Trebinje Energy Summit – place to discuss region’s energy transition today and in the coming years
Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020, held in early March, under the slogan Energy Future of the Western Balkans, has set high standards during its very first edition and lived up to expectations that it will bring together leading energy experts and decision makers from the region. The Summit announces to be an event in […]
REPCONS: Western Balkan countries responsible for defining energy transition models, experts should lend support
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia need to be more active in defining their energy transition models, a task that lies ahead of all the other countries of the region as well. Defining energy transition models goes hand in hand with energy goals, and the share of renewable energy sources in the energy mix is […]
SET 2020: Introduction of carbon tax in Western Balkans is inevitable
The construction of the seventh power generation unit at thermal power plant TPP Tuzla will be an economic disaster, Janez Kopač, director of the Energy Community Secretariat, told the Energy Sector Transition panel held as part of Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020. The reason for this, according to him, is the inevitable introduction of […]
Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020 kicks off with over 400 participants
Investors expressed great interest in building solar power plants and wind parks in the Republic of Srpska, said Prime Minister Radovan Višković as he opened the two-day Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020. At the event’s opening ceremony in Cultural Center Trebinje there were more than 300 guests. More than 80 experts from the region […]
N. Macedonia is first country in Western Balkans mulling coal phaseout before 2030
North Macedonia’s government has approved the Energy Development Strategy until 2040 which makes it the first country in the Western Balkans to consider a coal phaseout before 2030, Bankwatch said in a press release. Two of the strategy’s scenarios entail a coal exit by 2025, with the third delaying the closure of the Bitola lignite […]
REGEA Director Julije Domac to advise new Croatian president on energy, climate
Julije Domac, Director of the North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency (REGEA), became the special adviser on energy and climate to new Croatian President Zoran Milanović. He is also the president of the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment – FEDARENE from 2013. Our future must be green – or we […]
SET 2020 – Region gathers in Trebinje to discuss energy transition
The gathering of leading energy experts from the Balkans and Europe, as well as decision makers from governments in the region, will showcase the pace of the energy transition and the potential of investments in renewables. The event is scheduled for March 5 and 6 in Trebinje. The Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020, under […]
EU wind power growth must double to match Green Deal terms: report
Turkey was first in the region last year in new and cumulative capacity, the size of successful tenders and new asset financing. EU saw the share of wind power as primary source jump to 15% in 2019. Data obtained by WindEurope showed the installed wind power capacity in the continent reached 205 GW last year, […]