EBRD helps policy reform to stimulate energy efficiency

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development sees large opportunities for savings in public budgets in the improvement of efficiency of municipal lighting, says Daniel Berg, the international financing institution’s director in Serbia. He told Balkan Green Energy News the bank is providing technical cooperation to a number of municipalities and hopes to finance investment […]

Yugoslav energy projects need dust wiped off

“Lack of good energy policy leaves us under threat of poverty and unemployment, and health risks,” said Aleksandra Tomić, chairwoman of the Serbian Parliamentary Energy Policy Forum, opening the body’s third meeting in the form of a public debate on the Proposal of Energy Development Strategy until 2025 with projections until 2030. The House of […]

EPS plans solar and wind projects at coal-fired plant complex

State-controlled Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) called for offers in the procurement of a preliminary feasibility study with a general project for the construction of a solar power plant in the slag and ash pond of thermal power plant Kostolac A, located 100 kilometers east of Belgrade. It also placed a public invitation for […]

Turkish companies don’t claim Gazivode

Kosovo Energy Distribution Services (KEDS) told Vesti newspaper it does not claim Gazivode hydropower plant complex in Kosovo*. The company is owned by Turkish companies Çalik and Limak since 2013, but the power infrastructure at the site is controlled by EPS (Electric Power Industry of Serbia). „Our company is in electric power distribution, maintaining equipment […]

Basketball star’s factory supplies EPS with smart meters

EWG’s factory from the eastern Serbian town of Bor won the controversial tendering for the production of smart power meters for Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), Belgrade newspaper Večernje novosti said on May 12. The company, which launched production in 2013, is owned by Dejan Bodiroga, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) official and retired Serbian […]

EPS invites expressions of interest for consultancy

Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) said it seeks an environmental expert and independent engineer for its small hydropower plants project. The invitation for expressions of interest follows the general procurement notice from July 29. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said the power monopoly intends using the proceeds of its loan for a project […]

EPS sells first megawatts without agent

Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), Serbia’s power monopoly, said its Slovenian subsidiary EPS Trgovanje started trading in electricity on Hungarian HUPX market, without a service broker for the first time in 24 years. In the premiere deal, the firm sold 240 MWh at a current price of EUR 43.66 per MWh for the Europeak product, it said. […]

Invitation for reconstruction of small hydropower plants

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development placed an invitation for tenders, closing on July 24, for the reconstruction of small hydropower plants. The procurement notice is for the supply and installation of electrical and mechanical equipment for the reconstruction of seven systems in east Serbia. Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) has received a […]