Energy Community Report covers climate change for first time
The Energy Community’s latest Annual Implementation Report for the first time covers climate change, bringing details on the Contracting Parties’ climate change legislation and strategies, especially with respect to monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions. The document, presented yesterday, provides a comprehensive overview of the progress achieved by the Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties […]
China invests in Greek wind parks, IAE support investments in renewables
China’s Shenhua Group has bought 75% stake in Copelouzos’s four wind farms. The transaction is the first investment of the Chinese company in wind parks in Greece and comes on a day when the IEA’s review found that current policies will not be adequate to guide the energy sector towards the long-term energy transition and […]
Renewable sources of energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: issue of (un)sustainability
Author: Nihad Harbaš, Energy and climate change consultant Do we really know how much energy we generate and use in B&H? Consumption or use of energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) is unknown, although data on the annual consumption of about 140 PJ can be found. Although this sounds unbelievable at first, the energy balances […]
Update: EBRD, IFC finance wind farm Čibuk 1 of 158.4 MW
Vetroelektrane Balkana d.o.o. secured a credit line worth EUR 215 million for its Čibuk 1 wind power plant, most of which is planned to be built in the Kovin municipality, less than fifty kilometres northeast of the centre of Belgrade. The facility of General Electric Co.’s 57 turbines in the area of villages of Mramorak and Dolovo […]
Republika Srpska increases fees for power from renewable sources
The Republika Srpska Regulatory Commission for Energy decided to raise the fees that consumers pay to provide incentives for electricity produced from renewable energy sources. Electricity bills will be 0.7 percent higher from the start of 2018. The Commission said in statement that a number of new power production facilities had been built in Republika […]
Croatian Ministry calls for energy efficiency, renewables projects for industrial production
Croatia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy published an invitation for the co-financing of projects to raise energy efficiency levels and the use of renewable energy sources in industrial production. The Ministry said in a statement that it had secured a budget of HRK 114 million (around EUR 15 million) from the European Regional Development […]
Fourth RENEXPO BiH to be held in Sarajevo in November
On November 8 and 9, the Fourth RENEXPO BiH will gather in Sarajevo investors, decision makers, local and international experts, representatives of ministries and municipal authorities and businesses in the field of renewable energy, energy efficiency, water management and environment. The fair is announced as the largest fair in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in the […]
Croatia increased fee for renewable energy after four years
After four years, Croatia increased the incentive fee for renewable energy sources that is payed by citizens through electricity bills. The fee is increased from EUR 0.47 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to EUR 1.42 per kWh. The Croatian government decided to increase the fee on August 31. The decision came into force on September 1. […]