Serbia won’t cap electricity prices in response to energy crisis – prime minister
Prime Minister Ana Brnabić has said the government would not limit the prices of electricity, which the business sector requested.
Energy transition is inevitable, but opposition is very strong
Implementation of the energy transition in Serbia and the region is inevitable, and it is also the stance of those who do not believe in climate change and are against the closure of coal-fired power plants.
Serbia to construct pumped storage hydropower plants Đerdap 3, Bistrica
The Ministry of Mining and Energy will present a EUR 17 billion investment plan in September including two major pumped storage hydropower plants.
Serbia’s EPS to take over majority of company HES Gornja Drina in BiH
The decision to change the ownership structure was made by the Government of the Republic of Srpska.
EPS plans to extend lifespan of TPP Kostolac A until 2038
Elektroprivreda Srbije intends to extend the lifespan of TPP Kostolac A until 2038, by installing flue-gas desulfurization equipment
Kosovo’s* KOSTT signs connection agreement with ENTSO-E
Transmission system operator KOSTT will become an independent regulatory zone within the AK block, which Kosovo* established with Albania, as European ENTSO-E signed the agreement. Following the vote in April by the Regional Group Continental Europe (RGCE), Chief Executive Officer of KOSTT Ilir Shala has inked the connection agreement with the European Network of Transmission […]
Serbia doubles renewable energy production in 2019
Total electricity production under Serbia’s subsidy scheme for privileged power producers, mainly from renewables, doubled last year from 638 GWh to 1,361 GWh. According to the report produced by the state-owned Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), in 2018 privileged and temporary privileged producers generated the most of electricity in hydropower plants, in wind farms […]
Electricity consumption in Serbia decreases 5% to 7% due to coronavirus
Electricity consumption in Serbia is 5% to 7% lower than in the same period last year, probably because the economy operates with reduced capacity, said Milorad Grčić, acting director of state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS). According to Grčić, household consumption does not have a major impact on the increase or decrease of consumption, while […]