TRADING

CROPEX DA Volumes Jump Following Slovenia-Croatia Coupling

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič

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Volumes on the Croatian power exchange, CROPEX, have increased significantly following the successful coupling of the Slovenian and Croatian day-ahead markets on 19 June....

Kosovar Minister: Go-live of Albanian-Kosovar PX Expected in Early 2019

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič

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Serbia has been preventing the integration of the Kosovar energy market with Albania and the inclusion of the Kosovar electricity TSO, KOSTT, in the future Albanian power exchange....

Croatia’s Proposal for Law on RES to Soon Be Put into Procedure

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Peter Palčec

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A proposal for a new law on renewable energy sources (RES) will soon be put into procedure in Croatia, according to Croatia’s Minister of Environment and Energy, Tomislav Ćorić, re...

Albanian Regulator Approves New Contract between KESH and OSHEE

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič

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The Albanian regulator, ERE, has approved a new agreement between the Albanian incumbent generation company, KESH, and the distribution system operator, OSHEE, which will remain in...

Romanian Hidroelectrica Awarded Two Electricity Supply Contracts

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Peter Palčec

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The Romanian power producer Hidroelectrica was awarded two contracts to supply electricity to RATB and Metrorex in June 2018. The criteria used in choosing the contractor was the l...

Bulgarian Bulgartransgaz Announces Allocation Procedure for 2018/2019 Gas Year

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Peter Palčec

The Bulgarian state-owned gas TSO, Bulgartransgaz, will carry out a yearly capacity products allocation procedure for the 2018/2019 gas year on the Regional Booking Platform (RBP) ...

Articles of the day

BP: Coal Consumption Up for First Time in 4 Years

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Peter Palčec

Photo: Valerija Hozjan Kovač

Renewables grew strongly in 2017 by 17%, with wind and solar leading the way. Coal consumption was also up, growing for the first time since 2013, states the 2018 edition of the BP...

Slovenian Petrol to Exceed EUR 5bn Sales Revenue by 2022

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Andreja Šalamun

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The supervisory board of the Slovenian Petrol Group has discussed and approved a document titled ‘The Strategy of the Petrol Group for the period 2018 – 2022’. In accordance with t...

Minister Antić Opens Gas Pipeline Network in Serbia’s Topola

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Peter Palčec

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Serbia’s Minister of Energy and Mining, Alexander Antić, has officially put into operation the natural gas pipeline network in Serbia’s Topola municipality, states an announcement ...

FOCUS

Regulator: Romania to Offer Alternative Renewables Support Scheme as of 2021

Date: 19.06.2018 Author: Tanja S. Volarič, Budapest

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Romania plans to offer existing renewable energy producers the possibility to choose between two green support schemes as of 2020, or in 2021 at the latest: to stay with the green ...

STARTUP

PowerUp! 2018: Startups Bring Disruption, but Also Freshness!

Date: 20.06.2018 Author: Alenka Žumbar, Prague

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At this year’s PowerUp! competition, organised by Europe’s leading cleantech Accelerator InnoEnergy, more startups applied than last year, and their solutions were even more advanc...

INTERVIEW

Hungarian Ambassador to Slovenia: Black Sea Gas Could Play a Big Role in SEE

Date: 18.06.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič

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Hungary’s priority is to increase its access to natural gas from Southern Europe, and securing reverse flows with Slovenia is a very important part of this, the Hungarian Ambassado...