UPDATE: Albania suspends tendering for setting up power exchange
Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has decided to suspend tendering for companies and financial institutions interested in becoming shareholders of a joint-stock company which would operate the Albanian power exchange (APEX). In March, the ministry published an invitation to bid, with an April 27 deadline to submit applications. The tendering commission suspends the submission of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Serbia, Hungary hope to merge power exchanges by end-2019
Serbia and Hungary are hoping that the planned merger between their respective power exchanges, SEEPEX and HUPX, will take place by the end of 2019, creating a powerful regional exchange to the benefit of the entire region, according to Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić. The merger will enable the two power exchanges […]
Slovenia’s ELES partners with Renault on e-mobility project
Slovenian transmission system operator (TSO) ELES has partnered with Renault for the first time as part of a European project in the field of e-mobility, the Slovenian TSO said on its website, adding that the project is also strongly supported by the Turin automotive industry. ELES is among 33 partners from 8 countries which have […]
ENTSO-E gets new leadership team
A newly elected team of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) will be led by Herve Laffaye, Deputy CEO of RTE (Reseau de Transport d’Electricite), the French transmission system operator (TSO). The new ENTSO-E leadership team took office on June 28. Laffaye is President of the ENTSO-E Assembly while the Vice-President […]
