Talks on new Montenegrin coal-fired unit fail, Government to implement ecological overhaul of TPP Pljevlja
Montenegrin Government decided to start the ecological reconstruction of the coal-fired power plant Pljevlja. The Unit I of the thermal power plant (TPP) Pljevlja, operated by public power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), will be ecologically reconstructed by 2021. The announcement is part of the Government’s decision to terminate the cooperation on Project of Construction […]
Energy Community chief’s message to Serbian Members of Parliament
Serbia is the first member of the Energy Community to have transposed the Third Energy Package of the European Union, but implementation has been delayed in many areas. The huge obstacle is that the Law on Energy adopted in 2014 is not being implemented. The biggest problem is unbundling of gas company Srbijagas, which is […]
Macedonian Draft Law on Energy to introduce liberalization of power market in 2019
Macedonia’s Draft Law on Energy envisages the liberalization of the electricity market from 2019, allowing households to choose their supplier. Public discussion on the Draft Law is ongoing, while adoption is anticipated by March, Macedonian media reported. Households that do not want to choose a supplier will be supplied by a universal supplier. This supplier […]
GIZ ORF-EE holds First South-East Europe Parliamentary Forum in Vienna
The 1st South-East Europe Parliamentary Forum was organized within the GIZ ORF-EE project Regional Cooperation and Capacity Development of Parliamentarians of South-East Europe on Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection. It took place on 20 December in the Energy Community in Vienna, in the framework of the Public Dialogue Initiative on Sustainable Use of Energy in […]
Projects for market coupling and cross-border balancing in Western Balkans launched
On 19 and 20 December, regional projects for technical assistance to support day-ahead market coupling and cross-border balancing in the Western Balkans were kicked-off at meetings held under the Western Balkan 6 (WB6) Initiative in Vienna. First sub-regional market coupling projects will go live by mid-January 2018. Beneficiaries of the two contracts are 6 Energy […]
Women in Sustainable Energy SEE – join first survey in Serbia on women’s role in sustainable energy
Who are the women who are professionally engaged in sustainable energy, climate change, and environmental protection in Serbia? How much women in households across Serbia care about energy? Do women see the country’s energy future in fossil fuel or renewable energy sources? Do they have the same career advancement opportunities as men? Are women equally […]
Serbian power utility EPS presents Environmental Action Plan, to invest EUR 864 million
The Draft Environmental Action Plan of public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) from 2016 to 2025 anticipates investments of EUR 864 million in reducing air, soil and water pollution, as well as in waste management, Aleksandar Jakovljević, head of strategy at EPS’ said during a presentation of the Draft Action Plan. He recalled that in […]
Energy Community Ministerial Council sets vision for post-2020 climate and energy policy
The Energy Community Ministerial Council launched a process aimed at setting targets for renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reduction for 2030 in the Energy Community. In early 2018. the Contracting Parties will be supported by guidelines for the preparation of integrated National Energy and Climate Plans. The Council also invited the Secretariat […]