Government requests tendering to select universal electricity supplier and supplier of last resort
The Macedonian government has adopted a decision on launching a procedure to select the country’s universal electricity supplier and supplier of last resort, in line with the new energy law, according to a statement on the government’s website. The prime minister’s office, the office of the deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs, and […]
Power utility EPHZHB logs EUR 19.7 million profit in H1
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB) made a profit of BAM 38.7 million (around EUR 19.7 million) in January-June, up from BAM 452,076 (about EUR 230,000) in the first half of 2017. This is in keeping with strong results posted by power utilities elsewhere in the region on the back of good […]
Montenegro setting up Eco Fund, opening of chapter 27 expected by end-2018
Montenegro has opened 31 out of 35 chapters of EU membership talks so far, while the opening of the most demanding and expensive one, chapter 27, is expected by the end of 2018. Meeting obligations under the environment chapter will require EUR 1.4 billion in investments by 2035, and the Eco Fund is expected to […]
Balkan Green Foundation looking to recruit Program Manager for Program Philanthropy for Green Ideas
Balkan Green Foundation is recruiting for the position of Program Manager for the Program Philanthropy for Green Ideas, to be based in Priština in Kosovo*. The Program Manager’s primary responsibility is to oversee, coordinate, and administer all aspects of the Program Philanthropy for Green Ideas in the Western Balkans, including planning, organizing, leading, managing program […]
EBRD seeks geothermal, offshore wind consultants for Turkey
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invited technical and financial proposals from consultants to produce a study of the overall short- and long-term geothermal district energy potential of Turkey, and identify and evaluate the feasibility of the most promising three sites for building such district energy systems, according to a request for […]
KESH rallies on good hydrological conditions, posts EUR 49.3 million profit in H1
Albania’s state-owned power utility KESH reported a profit of nearly ALL 6.2 billion (about EUR 49.3 million) in the first half of the year, having produced 3,881 GWh of electricity, more than in the entire 2017, when it generated 2,915 GWh. KESH had a loss of ALL 52.7 million (around EUR 420,000) in 2017 and […]
Slovenia pays EUR 69.4 million in renewable energy, CHP subsidies in H1
Support payments for electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP) amounted to EUR 69.4 million in the first half of 2018, down 11% compared to H1 2017, Slovenian Power Market Operator Borzen said in a report. On June 30, 2018, the feed-in system covered 3,879 power plants with […]
SHPP Mesići-Nova breaks even after 3.5 years of operation
The Mesići-Nova small hydropower plant (SHPP) near Rogatica, with an installed capacity of 5 MW, broke even on the BAM 10 million (EUR 5 million) investment after three and a half years of operation, said Ljubomir Mrda, director of Elektrodistribucija Pale, a subsidiary of power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS). SHPP Mesići-Nova was put into […]