EPCG calls bids for EUR 3.36 million overhaul of six generators at HPP Perućica
Montenegro’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has invited bids for EUR 3.36 million worth of overhaul of six out of seven generators at the Perućica hydropower plant (HPP), as part of a project to ensure reliable electricity production at the HPP Perućica over the next 20 to 30 years. A contractor to overhaul […]
200-MW-plus Briska Gora solar project draws three bids
A project to build a solar power plant with an installed capacity of more than 200 MW on the Briska Gora locality has attracted three bids – from a consortium of Finland’s state energy company Fortum and Montenegro’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), Chinese-Maltese International Renewable Energy Development Limited (IREDL), and the Montesolar […]
EPCG’s shareholder assembly backs EUR 55.3 million dividend payment
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore’s (EPCG) shareholder assembly has backed a EUR 55.3 million dividend payment. The dividend will be distributed out of retained earnings, in the gross amount per share of EUR 0.4214. At the 16th regular meeting held in Nikšić, shareholders also adopted financial and consolidated reports for 2017 and the company’s annual report, […]
CEDIS to invest EUR 81.6 million in distribution network, tendering expected by end-October
Tendering for the selection of equipment suppliers and contractors for a project worth EUR 81.6 million to revitalize the Montenegrin power distribution network is expected by the end of October, while the start of the works is planned for February next year. The investments will be implemented by the Montenegrin distribution system operator (DSO), Crnogorski elektrodistributivni […]
Litostroj, ABB to modernize HPP Piva
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) and a consortium of Slovenia’s Litostroj and Italy’s ABB JV have signed a contract on a EUR 10.3 million reconstruction and modernization of the Piva hydropower plant (HPP), the Montenegrin company said. The contract, which will be financed by German development bank KfW with EUR 8.5 million and from […]
EPCG swings to net profit of EUR 42.8 million in H1
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) had a net profit of EUR 42.8 million in the first half of 2018, the company said on its website, adding that its Board of Directors has adopted a decision on the 2017 consolidated results, which show that EPCG Group’s net profit stood at EUR 1.5 million last year. EPCG’s […]
EPCG inks wind farm MoU with Austria’s Ivicom, feed-in tariffs not planned
Montenegro’s power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) and Austria-based Ivicom Holding have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) concerning the implementation of a project to build the Gvozd wind farm with a planned capacity of 50 MW, under an investment estimated at around EUR 70 million, EPCG has said in a press release. Financing for […]
Montenegro pays EUR 68.9 million to raise stake in power utility EPCG
The Montenegrin government has paid EUR 68.9 million to Italy’s A2A to increase its holding in power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) from 57.01% to 70.16%. With this move, Montenegro returned its ownership in the company to the level before partial privatization and recapitalization carried out in 2009. The number of shares acquired to boost […]