Energy Community and USAID signed a Framework for Cooperation
The Energy Community Secretariat and USAID signed a Framework for Cooperation. As one of Cooperation first deliverables, two sides agreed to organize a meeting of all donors active in the Energy Community Contracting Parties. A Framework for Cooperation was signed by Director Janez Kopač, on behalf of the Energy Community Secretariat, and Acting Assistant Administrator, […]
New Energy Community sanctions for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
The Ministerial Conference of the Energy Community will discuss in December a possibility of introducing additional sanctions against Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) because the country keeps failing to meet obligations under the terms of the Treaty of the Energy Community, in the gas sector at the state level in particular. Mirko Šarović, BiH Minister of […]
Energy Community 2018 PECI and PMI project submission call
The Energy Community Secretariat has launched a call for the submission of candidate Projects of Energy Community Interest (PECI) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMI) for the 2018 selection process. The call will be open until 15 November 2017 COB, Project promoters are invited to submit candidate projects via project questionnaires to the Energy Community […]
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 […]
