Slovenian government adopts changes to energy law
The Slovenian government has adopted the law on changes and amendments to the energy law and sent it to the Parliament for passage under an urgent procedure. According to a statement from the Slovenian government, the changes and amendments are connected with the implementation of two EU directives, a decision of the Constitutional Court of […]
MK Fintel Wind secured loan for Košava wind farm
MK Fintel Wind has announced that it has secured EUR 81.5 million for the completion of Košava Phase 1 wind park near Vršac in Serbia. MK Fintel Wind is owned by Italy’s Fintel Energia Group and Serbia’s MK holding, whose owner is businessman Miodrag Kostić, has already built two wind farms in Serbia. The construction […]
Montenegro to buy part of transmission network from Krnovo wind farm
The Government of Montenegro has decided to purchase a part of the power transmission infrastructure which France’s Akuo Energy has built for its Krnovo wind farm. A European Union grant of EUR 5.8 million has been secured for the transaction. The 110/35 kV Brezna substation with a connection to the existing Nikšić-Brezna transmission line, as […]
Commission for PPP helping municipalities adopt strategic approach
The protection of the public interest, clear allocation of responsibilities, risk sharing and raising the level of public services’ quality are among the most important tasks of the Commission for Public-Private Partnership (PPP), said Andrijana Jovanović, Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for PPP. In an interview for the Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model […]
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 […]
Several PPP projects in the pipeline
Arranging projects to strengthen energy efficiency includes calculating anticipated costs and comparing the cost-effectiveness of investor involvement, drawing loans and securing funds from the budget, Mayor of the City of Pančevo Saša Pavlov has said. In an interview for the Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model publication, he announced that the city government has […]
Wind energy: Croatia one of record-breakers, Serbia in top 10 in investments
Croatia installed 147 MW of wind power in 2017 and ended up as one of seven EU countries that had a record year in new wind energy installations. As for new asset financing in last year, with a EUR 600 million wind energy investment Serbia shared 10th place with Norway out of 38 European countries. […]
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 […]
