Government adopts bills on energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, high-efficiency cogeneration
The Croatian government has sent two energy bills – on renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration and on energy efficiency – to the parliament. The bills envisage new rules concerning suppliers’ offtake of electricity from privileged producers, mandatory energy efficiency measures for end-consumers, and measures to increase the installation of solar panels in households. State […]
Electricity prices in Energy Community rise 11% for households, decline 19% for industry in last four years – ACER
In the period between 2013 and 2017, the average electricity price for households in the Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties (CPs), without Ukraine, increased by 11%, from 6.8 euro cents/kWh to 7.5 euro cents/kWh, while average industrial prices decreased by 19%, from 6.5 euro cents/kWh to 5.2 euro cents/kWh. The share of the energy component […]
Advocacy group calls for improved regulatory framework, premiums to incentivize renewables in Croatia
Croatia’s current investment potential in the sector of renewable energy sources is estimated at about EUR 1 billion, but for the potential to be realized, the country needs to tackle key challenges such as transitioning the incentive system to premiums, according to an advocacy group called Platforma za dobru energiju (Platform for Good Energy). The […]
Exergy to supply first-ever Made-in-Turkey generator for 10 MWe geothermal power plant
Exergy, a subsidiary of Italy’s Maccaferri Industrial Group, has attained the Turkish Certification for local manufacturing of generators thanks to collaboration with Nidec ASI, a multinational specialized in heavy duty industrial applications, according to a press release from Exergy, the producer of the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems for electricity production from renewable energy sources and waste heat […]
Italy’s PLC to acquire 51% of Romania’s Monsson Operation
Italian clean energy group PLC and Romanian renewable energy company Monsson Operation have entered into a strategic partnership, in what will result in PLC becoming the owner of a 51% stake in Monsson Operation by the end of November, the Romanian company has announced. Monsson Operation signed the first part of the M&A procedure, strengthening […]
Fresh tendering planned for development of renewable energy sources – PM
Montenegrin Prime Minister Duško Marković has announced fresh tendering procedures for the leasing of state land intended for the construction of power plants using renewable energy sources, as well as the signing of an agreement for a solar power plant at the location of Briska Gora in the Ulcinj municipality by the end of the […]
Heating plant in Banja Luka – domestic technology puts city on map of green cities
The implementation of the Eko Toplane Banja Luka district heating project, which uses a renewable energy source (RES), specifically wood chips, places the city on the Vrbas river on the map of smart and green cities of the region and Europe. Using biomass, i.e. wood chips, secures the financial security and sustainability of the project, […]
Low-carbon development in Bosnia and Herzegovina – an opportunity for economic development
Author: Nejra Spahić, mechanical engineer, Expert Associate, Energy Projects, the Regional Education and Information Centre for Sustainable Development in South-East Europe (REIC) Changes in the energy sector brought about by the start of market liberalization in the 1990s and the setting of the European Commission’s ambitious targets for cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in […]
