Bulgaria and Greece will soon be connected by new transmission line
A new overhead electric line will soon connect Greece and Bulgaria. This new single circuit 400kV interconnection line between the substations Maritsa East in Bulgaria and Nea Santa in Greece will be of approximately 150 km in length. According to the Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Valentin Yovev a detailed development […]
Croatia fails to protect citizens from industrial waste, EU sends it to Court
The European Commission has decided to send Croatia to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to ensure an adequate level of protection of human health and the environment at Crno brdo site in Biljane Donje, near the town of Benkovac, less than 50 meters from houses. The Commision said that for almost […]
Network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania and Croatia
The Romanian renewable energy company Renovatio and Croatia’s telecommunications services provider Hrvatski Telekom said that they will install the first 23 fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania by the end of 2018 marking the start of a project to set up a network of 69 fast charging stations and 4 ultra-fast charging stations in the […]
Trivan: Chapter 27 negotiation position in June but no hurry
Serbia’s Minister of Environmental Protection Goran Trivan said the Draft Negotiation Position for Chapter 27: Environment in the pre-accession negotiations with the European Union should be complete by the end of June 2018. The closing of that chapter will require huge investments because of the bad state of the environment in Serbia, he added. Members […]
Montenegro is one step closer to opening Chapter 27
The European Commission (EC) has accepted Montenegro‘s final negotiating position’s draft for Chapter 27 and said that EC representatives have already been working on their negotiating document. A few days ago, Montenegro also engaged a consultant on this chapter. Montenegro submitted its Draft on January 22nd. The Montenegrin Negotiating team representatives subsequently had a video […]
Greece’s RAE proposes stricter rules for renewables capacity auctions
Greece’s Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has suggested stricter participation requirements for the new three-year renewable energy (RES) auctions in order to increase successful bidding. The regulator has proposed EUR 1.000 as a minimum registration fee for renewable energy auctions to be calculated at EUR 150 per MW rate. According to the proposals, participants will […]
EC demands Slovenia to comply with Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
The European Commission has requested Slovenia to correctly transpose all the requirements of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) into national law. In the EU, buildings represent 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions. Under the law, Member States must establish and apply minimum energy performance requirements for new and existing buildings, […]
EC asked Bulgaria to comply with Third Energy Package
Arguing that Bulgaria has not transposed Third Energy Package electricity and gas directives into its national legislation, the European Commission asked Bulgaria to comply with the legislative package and correctly implement two directives concerning the common rules. Bulgaria now has two months to transpose the directives into its national legislation. Otherwise, the Commission may decide […]