Call for postgrads, young professionals to apply for Energy Community Summer School
The Energy Community Secretariat is receiving applications for the 2022 Energy Community Summer School in Sarajevo, to be held in August
Expansion of green hydrogen changing geopolitical relations – IRENA
Green hydrogen could cover up to 12 percent of global energy consumption in 2050, according to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). It would significantly affect geopolitical and geoeconomic shifts and create new global relations in energy trade. The hydrogen economy hints at new global power dynamics, IRENA points out. With incentives […]
Romanian Commodities Exchange to roll out platform for bilateral power supply contracts
Power purchase agreements were centralized within Romanian TSO Transelectrica's OPCOM market until a recent government directive
ERS plans EUR 218 million capital injection to fund construction of HPP Dabar
State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) plans a EUR 218 million capital increase in its subsidiary Hidroelektrane na Trebišnjici in order to raise money for the construction of the 160 MW Dabar hydropower plant. The capital injection would not result in a takeover of hydropower producer Hidroelektrana na Trebišnjici (HET), according to the company […]
Albania has 570 MW of solar projects in pipeline
The Energy Regulatory Authority, relevant ministry and environment agency are busy with procedures for a trove of solar projects
Slovenia, Czech Republic to exit coal by 2033
Coal phase-out by 2033 announced Slovenian government, and the new Czech government announced a coal exit for the same year
IEA: Rising demand for electricity could result in high prices over next three years
Average wholesale electricity prices in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2021 were more than four times as high as their 2015-2020 average
Western Balkans need to integrate markets for easier energy transition, funding
A joint approach makes funding green energy and the coal phaseout easier for the Western Balkans, but funding sources are still insufficient