Energy transition is region’s development opportunity, experts say in REPCONS survey
The energy transition is a development opportunity for the region, and the key factors for its implementation will be the European Union’s influence on local politicians as well as the downward trend in costs for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant technology, according to experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. They expressed […]
ERS ready to lead region’s energy transition
State power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) plans to build 1,000 MW of new renewable energy capacities over the next ten years. With the aim of leading the region’s energy transition, ERS will invest in the construction of solar power plants, wind farms, and hydropower plants, ERS General Manager Luka Petrović has said in an […]
MPs from region facilitate energy transition with support of GIZ ORF-EE (part two)
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Energy Efficiency (GIZ ORF-EE) has implemented a series of projects over the last eight years which have resulted in strong partnerships and cooperation with MPs from across the region. By supporting the work of parliamentarians through its regional collaboration, knowledge and experience exchange platform, GIZ […]
Next decade to be pivotal one for energy sector in SEE – IRENA report
The adoption of an energy mix consistent with the Paris Agreement would create a cumulative addition of USD 485 billion in gross domestic product between 2019 and 2050 in Southeastern Europe (SEE), according to a report produced by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The document, announced at a regional workshop in Sarajevo in June, […]
EIB adopts new energy lending policy, to stop financing fossil fuel projects from end-2021
The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Board of Directors has agreed on a new energy lending policy which envisages that the bank will stop financing fossil fuel projects from the end of 2021. The EIB will no longer consider new financing for unabated, fossil fuel energy projects, including gas, from the end of 2021 onwards, the […]
Croatia’ REGEA to help RRA Zlatibor set up Serbia’s first energy agency
The North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency (REGEA) and Regional Development Agency Zlatibor (RRA Zlatibor) in Serbia have signed a memorandum of cooperation that envisages establishing Serbia’s first energy agency, according to a press release from REGEA. With the aim of creating a sustainable and efficient model of energy transition, REGEA and RRA Zlatibor will exchange […]
Survey launched to examine experts’ positions on energy policy priorities in the region
A survey of experts’ positions on energy policy priorities in the region has been launched as part of the Renewable Energy Policy Consensus REPCONS regional project, implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia. The survey is part of the project officially launched in a meeting in Belgrade in June. REPCONS is financed by the […]
Energy transition – Incentives should be abandoned, renewables left to the market (part two)
Author: Goran Granić, director of Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar The biggest problem with all energy policies, including the European Union’s (EU), is inconsistency, i.e. extracting one problem and tackling it individually. For the first time ever, the EU is initiating a unified climate-energy policy, with the drafting of member states’ national plans under way, which […]