Eco Fund to disburse higher grants for e-vehicles

Slovenian Environmental Public Fund extended last year’s public calls for grants for electric vehicles and announced it would publish new ones. The institution determined grant levels to be between EUR 3,000 and EUR 7,500 depending on the vehicle, compared to last year’s EUR 2,000 to EUR 5,000, according to portal Invest in Slovenia. Citizens can […]

News January 19, 2016

SEEPEX to launch Serbian day-ahead electricity market

The South East European Power Exchange (SEEPEX) and its partners announced the launch of the Serbian day-ahead market for February 17, subject to member readiness. Member tests have been conducted and regulatory issues were about to be cleared. The aim is a power trading solution for Southeastern Europe. SEEPEX said it will foster the development […]

Electricity January 18, 2016

Germany’s GES establishing solar panel plant

Renewable energy company German Electro-Mechatronic Systems (GES) signed a contract worth EUR 15 million for the construction of a solar panel and LED lights plant and an office building in Macedonia, the government in Skopje said and SeeNews reported. The construction of the manufacturing facility is expected to start at the end of February or […]

News January 18, 2016

EU Court rules against wind park projects in Kaliakra

The Court of Justice of the European Union said it ruled that Bulgaria failed to fulfil its obligations under European law by approving the implementation of several projects for wind farms and a golf course in the northeast of the country. The state should pay the costs of the process, the court said and SeeNews […]

News January 18, 2016

Applications open for Energy Community Summer School

The application process is underway for the first Energy Community Summer School. The multidisciplinary training programme is aimed at providing highly motivated post-graduate students and young professionals with a strong understanding of the full complexity of the energy sectors as well as giving them a platform for exchange and contribution to the energy debate, the […]

Energy Strategy to be ready in September

As soon as governments change, the newcomers usually do everything possible to shed the so-called inherited burdens, Nine o’Clock portal said, adding that however this time there is progress in Romania. Reportedly, the new Energy Minister will not annul what his predecessor Răzvan Nicolescu did in 2013. Victor Grigorescu assumed the portfolio and included the […]

News January 18, 2016

KOSTT, KfW commit to enhance cooperation

Mustafë Hasani, chief executive of KOSTT – Transmission, System and Market Operator JSC, met Esther Gravenkötter, director of German KfW Development Bank’s Kosovo* office. They discussed the progress regarding the implementation of KOSTT’s projects financed by KfW as well as regarding further cooperation between the two institutions, the operator said on its website. Hasani expressed […]

News January 15, 2016

Net metering decree comes into force

Slovenian prosumers, consumers of electricity who also generate power, became active players in the market with the implementation of the decree on self-consumption and net metering. The regulations cover households and small business customers. Installation of the device in the home low-voltage system is for the most part intended for the utilization of electricity from […]

News January 15, 2016