Households in Kosovo*, Serbia have cheapest electricity in Europe
Kosovo* has the lowest gross tariffs for power for households and only Malta has a smaller share of taxes and levies for electricity in whole Europe. Turkey reported the biggest jump in power prices for the second half of 2019 in the continent on an annual basis. The regular semiannual statistical report has shown retail […]
Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Kosovo* still short on 2020 renewable energy targets
Five countries from the region – Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Kosovo* – have not yet reached their 2020 renewable energy targets. Greece managed to get to its threshold, according to the latest Eurostat data, for 2018. Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and Romania reached in 2015 their national targets for the share of renewable energy in […]
Households in Serbia and Kosovo* paid the lowest energy prices in Western Balkans
Households electricity prices in Serbia and Kosovo* are the lowest in the Western Balkans region, though both countries had the highest increase between the first half of the 2016 and first half of this year, the Eurostat data showed. Expressed in euro, the average electricity price per 100 kWh in the 1st half of 2017 […]
Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and Romania reach EU 2020 renewable energy goals
Four countries from the Balkan region – Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and Romania – reached their national targets for the share of renewable energy in total consumption by 2020, according to latest Eurostat data for 2015. Share of energy from renewable sources in final consumption in Romania reached 24.8 percent, achieving the country’s EU 2020 target, which […]
EU dependency on fossil fuel imports on rise despite energy consumption decrease
In 2015 gross inland energy consumption in the European Union (EU) is below its 1990 level but EU dependency on fossil fuel imports is on the rise. Gross inland energy consumption which reflects the energy quantities necessary to satisfy all inland consumption amounted in the European Union (EU) to 1,626 million tonnes of oil equivalent […]