Greek exchanges ATHEX, HEnEx to provide power trading platform for Albania’s ALPEX
The contract for the establishment of the joint power exchange for Albania and Kosovo* was signed after the third tender launched by ALPEX
Power exchange in Montenegro to become operational in H2 2022
Montenegrin Power Exchange, EPEX SPOT, and Slovenian power exchange BSP SouthPool have signed a service agreement
Bulgaria, North Macedonia to couple day-ahead markets in 2022
Two countries have signed MoU to push forward the electricity market coupling project which started back in 2018.
Greece launches three power markets as part of electricity market reform
The Hellenic Energy Exchange (HEnEx) has launched three power markets - the day-ahead, intraday and balancing segments.
Albania, Kosovo* sign agreement to establish joint power exchange
Kosovo’s transmission system operator (TSO) KOSTT and its Albanian counterpart OST have signed the agreement on the establishment of the Albanian Power Exchange – ALPEX, formerly called APEX. The shareholder agreement for ALPEX was signed by Chief Executive Officer of KOSTT Ilir Shala, and Administrator of OST Skerdi Drenova. ALPEX, based in Tirana, will operate […]
Greece to move forward with privatization of energy, mining companies
Minister of Environment and Energy of Greece Kostis Hatzidakis announced plans for a quick sale or partial privatization of companies in the energy and mining sectors. He asserted the government would soon introduce the so-called target model so that power producers would be able to make bilateral supply contracts with corporate consumers. “The government supports […]
Albania selects shareholders of company for setting up power exchange
Albania has selected the shareholders of a company which will operate the Albanian power exchange (APEX). The firm will start operation in Q1 2021, according to the Energy Transition Tracker. The Energy Community Secretariat has launched a tracker to monitor the energy transition process in the Western Balkans. The first edition of the tracker brings […]
Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia link intraday markets with 14 EU countries via SIDC project
In the second wave of the European Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC, formerly XBID) project, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia have successfully linked intraday markets with fourteen countries active in operational work since June 2018. The second wave will enable continuous cross-border trading of electricity in the intraday timeframe across seven countries […]