IRENA: SEE region yet to realise full potential of energy transition
Energy transition in South-East Europe is slowly but steadily gaining momentum as costs of investment in solar PV and onshore wind projects are declining significantly. Electricity produced from renewables is on the verge of becoming less expensive than electricity produced from fossil fuels, and the region should embrace this opportunity, it was said at the […]
Workshop “Towards the development of Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan in Montenegro” held in Podgorica
The workshop “Towards the development of Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) in Montenegro” was held in Podgorica on May 28, 2019. The workshop was held as part of the Western Balkans Energy Transition Dialogue (WeBET Dialogue), a regional project financially supported by the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism of the Republic of […]
Kosova e Re power purchase agreement challenged at Energy Community
Kosovar and international non-governmental organizations have filed an official complaint to the Energy Community’s (EnC) dispute settlement mechanism, challenging the legality of the power purchase agreement (PPA) for the planned Kosova e Re coal power project, which is currently awaiting ratification by the Kosovo* parliament, Bankwatch has said on its website. The complaint was filed […]
Bulgaria scraps electricity export fee, enabling market coupling with North Macedonia
Bulgaria has amended its energy law to abolish a fee levied on exports of electricity, in what will remove obstacles to trade with Energy Community contracting parties in the Balkans and pave the way for the future market coupling with North Macedonia, the Energy Community Secretariat said in a statement welcoming the move. The amendments […]
Energy Community releases Policy Guidelines on wholesale markets, power exchanges
At this moment not a single functioning regional power market is in place in the Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties, EnC Secretariat concludes in Policy Guidelines on increasing Competition and Liquidity of Wholesale Electricity Markets, including Power Exchanges. The document provides recommendations on the legal and regulatory measures. The document is a result of the […]
International community, BiH officials adopt Joint Statement on energy sector reforms
Prime Ministers of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radovan Višković and Fadil Novalić, and BiH Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Mirko Šarović have agreed to harmonize their positions and support the adoption of the state Law on Electricity and Gas over the next three months. The deal and a joint statement […]
Government defiant on Tuzla 7 coal project, as Energy Community launches dispute settlement procedure
The Energy Community Secretariat has sent an Opening Letter to Bosnia and Herzegovina for non-compliance with the state aid acquis regarding the Tuzla 7 project, in what is the first step in the dispute settlement procedure. In the meantime, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH Mirko Šarović said that the new unit […]
Energy Community Contracting Parties pour EUR 2.4 billion annually into coal power plants, mines
The Energy Community Contracting Parties support electricity generated from coal with some EUR 2.4 billion in direct and certain types of indirect subsidies annually, the preliminary results of the Energy Community Secretariat’s study reveal. The study concludes that with the elimination of state aid via direct subsidies to coal and introduction of a carbon price, […]
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