Agricultural biomass in the Western Balkans
Authors are members of Serbian National Association SERBIO: Vojislav Milijić, president, Tomislav Micović, vice-president and Zorica Gluvakov, secretary. Most of the Western Balkans are situated in mountain areas, however there are significant portions of agricultural and arable agricultural land utilized for growing crops such as wheat, corn, soya, sunflower and others. Arable agricultural land used […]
Sustainable Energy Initiative mainstreams renewables
Under the framework of its Sustainable Energy Initiative, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development funded renewable energy generation with about EUR 4 billion between 2006 and the end of 2014, says Nandita Parshad, EBRD Director, Power and Energy Utilities. In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News, she underscored the challenges coming from changing […]
Energy intensive businesses pay smaller renewables fees?
The government prepares a new decree about incentives for energy from renewable sources, which will be the base for the new support scheme, Delo newspaper’s portal reported. According to the new rules, the energy-intensive industry shall pay EUR 10 million less for the support for renewables, while households and other businesses would contribute EUR 30 […]
University of Cyprus aims at energy autonomy
The construction of research park Apollo is going to start soon, and the project shall make the University of Cyprus autonomous in terms of energy, Famagusta Gazette said. One of the greatest successes for the institution is the operation of the photovoltaic park Phaethon, of 395 kW total power, which is estimated to contribute 632,000 […]
Power market and renewables laws in the pipeline
Croatian Economy Ministry carried out public consultation for the new Law on Renewable Energy Sources and High Efficiency Cogeneration as well as for the proposed changes in the Law on Electric Power Market. A discussion of experts and representatives of institutions and associations was organised on April 15 on the renewables bill, the ministry said […]
Smart grids could be Europe’s shale gas
Infrastructure for balancing intermittent solar and wind energy with flexible power demand could do for Europe what shale gas has done for the United States, European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič said on April 2, EurActiv.com and Reuters reported. Smart grids are crucial for EU single energy market plans as they could integrate more renewables […]
Renewables alter market game
More energy generated at the distribution level, from renewable sources, is requiring a system overhaul in operation and regulation, says Janez Kopač, Director of Energy Community Secretariat. Balkan Green Energy News asked the Director of Energy Community Secretariat about the organization’s stance on the Energy Union, the members’ progress towards common goals, electricity pricing and red […]
Sustainable Growth from Biomass conference with guests from Finland
The most important mechanisms for opening the Serbian market for biomass are in the recently adopted Law on Energy, and further regulation is due before the year’s end, covering matters such as guarantees of origin and the share of energy from renewable sources in consumption, said Mirjana Filipović, state secretary in the Ministry for Mining […]
