Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2019
Pollution of air and water, new fossil fuel subsidies together with incentives for renewables and energy market liberalization drew the readers’ biggest interest in the English language section at Balkan Green Energy News this year. Dynamic changes in the regulatory frameworks of the countries comprising the Balkan region, mostly in the sector of renewables but […]
Slovenia’s import energy dependency declines 0.9 points to 49.2% this year
The government in Ljubljana has adopted the preliminary annual energy balance, where supply came in at 293.7 petajoules, which is equivalent to 81.6 TWh. Slovenia’s final consumption is expected to reach 210.8 petajoules in 2019. Calculations landed import energy dependence at 49.2% compared to the projected 50.4% and last year’s 50.1%. The last two figures […]
UPDATE: EU assisting Energy Agency of Serbia to upgrade its regulatory policies, mechanisms, practices in line with the EU Energy Acquis – IV quarter results
Project: Technical Assistance to AERS – Approximation of NRA tasks to the Third Energy Package Project duration: July 2018 – January 2020 Country: Serbia Beneficiaries: The Ministry of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia, while the end-recipient of the project activities is the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia Financing: The project […]
KfW provides EUR 11 million for two regional landfills in Serbian cities
The Serbian government and German development bank KfW have signed financing agreements of EUR 11 million for regional landfills in Kruševac and Vranje, according to the Serbian Ministry for Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure. Serbian Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure Minister Zorana Mihajlović said that out of EUR 11 million, EUR 10 million is a donation for […]
Lluka: Case for TPP Kosova e Re to be presented in Vienna on January 17
Amid looming deadlines in the controversial project for the construction of a coal-fired power plant, Kosovo* is preparing for a hearing with the Secretariat of the Energy Community. The international body has challenged state aid to the Kosova e Re facility. The representatives of the government will present their case on January 17 in Vienna, […]
Serbia to use SEMS tool for energy planning
The strategic planning capacities of the Ministry of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia were enhanced through the project “Development of Energy Planning Capacity”. During the 26 months of the project’s duration (September 2017-October 2019), the ministry acquired a sophisticated model for energy system analysis and projections, a tool for project prioritization, while […]
TOGG presents Turkey’s first domestically made electric vehicle
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is about to take the prototype of a compact sports utility vehicle for a spin for the media in Gebze near Istanbul. Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc., founded under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, is developing the first domestically produced car within a planned series of […]
Croatia’s HEP starts construction of 150 MW CCPP unit
State-owned power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has officially started the construction of a new gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCPP) unit at the EL-TO Zagreb combined heat and power (CHP) site. The HRK 900 million (EUR 120.7 million) unit with a power output of 150 MW and heat output of 114 MW is scheduled to […]