Power utility EPS makes final step to enable prosumers in Serbia
Citizens and companies now have a legal framework in place to produce electricity for self-consumption
Slovenia drafts decree to prevent opposition from local population to wind farms
Government of Slovenia has set in motion the procedures for the construction of its first wind farms
Serbia adopts decree to ease procedure for prosumers
The Government of Serbia adopted a decree on the criteria, conditions and the method of billing between prosumers and suppliers, which refers to households and companies.
Goverment adopts decree to introduce premiums for renewables in Croatia
The Government of Croatia has adopted a decree on quotas to incentivize the production of electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration, which marks the introduction of premiums for stimulus. The decree has been adopted on the basis of the energy sector development strategy until 2030, with projections until 2050, and the national energy […]
Feed-in tariff surcharge not to be increased in 2019
The Serbian government has decided not to increase the surcharge paid by electricity consumers through electricity bills to fund the feed-in tariff scheme for privileged power producers. As a result, the surcharge will remain unchanged at RSD 0.093 per kWh in 2019. The feed-in tariff surcharge is calculated by multiplying the surcharge amount with the […]
Montenegro to start phasing out feed-in tariffs for renewables in 2020
The Government of Montenegro has decided to start gradually reducing feed-in tariffs for renewable energy sources as of January 1, 2020, and announced it will continue to promote the construction of wind farms, solar power plants, and large hydropower plants without guaranteed incentive prices, Montenegrin media reported. The government has adopted regulations that will put […]
Republika Srpska government adopts packaging, waste packaging management decree
The Republika Srpska government has adopted a decree on packaging and waste packaging management. The decree regulates matters such as packaging design, production, and use, packaging and waste packaging management, and permit issuance for operators, according to a news release on the Bosnian Serb entity government’s website. The decree is aimed at helping conserve natural […]
Introduction of market-based incentives for renewables not in Serbia’s interest
Author: Slobodan Ružić, CEO of Energy Saving Group The need to incentivize investments in renewable energy sources is not merely something powerful political and business circles lobby for in order to profit off of people. Or at least it’s not just that! Renewable energy has an immense overall social significance combined with clear economic reasons. The […]