Environmental protection and sustainable development in the focus of CEDEF event in Novi Sad
Recent announcements that Serbia may soon open Chapter 27 of the acquis have greatly influenced local energy sector, which has seriously started considering and applying environmental standards in both current operations and plans for development. Only several days after the national utility company Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and the Environmental Protection Agency signed a contract on […]
Excise duties on biomass and renewables in Croatia would be “dangerous precedent”
The introduction of excise duties on biomass and other renewables in Croatia was the main topic during the International Conference on Biomass and Renewable Energy Sources held in Zagreb. The representatives of the Croatian Wood Cluster, which has been the conference organizer for seven years in a row, have warned that the introduction of the excise duties […]
FIPA: EUR 10 million investment in Breza municipality
Around EUR 10 million will be invested in the construction of a biomass fuelled combined heat and power plant (CHP) of 1,6 MW and other projects in Breza Municipality, announced the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FIPA). Other projects include the construction of a pellets production line, a tire recycling facility and […]
Swiss donation for CHP unit in Belgrade suburb Padinska Skela
The Swiss Government will donate EUR 1,2 million and CHF 500.000 to Serbia for the construction of a combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Padinska Skela, which will be fueled by biomass. An annex to the agreement on the construction of the plant was signed by the Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar […]
Higher electricity prices possible in Federation BiH on higher incentive fees
The incentive fees for renewable energy sources and cogeneration plants should be increased, said the new head of the Operator for renewables and cogeneration in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) is expected to decide on amount of incentive fees aimed at boosting electricity production from renewable […]
Auctions for renewables: towards markets proximity
The future of support mechanisms for renewables with targeted insight towards the SEE markets and bankability point of view By Ladislav Tolmaci, Erste Group Bank AG, Leveraged and Project Finance In the recent depressed wholesale power price environment predominant on the European commodity exchanges, any investment into electricity generating technology becomes related to a question […]
NIS, Betec sign cooperation agreement on geothermal energy
Serbian energy company NIS Gazprom Neft and the Chinese Betec Group Ltd. have signed a co-operation agreement on developing geothermal energy projects in Serbia. The two companies have joined forces to develop geothermal active areas plan to build power plants in northern Serbia “based on the well head power plant technology,” says the NIS statement. The […]
Ebioss bringing biomass CHP plant online with EVN
An agreement on linking a renewable energy unit to the grid was signed this week by Ebioss Energy a.d., headquartered in Sofia, and EVN Bulgaria, subsidiary of Austrian EVN, SeeNews reported. The biomass-fuelled cogeneration plant is in the town of Karlovo, north of Plovdiv, the country’s second-largest city. “After various changes in the energy law […]