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Photo: Evropska komisijaŠefčovič at EventHorizon: Blockchain Important, But There Are Still Many Issues
April 18, 2018 | Tanja S. Volarič, BerlinElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy | New technologies
Whilst the European Commission recognises the importance of blockchain technology for the “dramatic” energy transformation, there are still a lot of questions that need to be addressed. One of the issues is whether blockchain can be introduced “in a gradual way so that we would avoid sudden disruption and a difficult situation on the energy market”, said the European Commission Vice...
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Photo: Andreja ŠalamunIs Lithium the New Oil?
April 10, 2018 | Andreja ŠalamunRES and EE | Transport | Energy policy | CO2 emissions | New technologies | Economy
Lithium is one of the raw materials of increasingly critical strategic importance, which is why multinationals have already started buying into known reserves across the world, says Robert Dominko of Slovenia’s National Institute of Chemistry. Like many others, Dominko considers lithium to be the oil of the 21st century, with the benefit of being reusable. “There are several small start-ups in...
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Photo: Energetika.NETGood Prospects for Utilising SI-HU Gas Link, Go-Live of Phase 2 in 2023
April 5, 2018 | Tanja Srnovršnik VolaričNatural gas | Energy policy
Despite the fact that certain key decisions still need to be made before the Slovenia-Hungary gas interconnection project can be implemented – including the final investment decision – the impetus for the projects is good, as it involves an increase in the security of gas supply, said Marjan Eberlinc, the General Manager of the Slovenian gas TSO Plinovodi, at Wednesday’s workshop...
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Photo: ACERRomanian and Slovenian Wholesale Power Prices Up 17% and 13% in Q4 2017
April 3, 2018 | Tanja Srnovršnik VolaričElectricity
European wholesale baseload electricity prices reached on average 50 EUR/MWh (European Power Benchmark) in the fourth quarter of 2017, down 9% year-on-year comparison. The highest price increases were seen in Greece (32% to 60.5 EUR/MWh), Romania (17% to 47.6 EUR/MWh), and Slovenia (13% to 51.7 EUR/MWh), according to the European Commission’s latest electricity market report....
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Photo: www.pixabay.comEntrepreneurial Example: Iskratel – When There Is an Energy Disruption
March 26, 2018 | Alenka ŽumbarElectricity | RES and EE | New technologies
The Slovenian solutions company Iskratel is an important global trend setter in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT), which has been working on extending its mission, as well as its experiences and know-how, from ICT to the energy sector for 3 years now. According to Bojan Miličić, Head of Business Development at Iskratel’s Energy Department, the company (which even...
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Photo: ACEREC: Liquidity of Bulgarian IBEX Day-ahead Market Still Low
March 14, 2018 | Tanja Srnovršnik VolaričElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Energy policy
Despite recent positive steps, such as the sale of Bulgarian Energy Holding’s (BEH) stake in the power exchange IBEX to the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, the liquidity of the day-ahead segment of IBEX remains low, raising questions about price discovery standards, wrote the European Commission in its latest country report for Bulgaria, published last week....
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Photo: Barbara ReyaEn.odmev 018: Energy Industry Can Increase Loyalty by Utilising Data
March 8, 2018 | Tanja Srnovršnik VolaričElectricity | RES and EE | New technologies
What we are talking about today is not so much digitalisation, as the digital transformation of society, which means that the devices are gradually beginning to work in unison, said Devid Palčič of the Slovenian technology company Robotina at the morning round table of the strategic energy conference En.odmev 018, organised by Montel Energetika.NET and focusing on the digital transformation in...
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Photo: www.pixabay.comSlovenia’s Robotina Raising Funds for VPP Using Own Crypto Tokens
March 6, 2018 | Andreja ŠalamunElectricity | RES and EE | New technologies | Economy
The Slovenian technology company Robotina is aiming to raise USD 28.5 million by selling its own crypto tokens. This has attracted lot of interest, also from very serious investors, who wish to invest in the tokens because they are aware of the size of the power market, said Robotina’s CEO and President, Devid Palčič. He believes that energy that is saved is the cheapest, the cleanest, and...
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Photo: Delta-eeAndy Bradley, Delta-ee: Energy Companies Have an Advantage in Winning EV Race
March 1, 2018 | Tanja Srnovršnik VolaričElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy | New technologies | Economy
Energy monopolies will have to decide what kind of business they want to be in the future – asset- or customer-based. “It is very difficult for the same company to do both, because they are completely different types of business,” Andy Bradley, Director of Business Development at the specialised energy consulting company Delta-ee, told Energetika.NET, noting that the value is increasingly...
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Photo: Solvera LynxEntrepreneurial Example: From Energy Efficiency to Zero Emissions in Buildings and Industry!
February 26, 2018 | Alenka ŽumbarElectricity | RES and EE | New technologies | Economy
Its solutions can be found in the Spar supermarkets, where the GemaLogic system is used to monitor the energy consumption of their cooling equipment, as well as at the facilities of the Slovenian glass maker Steklarna Hrastnik, where the same system keeps the production of its prestigious products energy efficient. The company also installed metering systems for the Slovenian cement producer...
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