Turkey: No energy consumption taxation for self-generators
The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that self-generators should not pay energy consumption tax to municipalities. The decision is significant for the entire energy sector and individuals generating their own energy, including from renewable energy sources (prosumers). Attorneys at law of CMS in Turkey explain how. The Turkish Constitutional Court recently decided that municipalities should […]
RealValue project: How to store and use electricity in a smart way?
The RealValue project, implemented by a consortium of partners from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Latvia, and Finland, seeks to revolutionize home storage heating by giving energy consumers more benefits in terms of cost, comfort and control. The story about the project is one of the European Technology and Innovation Platform Smart Networks for Energy Transition […]
Serbian government sets up working group for strategic energy projects
The Serbian government has adopted a decision to set up a working group for strategic energy projects. The decision was adopted in line with the decree on a program for the implementation of Serbia’s Energy Sector Development Strategy until 2025 with projections until 2030, eKapija reported. The working group is in charge of developing a […]
Electricity prices for industry to increase 14% – ERS general manager
Luka Petrović, general manager of public power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), has announced that prices for the industry will increase by 14% on average, but that they will still be the lowest in the Balkans. The announcement instantly riled up the Republika Srpska Chamber of Commerce and trade unions, which called for the electricity […]
Power utility EPS gets energy permit to build its 1st wind farm
State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has obtained the energy permit for the construction of its first wind farm. The energy permit was issued on December 31, 2018, according to a press release from EPS. The construction of the Kostolac wind farm is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2019. The investment is […]
Slovenia seeks applications for payments to back renewables, high-efficiency cogeneration
The Slovenian Energy Agency has invited applications for incentives to support electricity production from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration. Eligible to receive incentives are new or reconstructed renewable energy facilities and combined heat and power (CHP) plants. A total of EUR 10 million in funding is available under the public call for project proposals […]
EU concludes political talks on clean energy package, to cut subsidies for most polluting coal power plants as early as 2025
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU member states have reached a provisional agreement on a recast internal electricity market regulation and directive, concluding the political negotiations on the Clean Energy for All Europeans package. The provisional agreement envisages scrapping subsidies as capacity mechanisms for power plants emitting more than 550 gr of CO2 […]
Sustainability in focus of Montenegrin energy development in 2019
The beginning of the operation of the Montenegro-Italy submarine power cable in mid-2019, doubled wind power generation, and the start of solar power plants’ production, as well as a complete transition of aluminum plant KAP from heating oil to natural gas, will mark developments in the energy sector in 2019, according to the Energy Plan for 2019 […]