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Photo: Roman PeklajDSOs Facing Major Change
February 21, 2019 | Andreja ŠalamunElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy | CO2 emissions | New technologies | Economy
If we want to ensure that the electricity distribution system operators (DSOs) are able to tackle the challenges that await them, we will need to secure a large amount of solid investment in the electricity system in the next five to ten years, according to a recent study by Ernst & Young (EY) and Eurelectric. The study stresses the importance of DSO transformation and the DSO’s growing...
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Photo: Energetika.NET archiveBP: Renewables to Be World’s Largest Source of Electricity by 2040
February 19, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Natural gas | Oil and oil derivates | RES and EE | Coal
Renewable energy will be the world’s main source of electricity by 2040. The EU will continue to lead the way in terms of the penetration of renewables, with the share of renewables in the EU power market increasing to over 50% by 2040, according to a report titled ‘BP Energy Outlook 2019’, published by the company BP....
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Photo: Roman PeklajStern: Gas Industry Faces Massive Challenge to Decarbonise
February 15, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Energy policy | CO2 emissions
“The next 5-10 years will be a crucial period for the gas community to put forward and demonstrate how it will deliver credible decarbonisation narratives. Failure to do so is likely to result in the adoption of electrification rather than gas decarbonisation options,” stressed Jonathan Stern from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) in a recently published paper....
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Photo: www.pixabay.comAmended EZ-1 Would Allow Slovenian TSO to Choose Foreign Primary Regulation Provider
February 13, 2019 | Andreja ŠalamunElectricity | Energy policy | Economy
One of the changes which could follow from Slovenia’s amended Energy Act (EZ-1) – the deadline for comments is 21 February – is the introduction of payable primary regulation, which the country’s electricity system, unlike most other systems, does not yet have. NGOs warn that this could raise the price of electricity for households and allow for the planned channelling of additional...
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Photo: Vladimir HabjanSalobir: Slovenia’s Eles Hoping to Play Different Roles in New Storage Projects
February 8, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE | New technologies
The projects of the Slovenian TSO Eles, including the NEDO project, have roused the country’s interest in energy storage and the related technologies. Eles is hoping to take on further projects of this kind, assuming different roles and moving beyond the role of a technology user, the TSO’s Strategic Innovation Director, Uroš Salobir, told Energetika.NET on the sidelines of Wednesday’s...
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Photo: LNG HrvatskaLNG Croatia Adopts FID for LNG Terminal, Deems Project to Be Cost Effective
February 5, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Energy policy | Economy
LNG Croatia adopted a final investment decision (FID) on 31 January 2019 for the project to construct a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the island of Krk, wrote the company on its website. As the capital costs of the investment itself will be largely covered by grants, the investment will have a positive return on investment for the shareholders of LNG Croatia - the Croatian...
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Photo: ACERFurther Mergers Expected in Slovenian Power Market; Calls for a New Major Player
February 4, 2019 | Valerija HozjanElectricity | Energy policy | Economy
In Slovenia, a growing number of companies are taking up electricity supply. Energetika.NET turned to some of the companies active in this field, as well as some large consumers, to ask them if there are perhaps too many players active in the country’s small market and whether we can expect further mergers in the sector. Some of the large consumers revealed that they would like to see at least...
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Photo: Tanja SrnovršnikStambolis: Greece to Have a Well-developed Gas Hub in Early 2020
January 31, 2019 | Tanja Srnovršnik, ViennaNatural gas | Energy policy
“East of Vienna there is not a single functioning proper gas trading hub,” said Costis Stambolis, Executive Director of the Institute of Energy for South East Europe, on Tuesday at the European Gas Conference (EGC) in Vienna, Austria. However, Stambolis expects this to change soon as in “early 2020 there will be a really well-developed gas hub in Greece”. Meanwhile, Gottfried Steiner, CEO...
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Photo: iStockphotoStudy: Sector Coupling Can Lower the Cost of Energy System Decarbonisation
January 25, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Energy policy | CO2 emissions
Energy system integration and sector coupling can substantially reduce the costs of the transition to a decarbonised energy system. For Germany, it has been estimated that the transition to a well-integrated energy system in 2050 with a broad energy technology mix would be EUR 600 billion cheaper than a system that is strongly dependent on electricity only, according to a study on sector coupling...
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Photo: Andreja KrašnaENTSO-E: European Power System Secure Despite Rapid Changes
January 23, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy
The number of incidents on the transmission grid is extremely low in Europe - only two minor incidents (scale 2) were registered on the transmission grid in 2017, both of which took place in isolated systems. “This shows that despite a high level of constraints on their networks, and despite a system in transition, TSOs are able to maintain a secure electricity system,” wrote the European...
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