Italy supports Western Balkan 6 day-ahead market integration
Italian national energy regulator Autoritá per l’energia elettrica, il gas e il sistema idrico has joined the Western Balkan 6 day-ahead market integration and cross- border balancing initiative. That is the first EU stakeholder in the project announced Energy Community on its website. Italian state energy regulator signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Regional […]
Power exports soar 53.3% from first half of last year
Albania imported 776 GWh of electricity in the six months through June, 4.7% less than in the equivalent period of last year, the national Institute of Statistics (Instat) said. At the same time, the measure of gross deliveries abroad jumped 53.3% on an annual basis, to 1.29 TWh, due to more favourable hydrology and a […]
Renewables generate 39% of total power in July
Montenegrin power market operator COTEE stated total electricity generation in July was 212 GWh, out of which 82 GWh or 39% was from renewable sources. The regular report said three units managed by the Montenegrin Electric Power Company (EPCG) generated 210 GWh. Hydropower plant (HPP) Perućica delivered 41 GWh, HPP Piva gave 39 GWH, while thermal power plant […]
EPS lifts power prices for households, small-scale buyers
The Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) said on August 31 it approved the decision of public enterprise Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) to increase prices by an average 3.8% for households and small-scale customers. The tariff is rising to RSD 6.6 (5.35 euro cents) per kWh excluding tax, […]
Local power generation covers 68.1% of demand in June
Gross national electricity production participated with 68.1% in gross electricity consumption in Macedonia in June, according to data of the State Statistical Office. Hydropower plants produced 55.2% of total electricity generation, thermal power plants covered 41.7%, wind parks produced 1.7%, while electricity output for solar and biogas power plants was 0.7% of the gross power […]
MEPSO inaugurates Skopje–Tetovo powerline
Electricity Transmission System Operator of Macedonia (MEPSO) officially marked the inclusion of reconstructed highline Skopje–Tetovo into the electric network in Jegunovce in the country’s northwest. The length of 110 kV overhead connection is 48 kilometers and the total worth of the investment exceeds EUR 4 million, the MEPSO said. The power line is set on 187 columns […]
Industry saving EUR 48 million per year on green power costs
As earlier this month the European Commission approved Bulgarian state aid system of support for generation of energy from renewable sources from 2011, the measures will be implemented retroactively, from August last year through 2020. Over two hundred companies are going to save BGN 94 million (EUR 48 million) per year or EUR 255.5 million […]
EPBiH to get Podveležje wind power plant site online
Bajazit Jašarević, chief executive of Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine dd (Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina – EPBiH), and Senad Salkić, chief capital investment officer of the utility, signed a contract on connecting wind park Podveležje to 110 kV transmission network with Matan Zarić, head of Transco (Elektroprenos-Elektroprijenos BiH ad), and Cvjetko Žepinić, its director […]