Velje brdo PV plant tender to start by year-end, could expand to 300 MW
Montenegro intends to launch a tendering procedure by the end of the year for the construction of a solar power plant in Velje brdo in capital Podgorica. The originally planned capacity of 50 MW could be increased to 150 MW or even 300 MW. The tendering process for the construction of a solar power plant […]
Montenegrin power exchange BELEN to start trading toward year-end
Trading on the Montenegrin Power Exchange (MEPX) should start late in the year, said Dragana Radulović, PR and technical secretary of Berza Električne Energije (BELEN). In March last year, BELEN selected Nord Pool as a partner in establishing a day-ahead electricity market in Montenegro. Negotiations with Nord Pool are near completion Negotiations with Nord Pool […]
Western Balkan countries on the way to finalizing their National Energy and Climate Plans
Western Balkan countries, partners of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), have made substantial progress in the preparation of their draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), demonstrating a commitment to following the pace of the EU member states who are in the process of finishing their final versions. […]
Romania allocates EUR 52 million in grants to citizens for rooftop solar
The state fund responsible for the Casa Verde Fotovoltaice scheme in Romania approved 48.8% of applications for rooftop solar power systems in the first round of grants, completed one and a half years after launch. EU funds cover as much as EUR 4,100 or 90% of the cost for the installation of photovoltaic systems per […]
Environmentalist groups unite to protest small hydropower, pollution in Serbia
More than forty environmentalist organizations participated at the demonstration in front of the building of the Government of Serbia in Belgrade against the construction of thermal power plants on coal and demanding a ban on the run-of-river or derivative-type hydropower plants. The movement that has been urging authorities in Serbia to abolish the construction of […]
Bosnia’s Tuzla to allocate EUR 184,000 to reduce air pollution
The City of Tuzla has announced a public call for the allocation of EUR 184,000 to co-finance four measures to reduce air pollution in individual residential and commercial buildings. The funds should be enough for investments in about one hundred buildings, according to the authorities’ estimation. The same amount will be allocated for each of […]
Montenegrin government proposes Law on Energy, eases rules for prosumers
The Government of Montenegro has adopted the draft Law on Energy to make it easier for consumers to become prosumers which means they could generate and consume their own green energy. The bill was prepared after public debate and in close cooperation with the energy companies and other stakeholders, the government said on its website. […]
Global Wind Day: Sweden’s Vattenfall to build world’s biggest offshore wind farm
Swedish state-owned multinational power company Vattenfall has made the final investment decision on building the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hollandse Kust Zuid, with a capacity of 1.5 GW. The announcement comes ahead of Global Wind Day, June 15. Vattenfall said that the future wind farm, located in the Dutch North Sea, is targeted for […]