EUSEW 2018: Presentation of finalists – WiseGRID’s tools for a smarter grid
Winners of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 will be unveiled on June 5. A total of 12 finalists from 10 different EU countries across 4 categories (Consumers, Public Sector, Businesses, and the newly added Young Energy Leaders) are on the shortlist of the year’s most successful projects. The full list of finalists is here, […]
Investments stalled amid uncertainty over renewable energy subsidies
The fact that seven months before the expiry of the decree on incentive measures for renewable energy sources it is not yet known what the future framework will be created a great deal of uncertainty for the industry, which is slowing down or delaying investments. With this in mind, companies with renewable energy projects in […]
Workshop on revision of incentive model for renewable energy sources
The Association for Sustainable Development (ASOR), with the support of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is organizing on Tuesday a workshop New Energy Regulatory Framework for Serbia: recommendations, obligations, implications, dedicated to industry representatives. ASOR reminds that adoption of the new regulatory framework in the energy sector is expected soon, so it is very […]
Romania’s prosumers are stuck – government doesn’t know how to tax them
Even though Romania introduced the prosumers into legislation 10 years ago, there is still no fiscal regime that would address them. According to energy minister Anton Anton, the Ministry of Public Finance does not know how to tax prosumers. Romanian citizens interested in this activity can’t produce electricity and sell it to the power grid […]
Energy Community published Policy Guidelines on prosumers
The Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat has issued Policy Guidelines on the Grid Integration of Prosumers to help self-consumption schemes become fully operative in EnC Contracting Parties. The majority of EnC Member States lacks comprehensive legislation in relation to small-scale renewable plants for self-consumption. The Policy Guidelines defines the “prosumer’’ as an electricity consumer that produces […]
3Smart project to provide setup for energy management in Danube region
The regional project ”Smart Building – Smart Grid – Smart City” (3Smart) has been officially launched. It aims to provide a technological and legislative setup for cross-spanning energy management of buildings, energy grids and major city infrastructures in several countries of the Danube region. The 3Smart project includes the development of a modular platform for […]
EFdeN – Solar house and status of prosumers in Romania
By Mihai Toader-Pasti and Claudiu Butacu, co-founders energiaTa and EFdeN EFdeN is one of Europe’s most sustainable houses. It is situated in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The house has been developed by a passionate team of students, who participated in the third European edition of the Solar Decathlon competition, which took place in 2014 […]
