Regulator approves EUR 1.2 billion investment in grid

Electricity transmission company Transelectrica SA said the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) gave the go-ahead for its ten-year plan to invest RON 5.5 billion (EUR 1.2 billion) in network upgrade. The operator produces a plan for the following decade on a biannual basis. The Romanian government-controlled company runs transmission and market operations including infrastructure. The […]

Dobrudja-Burgas overhead line gets EU funding

Member states of the European Union agreed on a proposal from the European Commission to invest EUR 263 million in key trans-European energy infrastructure projects. Of the nine projects, four are in the electricity sector, with support worth EUR 53 million. The list will include the construction of a 100 kilometre electricity line between Dobrudja […]

EBRD plans loan for CEZ Distribution’s grid in Bulgaria

The proceeds of a loan being considered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are set to be used by CEZ Distribution (Razpredelenie) Bulgaria a.d. The target date for the final review of the senior package of EUR 116 million is September 7, the project summary document states. EBRD said the electricity distribution company […]

EPCG invests over EUR 2 million in electrical grid of Ulcinj

Power supply in the municipality of Ulcinj will be better and safer the following season due to an investment by the Montenegrin Electric Power Company (EPCG). The state-controlled utility recently launched works in the central part of the town, located in the country’s south. The project of a new substation is underway, and the facility […]

KEDS reveals EUR 300 million worth projects for grid

The plan for the elimination of voltage drops until 2025, with extension and reinforcement of the network and cutting technical and commercial losses, is worth EUR 300 million, said George Karagutoff, general director of Kosovo Electricity Distribution and Supply Company JSC. “It is great satisfaction when this vision does big changes for the good for […]

Enel overhauling electrical grid in Bucharest

Simco International Impex, an energy services company, has won a EUR 1.5 million contract to carry out investment and maintenance works on low-voltage and high-voltage public lighting networks in Bucharest, networks leased to Enel, according to a report published on Nine o’Clock portal. Enel Distribuţie Muntenia, the contracting authority, points out one third of the works can […]

News May 6, 2016