Greek PPC approved acquisition of regional power trading company EDS
Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC) approved the acquisition of Energy Delivery Solutions (EDS), electricity trading and supply company in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYR of Macedonia). The approval comes three months after PPC said that it is close to acquire EDS. “PPC’s Board of directors after completing all the required economic and legal affairs […]
How to involve CSOs and private sector in creating sustainable energy policy
“Given that the decision-making process in the sustainable energy sector does not include all interested parties, our intention is to create a mechanism for them to be involved in the future legislative processes, and to define their proposals on energy development,” sustainable energy expert Maja Turković said at the opening of the first workshop organized […]
Cadastre of Mining Waste in Serbia project as example of good practice
The project Cadastre of Mining Waste in the Republic of Serbia, as an example of good practice, was presented at the 6th International conference on environmental protection and sustainable development in the sectors of energy and mining organized by the Serbian Chamber of Industry and Commerce on March 28-30. Bane Hristić, Director of the project’s […]
Report: Energy Community countries’ shift in day-ahead markets development
The Western Balkans 6 (WB6) countries shifted from activities to develop national day-ahead markets towards finding an efficient solution that will secure rapid introduction of day-ahead market processes and coupling with neighboring markets, the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat said in its latest WB6 report on electricity. However, overall the report sees very limited progress since […]
Biodiversity: Second publication BIMR Regional Guidelines now available
The Open Regional Funds for South-East Europe – Biodiversity project (ORF-BD), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) supports the development of the second publication BIMR Regional Guidelines through the Regional Network for Biodiversity Information Management and Reporting (BIMR) sub-project. […]
Wind energy: Croatia one of record-breakers, Serbia in top 10 in investments
Croatia installed 147 MW of wind power in 2017 and ended up as one of seven EU countries that had a record year in new wind energy installations. As for new asset financing in last year, with a EUR 600 million wind energy investment Serbia shared 10th place with Norway out of 38 European countries. […]
Croatia has met 2020 energy targets, has a potential to become SEE energy hub
Croatia has a potential to become an energy hub for Southeast Europe, given its hydropower potential and abundance of solar and wind energy that is not exploited yet enough, said European Commission (EC) Vice-President for the Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič while visiting Croatia. The Commission Vice President explained that Croatia has the potential but if the […]
Switching to more market-based schemes for renewables in Contracting Parties’ interest
Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, speaks in an interview for the Balkan Green Energy News about widening the scope of the Industrial Emissions Directive’s application and launching a process aimed at setting targets for renewable energy, energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas emission reduction for 2030. He also explains why switching to more […]
