Electrica awards contract to SAP without tender

Power supplier and distributor Electrica Group signed a deal worth EUR 5.2 million with SAP Romania on August 1 after direct negotiation and without public tender, according to a report on Hotnews.ro, republished by Romania Insider. The selected company shall provide maintenance in the segment covered by SAP licenses at the utility’s information technology system. […]

Regulator approves EUR 1.2 billion investment in grid

Electricity transmission company Transelectrica SA said the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) gave the go-ahead for its ten-year plan to invest RON 5.5 billion (EUR 1.2 billion) in network upgrade. The operator produces a plan for the following decade on a biannual basis. The Romanian government-controlled company runs transmission and market operations including infrastructure. The […]

USAID, EPBiH to analyze power plant permitting

Peter Duffy, mission director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Bajazit Jašarević, general manager of Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine d.d. (Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina – EPBiH), signed a memorandum of understanding which defines cooperation between the state-owned company and USAID Energy Investment Activity (EIA) for the analysis of the permitting process […]

Elektro Ljubljana’s assembly approves merger with Gen-I

Shareholders of Elektro Ljubljana d.d. endorsed the plan for the merger of its subsidiary Elektro Energija with fellow Gen-I d.o.o., making another step in the creation of the largest electricity trader in the former Yugoslav republic. The 21st regular shareholders’ assembly at the old power station saw representatives of 89.04% of capital. Participants adopted the […]

Dobrudja-Burgas overhead line gets EU funding

Member states of the European Union agreed on a proposal from the European Commission to invest EUR 263 million in key trans-European energy infrastructure projects. Of the nine projects, four are in the electricity sector, with support worth EUR 53 million. The list will include the construction of a 100 kilometre electricity line between Dobrudja […]

HRT buys HEP’s green energy again

HEP Group, Croatian government-owned power utility, said it agreed with Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) for the state media system to continue to be a user of electricity supply obtained exclusively from renewable sources. The contract was signed by head of HRT Siniša Kovačić and HEP managing director Perica Jukić. HRT’s electricity from renewable sources is provided […]

State supports 234 renewable projects in 2015

Financial backing under the Renewable Energy Resources Support Mechanism (Yekdem) in Turkey was more than 2.5 times bigger than in 2014, according to Energy Market Regulatory Authority’s (EMRA) latest data, Anadolu Agency’s Energy News Terminal reported. Stimulation was approved for 234 facilities. Companies planning to generate electricity from renewables are eligible to receive funding depending on the project’s specific features. […]