KOSTT: ENTSO-E backs Kosovo’s* exit from control block lead by Serbia’s EMS
The vote on the new connection agreement between Kosovo’s transmission system operator (TSO) KOSTT and ENTSO-E was successfully concluded by the Regional Group of Continental Europe (RGCE), KOSTT has announced. RGCE is one of the five permanent regional groups or synchronous areas within ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators. With the vote and […]
Regional Security Coordinator for SEE to step up European integration in synchronous zone
The establishment of the Regional Security Coordinator (RSC) for Southeast Europe (SEE) is an important step towards European integration in a synchronous zone, by integrating two capacity calculation regions: Greece-Italy and Southeast Europe, said Manos Manousakis, CEO and Chairman of the Independent Power Transmission Operator – IPTO or Admie. In an interview with Balkan Green […]
Energoinvest, Končar to construct first N. Macedonia-Albania power line, new substation
North Macedonia’s transmission system operator (TSO) MEPSO has signed deals for a new 400 kV line to connect the country with Albania, a new 400/100 kV substation near Ohrid and an extension of Bitola 2 substation. Contracts worth EUR 35 million were awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Energoinvest and Croatia’s Končar. The new line will […]
KOSTT, OST sign deal to establish Kosovo*-Albania regulatory block
Kosovo’s* transmission system operator (TSO) KOSTT and Albania’s transmission system operator OST have signed an agreement on establishing a regulatory block of energy system Kosovo*-Albania, KOSTT said in a press release. According to Kosovo’s* TSO, ENTSO-E is familiar with the agreement between KOSTT and OST, which was signed in Tirana with the consent of the […]
IPTO, ESO, Transelectrica agree on Thessaloniki as seat of new SEE Regional Security Coordinator
IPTO, ESO and Transelectrica have agreed on establishing a new Regional Security Coordinator (RSC) for Southeast Europe in Thessaloniki, Greece, following long negotiations between the Greek TSO, the Bulgarian TSO and ENTSO-E. All the stakeholders have confirmed the decision for Thessaloniki to be the location of the new SEE RSC and all three NRAs have […]
HOPS, Siemens sign EUR 5 million contract under Sincro.Grid project
Croatian transmission system operator (TSO) HOPS and technology company Siemens have signed a contract on deploying a variable shunt reactor at transformer station TS 400/220/110 kV Melina, as part of the implementation of the EU-backed smart grid project Sincro.Grid, according to a press release on HOPS’ website. The value of the contract to deploy the […]
Fingrid acquiring new 400 MVA power transformers from Slovenia’s KOLEKTOR ETRA
Slovenia-based KOLEKTOR ETRA has signed a EUR 6 million contract to supply 400 MVA 400/120 kV power transformers to Finland’s transmission system operator Fingrid for its project to improve the electricity transmission connection between the south and north of Finland, according to a press release from Fingrid. The ordered power transformers will be delivered to […]
Energy Community contracting parties must speed up reforms to meet market coupling deadlines – report
The pace of reforms in the WB6 region overall must be accelerated if market coupling is to take place within the time horizon foreseen. The establishment of a legal framework harmonised with the Third Energy Package and a power exchange, the key prerequisites, are yet to be completed by all WB6 Contracting Parties, the Energy […]
