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Photo: Victor Habbick via FreeDigitalPhotosFBiH Initiates Activities to Award Concessions for Oil and Gas Exploitation
November 15, 2019 | Peter PalčecNatural gas | Oil and oil derivates | Energy policy
The Minister of Energy, Industry and Mining of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), Nermin Džindić, has announced that the Federal Government has decided to launch activities to award a concession for the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas in FBiH. In the next 15 days, following the announcement of an international public invitation to tender, interested bidders will have...
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Photo: Gorenje SolarSerbia Founds First Energy Cooperative ‘Sunny Roofs’
November 15, 2019 | Peter PalčecRES and EE
Citizens of Šabac have founded the first energy cooperative in Serbia, called Sunny Roofs. The cooperative will soon launch a crowdfunding campaign for its first project, the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the roof of the Toplana-Šabac public heating utility. The investment in the 16.5 kW plant is estimated at EUR 15,000, reported Balkangreenenergynews.com....
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Photo: Alenka Lena KlopčičRomania: Higher Regulated Power Prices for Hidroelectrica and Nuclearelectrica
November 15, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Energy policy
Regulated electricity sales prices will increase by about RON 5 (EUR 1.05) per MWh from 1 January 2020 for both Romania’s state-owned Nuclearelectrica, the operator of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant (NPP), and Romania’s largest power producer, Hidroelectrica reported economica.net....
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Photo: GCAENTSOs: Decarbonisation to Decrease Gas Imports After 2030
November 14, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Energy policy
While imports of energy - in particular of gas - are expected to increase in the EU until 2030 due to the declining domestic natural gas production, the “insourcing” of energy production - namely indigenous production of renewable gas - will reduce the import dependency to about 20-36%, wrote the European networks of TSOs for electricity and gas, ENTSO-E and ENTSOG, in their finalised joint...
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Photo: Slovenian GEN-I Expands E-Mobility Services to Croatia
November 14, 2019 | Peter PalčecElectricity | RES and EE | Transport
The Slovenian company GEN-I and Hrvatski Telekom, the largest operator of public and private electric vehicle chargers in Croatia, have signed a cooperation agreement. Owners of electric vehicles (EV) from Slovenia and Croatia using GEN-I's e-mobility services will be able to use charging stations for electric vehicles operated by Hrvatski Telekom, said GEN-I in a press release....
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Photo: arhiv MOLHungarian MOL Acquires German Plastic Compounder Company Aurora
November 14, 2019 | Peter PalčecEconomy | Ecology
The Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has announced that with effect from 31 October 2019 it has acquired a 100% shareholding in Aurora, a German plastic compounder company. As a result of the acquisition, the MOL Group is strengthening its position in the recycled, sustainable compounding segment and in the automotive supplier industry, states a press release from MOL....
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Photo: PixabayGlobalData: Number of EV on Roads Worldwide Increased to Five Million in 2019
November 13, 2019 | Peter PalčecElectricity | RES and EE | Transport | Energy policy
“We are at the very beginning of the era of electric vehicles (EVs). Today, there are five million EVs on the world’s roads, which is up two million from 2018. China is in the leading position in terms of the largest EV market, followed by Europe and the US. However, large-scale commercial production of EVs by the big car makers is unlikely to take off until 2025,” states a press release...
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Photo: arhiv Energetike.NETEU Finance Ministers Call for End of Fossil Fuel Funding
November 12, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Coal | Energy policy | Economy
Multilateral development banks, such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank, should adopt responsible investment policies and “phase out financing of fossil fuel projects, in particular those using solid fossil fuels, taking into account the sustainable development and energy needs, including energy security, of partner countries”, said EU finance ministers in a joint...
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Photo: www.pixabay.comUSAID to Implement EPA Project in Republika Srpska
November 11, 2019 | Peter PalčecEnergy policy
The Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) entity Republika Srpska, Petar Đokić, has spoken with representatives of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), states a press release from the government of Republika Srpska. During the meeting, among others, USAID representatives presented a new project titled ‘The Energy Sector...
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Photo: Roman PeklajGo-live of CEE Intraday Power Coupling Expansion Confirmed for 19 November
November 8, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
Nominated electricity market operators (NEMOs) and transmission system operators (TSOs) have confirmed the target date for the go-live of the second wave of the single intraday coupling project (SIDC, formerly known as XBID) on 19 November with the first deliveries due on 20 November. According to the NEMOs and TSOs, this confirmation follows the successful completion of testing and the first...
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