Albania forced to import 80 percent of electricity due to drought
Albania has to import around 80 percent of electricity to cover consumption due to the exceptionally dry period and high temperatures, according to the media. The Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) has signed a contract to import 434,000 MWh of electricity in order to secure power for the month of August. The contract is worth EUR […]
IBC Solar completes solar power plant in southern Anatolia
IBC Solar AG has completed the construction of a 3.43 MWp solar power plant in the Turkish province of Nigde in southern Anatolia. The plant will produce an estimated six million kilowatt hours (kWh) of solar power a year using 13,200 modules which will be fed into the national power grid. IBC Solar’s subsidiary in […]
Hungarian MAVIR offers help to Bosnia and Herzegovina in organizing electricity market
Hungarian transmission system operator MAVIR has offered help to Bosnia and Herzegovina with the institutional organization of the energy sector, especially in organizing the electricity market. MAVIR CEO Kamilla Csomai has recently visited Bosnia and Herzegovina and discussed cooperation in electricity supply and the implementation of European Union directives with local officials. The meetings that […]
Serbia plans to shut down eight thermal power plant blocks by 2023
Serbia plans to shut down eight thermal power plant blocks by 2023 and develop renewable energy capacities, but it still plans to heavily rely on the coal, the Program for Serbian Energy Strategy’s implementation in the period 2017-2013, says. The Program for the implementation of the Energy Development Strategy of Serbia (POS) determines the conditions, method, […]
EBRD calls for consultant to help raise awareness about sustainable electricity use in Western Balkans
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued an invitation for the engagement of a consultancy firm to help increase civil society capacity and public awareness about benefits of sustainable electricity, energy consumption practices and improvements of electricity system in Western Balkans countries. The deadline for submission of expressions of interest is August […]
Power from renewable sources through Serbia-Croatia cross-border cooperation
Cross border cooperation between Serbia and Croatia, supported by the EU, is leading to the construction of a number of small solar power plants and a cogeneration (CHP) plant. The solar plants will be built in the Croatian town of Vinkovci and the CHP facility in the Serbian town of Sombor. The construction of the […]
Senvion makes second Western Balkans deal in Croatia
The German wind turbine maker Senvion has contracted the first delivery of five of its turbines for a wind farm in Croatia. The turbines will be sold to the Croatian Vjetroelektrana Orjak company for the Greda wind farm in the south of that country. Senvion said in a statement that the contract called for five […]
WB6 electricity report: Slow progress in establishing day-ahead markets and their coupling
The Western Balkan Six (WB6) countries have been progressing in developing their electricity markets at different pace, while the regional market is still to take shape, the Energy Community Secretariat assessed in its WB6 Electricity Monitoring Report. The report was presented at the WB6 Summit in Trieste on July 12. It analyses progress made at […]
