PPC restructuring: HEDNO to be part-privatized, NOME auctions to be scrapped
Greece intends to sell a minority stake in the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), a 100% subsidiary of troubled Public Power Corporation (PPC), as part of restructuring plans for PPC announced by new Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Environment and Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis, the Greek media reported. The rescue plan envisages slashing the […]
Croatia’s HEP installs 5 new EV chargers at tourist destinations
Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has installed 5 new EV chargers at tourism points in Dalmatia, according to a press release from the company. After enabling electric vehicle (EV) drivers earlier this month to travel from borders to the coast, HEP has now unveiled 5 new EV chargers in towns along Croatia’s coast […]
Investment in HPP Komarnica to reach EUR 238 million – study
The value of investment in the construction of the Komarnica hydropower plant (HPP) in Montenegro is estimated at EUR 237.9 million, according to the concept of the detailed spatial plan for the multipurpose water reservoir on the Komarnica river. The proposed installed capacity of HPP Komarnica is 168 MW and the estimated annual electricity production […]
IMF calls for raising electricity tariffs in Serbia
Electricity tariffs in Serbia have not changed in two years and should be raised, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Belgrade Sebastian Sosa has told a news conference, local media reported. Electricity tariffs in Serbia should at least be adjusted for inflation, Sosa said, also noting that the country will have to transition to […]
Solar-powered ferries launched in Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor
Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor, known as Boka, has a new form of environmentally-friendly public transportation – solar-powered ferries. Two boats, one electric and one hybrid, are part of the Bella Boka project. They have been built by the eponymous company with the support of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, the Montenegrin Chamber of […]
ESO, IPTO, Transelectrica sign MoU on establishing Regional Coordination Center
Power transmission system operators (TSOs) ESO (Bulgaria), IPTO (Greece), and Transelectrica (Romania) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on key steps toward establishing a Regional Coordination Center (RCC). The three TSOs’ area is part of the South-East Europe (SEE) Capacity Calculation Region (CCR). The EU has 10 Capacity Calculation Regions. Bulgarian TSO ESO will […]
GE agrees major wind turbine deals in Turkey
GE Renewable Energy, which already has an over 1,200 MW installed base in Turkey, has agreed two more major deals to supply wind turbines and other equipment in the country, for a 158 MW project and a 138 MW project, according to press releases from the company. The first project in Turkey that GE Renewable […]
Workshop on European Mobility Week held for 14 municipalities, cities in BiH
The Association of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Association of Local Authorities of Republika Srpska, in cooperation with the European Secretariat of European Mobility Week and the financial support of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), organized a workshop on the […]