Energy Community
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...
Director Kopač congratulates Albania and North Macedonia on EU accession negotiations opening
25 March 2020 - Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, has congratulated Albania and North Macedonia on...
REPCONS: Western Balkan countries responsible for defining energy transition models, experts should lend support
24 March 2020 - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia need to be more active in defining their energy...
Just 12 days left to apply for Energy Community Summer School 2020
19 March 2020 - If you are postgraduate students (masters or PhD), researchers from all energy-related disciplines or young...
BiH to meet Third Energy Package requirements through cooperation between all levels of government
21 February 2020 - In our work on meeting Bosnia and Herzegovina’s obligations under the EU’s Third Energy Package,...
Serbia has unworkable national emissions reduction plan: advocacy group
10 February 2020 - There are several inconsistencies with NERP, according to legal environmental organization RERI. Its representatives pointed...
Coal subsidies prompt Energy Community to warn six governments
08 February 2020 - The European Commission is aware of state aid registered in a study for 2015 to...