Greenpeace demands coal phaseout in Bulgaria by 2030
The government in Sofia should look up to Greece in its energy policy, according to Balin Balinov from Greenpeace Bulgaria, who called for a coal exit twenty years earlier than in the national plan. Environmentalists are pointing to the damage from maintaining thermal power plants using the fossil fuel. While the Minister of Energy Temenuzhka […]
Most read in July: Energy democracy coming to Southeastern Europe
The wave of energy democracy in the region is slowly strengthening. The story on citizens in Greece joining hands to speed up energy transition was the most read article in July on the English language version of Balkan Green Energy News. The list is also available for the Serbian language version of the website (Najčitanije […]
Hundreds of Greek families jointly building solar power plants of 100 MW
Agricultural cooperative Agrinio Union said works are underway on a group of photovoltaic facilities developed by the local energy community it established. Five hundred Greek families are jointly building solar power plants of 100 MW in total and the model has been incorporated in the national legal framework for future investments in the country. A […]
Republic of Srpska adopts new law on electricity in line with EU’s Third Energy Package
The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska has adopted a new law on electricity, which transposes the EU’s Third Energy Package and paves the way for market liberalization. The law envisages the unbundling, the reorganization of state-owned Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), introduces the status of a protected consumer, the possibility of establishing energy cooperatives, […]
Draft Law on Energy unveiled, energy cooperatives to be introduced
The Ministry of Infrastructure has published a Draft Law on Energy to change some provisions of the existing law and introduce certain new solutions, including the establishment of the energy cooperatives. The draft will be up for public consultation until February 21. The draft is in line with EU directives, as well as Guidelines on State […]
Greek Government prepares legal framework for energy cooperatives
Draft bill which will permit establishment of energy cooperatives should be finalized next month. With that act, consumers will be entitled to become shareholders in energy ventures. Drafting of the future bill on energy cooperatives is going smoothly, according to Greek portal energypress.eu. The Ministry of Energy is working on this with RAE, the Regulatory Authority for […]