed on financing sustainable development of seven Croatian cities
The Croatian Ministry of Regional Development and European Union Funds said it had secured more than EUR 300 million for the development of the seven biggest urban areas in the country. The agreements on implementing integrated territorial investments (the ITU Mechanism) were signed with representatives of the seven cities with a total of EUR 303.4 […]
Greece’s PPC plans to invest in wind, HPP and geothermal in Turkey
Public Power Corporation (PPC), the Greek national power generation company is looking to invest in Turkey’s energy market, namely in wind, hydropower and geothermal projects. Manolis Panagiotakis, PPC’s chairman and CEO believes that it is the right time for Greece “to have a vivid presence in Turkey”. Therefore, PPC has been working with an international […]
Montenegro is one step closer to opening Chapter 27
The European Commission (EC) has accepted Montenegro‘s final negotiating position’s draft for Chapter 27 and said that EC representatives have already been working on their negotiating document. A few days ago, Montenegro also engaged a consultant on this chapter. Montenegro submitted its Draft on January 22nd. The Montenegrin Negotiating team representatives subsequently had a video […]
EPCG inks deal for HPP Komarnica preliminary design plan
Montenegro’s electricity company Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has signed an agreement worth over EUR 1.6 million with a group of bidders from Serbia – Jaroslav Černi and Energoprojekt Hidroinženjering – to produce a preliminary design plan for hydropower plant (HPP) Komarnica. The contractors are also to prepare a feasibility study and an environmental impact study, EPCG has […]
Nominations for 2018 EU Sustainable Energy Awards are open
The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2018 will take place from June 4 to June 8. Nominations for 2018 EU Sustainable Energy Awards for outstanding and innovative energy projects are open until February 23. The EU Sustainable Energy Week features leading figures and a diverse program of sessions, networking and side-events aimed at discussing and shaping […]
Balkan Coal Costs Lives, Burdens Economies
Author: Vlatka Matković Puljić, Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL), Health and Environment Advisor for the Balkans As of 1 January 2018, the Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) need to start reducing harmful emissions from large combustion plants and align national laws and rules with Energy Community requirements. This task comes with […]
Energy Community report: Weak sanction regime should be reformed
Reforming the current weak sanction regime under the Energy Community Treaty is seen as an instrument to improve the track record of the Contracting Parties in implementing the Energy Community acquis. The Energy Community Secretariat said this in its latest report Knocking on the EU’s Door through the Energy Community: Integration of Western Balkans into […]
Electrica to invest EUR 190 million in energy efficiency and quality of services
Electrica Group, leader in electricity distribution and supply in Romania, has announced its plan to invest over EUR 190 million (RON 900 million) this year in rehabilitation and upgrade of the distribution networks. The goal of this year record investment is to increase the quality of service by 40 percent and energy efficiency and to reduce […]