Call for concessions for three small hydro facilities
Government of Zenica–Doboj Canton, located in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, started the procedure of selecting concessionaires for small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on its territory for 30 years. Selected investors will be obliged to hire local companies for works worth at least 50% of respective projects. The cost of tender documents for both calls is EUR […]
Vienna summit highlights energy projects, networking
Four regional power grid projects and three key measures for cooperation have been adopted at the Western Balkans Summit in Vienna on August 27, said Janez Kopač, Energy Community Secretariat’s director. He told Serbian portal Euractiv.rs that the European Union pledged EUR 200 million for this year for projects in energy and transport infrastructure. The […]
USAID Macedonia Clean Energy Investment Project
WHO WE ARE The USAID Clean Energy Investment Project builds upon and expands the ongoing USAID assistance that has laid the groundwork for developing renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and industries in Macedonia. The three-year project, initiated in April 2013, will support the Government of Macedonia’s efforts in implementing relevant strategies with the […]
Agricultural biomass in the Western Balkans
Authors are members of Serbian National Association SERBIO: Vojislav Milijić, president, Tomislav Micović, vice-president and Zorica Gluvakov, secretary. Most of the Western Balkans are situated in mountain areas, however there are significant portions of agricultural and arable agricultural land utilized for growing crops such as wheat, corn, soya, sunflower and others. Arable agricultural land used […]
EU heating debate may bring cure for energy poverty
AEBIOM, the European Biomass Association, has decided to support initiatives for the development of bioenergy sector in the Danube region, the organization’s general secretary Jean-Marc Jossart told Balkan Green Energy News. “Last year we noticed a growing interest in Brussels and at the European Union level” for the objective, he said in an interview. An […]
Skourletis opens way for island hybrid power stations
A ministerial decision specifying terms and conditions for the sale of electricity by hybrid power stations to noninterconected island networks was signed by Panos Skourletis, minister for production, reconstruction, environment and energy, prior to his departure from the post, Energy Press of Greece reported. The former government, headed by Syriza party, resigned on August 20. […]
Installing of underwater cable soon to be continued
After getting approval from Croatia to lay the underwater power cable in its waters, there are no other obstacles to continue the energy project to connect Montenegro and Italy. Dnevne novine, daily newspaper, learned the continuation of installing the 250 kilometres of cable, which will eventually be connected to the power station under construction in […]
Buschle: Region lagging in goals for renewables
Most Southeast European members of the Energy Community is behind schedule with obligations to increase the share of renewable sources in their energy mix, said Dirck Buschle, deputy head of the organization’s secretariat, and added goals probably won’t be met. Mistakes made by European Union member states in developing renewable energy sector must be avoided, […]
