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Photo: Roman PeklajBiH virtual plants aggregate 200 MW of renewables in 2023
November 29, 2023 | Maja ŽuvelaElectricity | Renewables | Energy policy
Seven virtual power plants have managed to aggregate 200 MW of renewable energy capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to date, the country’s independent system operator Nos told Montel on Wednesday....
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Photo: Roman PeklajFirst EU green hydrogen subsidy auction opens with EUR 800m
November 23, 2023 | Siobhan Hall, MontelEnergy policy
The first EU renewable hydrogen subsidy auction has opened with up to EUR 800m in total available to support producers, helping to build a market and decarbonise industry, said the European Commission on Thursday....
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Photo: DOTI 2009Respect Energy, EPCG eye 2 GW of offshore wind in Montenegro
November 23, 2023 | Maja ŽuvelaElectricity | Renewables | Energy policy | Economy | En.vision
Warsaw-based Respect Energy Holding and Montenegro’s power utility EPCG have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the possibility of developing 2 GW of offshore wind capacity in Montenegro....
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Photo: arhiv HESSEEG to build 360 MW agrivoltaic plant in Croatia
November 21, 2023 | Dalibor DobrićElectricity | Renewables | New technologies
Swiss-Croatian EEG Energy Group plans to build an agrivoltaic power plant with an installed capacity of 360 MW in northern Croatia and add 240 MW of battery storage, its Croatian CEO Boris Hrlec told Montel....
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Photo: Roman PeklajEnergy Community GOs could add 60 TWh to European market
November 17, 2023 | Maja ŽuvelaElectricity | Renewables
An eventual EU recognition of the Energy Community’s guarantees of origin (GOs), excluding Serbia, would increase the GO market size by 60 TWh, from the current 750-800 TWh, said a senior originator at Norwegian Statkraft....
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Photo: MontelFour Balkan countries agree to couple their power markets
November 15, 2023 | MontelElectricity | Energy policy | Economy
Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo and EU member Greece have signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday aimed at coupling their day-ahead power markets....
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Photo: Tanja S. VolaričSwitch to biogas can halve Serbia’s gas costs – developer
November 9, 2023 | Dušan TeleskovićElectricity | Renewables | Energy policy | Gases
Serbia can produce enough biomethane to cover the entire 3bcm of annual domestic natural gas demand and this way can halve its gas procurement costs, a renewables developer told Montel on Thursday....
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Photo: Energija ProjektSenj wind farm tops Croatian power producer earnings in 2022
November 7, 2023 | Dalibor DobrićElectricity | Renewables | Economy
The company Energija Projekt, operator of the 156 MW Senj wind farm, posted the highest net profit in the Croatian electricity production sector in 2022, according to data from the Croatian Financial Agency (Fina)....
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Photo: MontelMontenegro NGO urges new cabinet to pass NECP, set coal exit
November 2, 2023 | Maja ŽuvelaElectricity | Renewables | Coal | Energy policy | CO2 emissions | Economy | Ecology | En.vision
Montenegro’s new energy and ecology ministries are expected to unblock stalled reforms that are needed for the country’s green energy transition and set a final coal phase-out deadline, an environmental NGO said....
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Photo: Dalibor DobrićGE, CWP plan 826 MW of wind and solar in Albania
October 30, 2023 | MontelElectricity | Renewables
US conglomerate General Electric (GE) and renewable energy developer CWP are planning to install a total of 826 MW of solar and wind capacity in Albania, the Albanian Investment Development Agency’s (Aida) document shows....
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