Tender for technical assistance to implementation of WB6 market coupling program
The Energy Community Secretariat has published a tender for technical assistance related to the implementation of the Western Balkan 6 Day-Ahead Market Coupling Program (WB6 DA MI). The aim is to provide the Western Balkan 6 countries with the management support and know-how needed to efficiently implement regional day-ahead market coupling in the region and with […]
VIDEO: Second Energy Community Summer School, Ohrid 2017
Second year in a row the EnC Summer School, organized by the Energy Community Secretariat, in cooperation with the Visegrad Fund, the GIZ ORF-EE, and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies from Skopje, hosted a number of highly motivated young individuals in Ohrid. It was an opportunity for the young minds of SEE, […]
Macedonia doesn’t plan to privatize ELEM power company
The Macedonian government doesn’t plan to privatize power company Macedonian Power Plants (ELEM). It, however, intends to implement unbundling in the company as well as the electricity transmission system operator MEPSO by following the example of other countries in the Western Balkans, the Macedonian media reported. The Western Balkans countries as the Energy Community Contracting […]
Central and South-Eastern European countries expand cooperation in energy sector
Central and South-Eastern European countries, including 9 EU Member States and 8 Energy Community Contracting Parties, have expanded their cooperation in the field of energy under the CESEC initiative to include electricity, energy efficiency and renewable energy. To that end, a memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday at the ministerial meeting in Bucharest. Ministers of […]
Stricter emission standards more effective in decarbonisation than ETS
Peter Vajda, Environmental Expert at the Energy Community Secretariat, explains in an interview for the Balkan Green Energy News how the recently adopted stricter standards for large combustion plants will impact the EU energy sector, both in terms of fossil fuel fired power plants and renewable energy sector, and why they are more effective in […]
Germany asks Energy Community to help resolve dispute between EMS and KOSTT
The German government has requested the Energy Community Secretariat’s Dispute Resolution and Negotiation Center to facilitate negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo on the long-standing dispute between their transmission system operators EMS and KOSTT. The Energy Community Secretariat said that it will now reach out to the governments of Serbia and Kosovo and organize the mediation […]
Energy Community Climate Action Group defines pathway to meet climate change challenges
The first meeting of the Energy Community (EnC) Climate Action Group was held today, after its establishment more then two months ago. At the meeting, co-chairs of the group were appointed and the work program adopted. The meeting which was held at the premises of the Energy Community Secretariat, in Vienna, brought together Ministers of […]
Second Energy Community Summer School launched today in Ohrid
Following the success of the first Energy Community (EnC) Summer School, which was held in Albania in 2016, this year’s summer program has been officially launched today in Ohrid. The EnC Summer School will last from 26 August 26 to September 2 and will be held in the Congress Center in Ohrid with study visits […]
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