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Photo: MZOEĆorić: Croatia Preparing Two Big Tenders for Renewables
July 15, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Natural gas | Oil and oil derivates | RES and EE | Energy policy
Croatia will launch a tender for low-capacity electricity production from biomass and biogas by the end of the year. The government will open tenders next year for energy production from solar and wind plants with a higher capacity, said Croatia’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy, Tomislav Ćorić, last week at a conference on energy future in Croatia....
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Photo: Roman PeklajAgora: EU Budget Proposal Falls Short on Climate Goals
July 15, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikRES and EE | Energy policy | Economy
The European Commission’s proposal for the long-term EU budget and the new recovery instrument - a package worth EUR 1.85 trillion – poses a risk that Europe will face a vast shortfall in green investment as only EUR 80 billion have been firmly allocated to climate protection, warned the think tank Agora Energiewende on Tuesday....
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Photo: FE TradingEBRD Lends EUR 10m to Support Expansion of Fuel Distributor Coral Group in Serbia
July 15, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikOil and oil derivates | Economy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend RSD 1.18 billion (EUR 10 million equivalent) to Greece’s leading fuel distributor Coral Group to help it “bring premium quality fuels to Serbia" as part of the expansion of the company’s activities in the country, said the EBRD on Tuesday....
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Photo: PlinovodiACER: Most EU Gas Networks Not Yet Ready to Transport Hydrogen
July 14, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | RES and EE | Energy policy
Gas TSOs still do not accept the injection of, or allow hydrogen volumes into, the gas transmission network in 65% of 23 EU member states, shows a report published by the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) on Friday, following the unveiling of the EU hydrogen strategy by the European Commission on 8 July....
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Photo: Roman PeklajThe Digital Transformation is Becoming a Business Challenge for Utilities
July 14, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | RES and EE | New technologies
“The digital transformation is becoming a business challenge not just a technology support challenge. Technology is becoming a new product or new service. The conversions between IT and business are very prominent on the agenda for incumbent utilities, and the separation between IT and business that was relevant 10 or 20 years ago is no longer relevant. Nowadays it is really all about business...
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Photo: www.pixabay.comACER Consults on Statutory Documents of the New EU DSO Entity
July 14, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Energy policy
The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) launched a consultation on Monday on the statutory documents of a new European body, the EU DSO entity....
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Photo: MzIACER: Number of Electricity and Gas PCIs Continues to Fall
July 13, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Natural gas | Energy policy
The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has published its consolidated report on the progress of electricity and gas projects of common interest (PCIs) for 2020, which covers the period from 1 February 2019 to 31 January 2020. In the report, ACER stated that the number of electricity and gas PCIs for trans-European energy infrastructure is continuing to fall, especially in gas....
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Photo: Renjith Krishnan via FreeDigitalPhotosAround 60% of Bulgarian Houses Must Be Renovated By 2050
July 13, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy
“By 2050, 60% of the housing stock in Bulgaria and nearly 17% of the non-housing stock must be renovated. This will save 7,329 GWh of energy per year,” states a draft of the long-term national strategy to support the renovation of buildings up to 2050, developed by the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy, states a press release from the ministry....
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Photo: Roman PeklajEnergy Efficiency Measures Must Focus On Gas and Electricity Equally
July 10, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Transport | Energy policy | CO2 emissions
“I welcome the fact that the European Commission’s energy system integration strategy is setting the ‘energy-efficiency-first’ principle at the core of energy system integration. Thus, all energy carriers and fuels need to be taken into account when talking about energy efficiency measures. However, one of the issues I see with the strategy is that it defines electricity and end use...
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Photo: Energetika.NETWarren Buffett Buys Dominion Energy and Its Gas Assets
July 10, 2020 | Peter PalčecNatural gas
Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has bought the company Dominion Energy and its natural gas transmission and storage network for USD 4 billion (EUR 3.53 billion), reported Reuters....
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