Energy Community
Energy Community Secretariat launches Energy Transition Tracker for Western Balkans
16 July 2020 - The Energy Community Secretariat has launched today the Energy Transition Tracker in a move which...
Energy Community urges BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for hydropower
13 July 2020 - Renewable energy installations of a maximum of 500 kW and demonstration projects are the only...
Shaping the role of renewables self-consumers in the Energy Community
08 July 2020 - Author: Jasmina Trhulj, Head of Electricity Unit, Energy Community Secretariat At the start of the...
About the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE)
07 July 2020 - Regional project: Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) Commissioned by:...
Energy Community launches public consultation on policy guidelines on renewables self-consumers
23 June 2020 - The Energy Community Secretariat is seeking views on the draft policy guidelines on the integration...
Western Balkan countries on the way to finalizing their National Energy and Climate Plans
16 June 2020 - Western Balkan countries, partners of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy...
Public consultation starts for policy on small hydropower in Energy Community
14 May 2020 - Widespread concerns and criticism over the impact of hydropower on nature and the quality of...
Electricity bill collection rate drops up to 30%, utilites ask for loans
29 April 2020 - The drop in the electricity bill collection rate ranged from 10% to 30% in March...
UPDATE: Albania suspends tendering for setting up power exchange
17 April 2020 - Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has decided to suspend tendering for companies and financial...
Region must take energy transition planning back into its own hands
14 April 2020 - The European Union and the Energy Community are preparing big decisions for the energy sector...
Electricity demand shrinks up to 10% in Albania, BiH due to COVID-19 crisis
03 April 2020 - Electricity demand has decreased by up to 10% in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5% to...
TENDERING: Study on calculating 2030 energy, climate targets for Energy Community
02 April 2020 - The European Commission has launched a tendering procedure for a study aimed at extending the...
Wakeup call for the Western Balkans
01 April 2020 - Author: Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Fifteen years ago, the Energy Community...
Energy Community: Kosovo* failed to implement rules on pollutants
30 March 2020 - Kosovo* must rectify its breaches by July 1 or the Energy Community Secretariat will initiate...
EU to focus on Green Deal diplomacy; preparing Green Agenda for Western Balkans
26 March 2020 - Participants at the 5th Energy and Climate Committee meeting, organized by the Energy Community Secretariat,...
Thermal power plant Šoštanj takes active role in Slovenia’s energy transition
25 March 2020 - Slovenian lignite-fired thermal power plant Termoelektrarna Šoštanj (TEŠ) has been developing several projects aimed at...