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 […]
Fifth overhauled unit at EPS’ hydropower plant Đerdap 1 put in operation
State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has put in operation the fifth overhauled unit at HPP Đerdap 1, adding 30 MW of installed capacity to Serbia’s biggest hydropower plant. After the commissioning of the fifth overhauled unit, there is only one more unit left to be revitalized, and that job should begin next year, according […]
Electricity prices for households in Serbia to go up 3.9% on December 1
Electricity prices for households in Serbia will be increased by 3.9% on December 1, while prices for industrial consumers remain unchanged, according to energy minister Aleksandar Antić. The Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) has approved the price hike and it will reflect on December electricity bills, which households receive in January, the […]
EPS to invest EUR 4.6 billion by 2027, EUR 700 million to go into hydropower, renewables
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) intends to invest EUR 4.6 billion from 2019 to 2027, of which EUR 1.6 billion in the modernization of existing and construction of new thermal power plants (TPPs) as well as environmental protection, EUR 1,3 billion in distribution projects, EUR 1 billion in the coal sector, and EUR 700 […]
EPS invites expressions of interest for construction of 66 MW Kostolac wind farm
State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has issued an invitation for expressions of interest in international public bidding (with pre-qualification) for the Procurement of Goods, Works and Associated Services for the Renewable Energy Project Kostolac – Wind Park, Serbia, which will be EPS first wind farm. The project includes the construction of a 66 MW […]
Six power utility EPS employees arrested over mini HPP Dubočica 2
Police have arrested six employees at Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) in Kraljevo on suspicion of office abuse related to the construction of a power facility for the Dubočica 2 mini hydropower plant (HPP), EPS said in a press release. The suspects arrested on office abuse charges concerning the Dubočica 2 mini hydropower […]