interviews
Photo: osebni arhivNazli Naseh, Montel-Foreks: Turkish Power Prices Expected to Steadily Increase
June 10, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Coal | Energy policy
Although the slowing of economic growth and the tumbling Turkish lira have pushed Turkish companies into debt and there may still be some difficult times ahead, electricity demand is expected to grow faster than supply in the future, resulting in slowly but steadily increasing power prices, Nazli Naseh, the director and editor of Montel-Foreks, explained in an interview with Energetika.NET. Naseh...
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Photo: LinkedinMatteo Ballarin, Europe Energy: Disruption Leading the Way to the Energy Future
June 3, 2019 | Alenka Lena Klopčič, MilanElectricity | Economy | Startup
“We want to break the rules and get out of the cage. We don’t want to hear what is and isn’t possible. We want to be an active player in Europe that brings changes and disruption,” said Matteo Ballarin, the founder and chairman of Europe Energy, at May’s launch of the company’s new brand called ‘withu’. The event took place in Milan, Italy, and it was also covered by...
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Photo: osebni arhivAdrian Joyce, EuroACE: Few EU Countries Will Implement Amended EPBD on Time
May 27, 2019 | Valerija Hozjan, Tanja SrnovršnikRES and EE | Energy policy | Economy
The part of the amended Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) that has caused the most difficulties for EU member states is the requirement that all new buildings completed on or after 1 January 2021 must be near zero-energy buildings. Very few member states are likely to comply with this on time, said Adrian Joyce, Secretary General of the European Alliance of Companies for Energy...
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Photo: Valerija HozjanValentinčič, Petrol: The Key Is in Connecting Business Models and Technologies
May 20, 2019 | Valerija HozjanElectricity | Oil and oil derivates | RES and EE | Transport | New technologies
“Renewable energy sources are the future and Petrol would like to see even more of them. However, the problem is the siting of such facilities. In some of our neighbouring countries, these procedures are a bit faster, so we are currently putting more focus on implementing these projects abroad,” explained Miha Valentinčič, Director of the Innovative Business Models and Digitalisation unit at...
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Photo: ACERAlberto Pototschnig, ACER: The Future Will Be Very Different From The Past
May 13, 2019 | Alenka Lena Klopčič, Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Energy policy | Economy
The internal market is one of the EU’s priorities, and that was really the main reason that the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) was established nine years ago. As Romana Jordan, the Chair of ACER's Administrative Board, stressed in a recent interview, in this regard such an agency should be anything but weak, since there is a higher chance of market abuse. “ACER will...
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Photo: Vermilion EnergyBryan Sralla, Vermilion: New Ideas Can Increase Oil and Gas Production in Croatia
May 6, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Oil and oil derivates | Economy
The fall in oil and gas production in Croatia as well as in other parts of Europe could still be turned around if new ideas and intelligent risk taking are applied. This has been the case in North America where due to new ideas, innovation and new technology production exceeds the previous peak, Bryan Sralla, the Managing Director of Vermilion Energy for Central and Eastern Europe, told...
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Photo: Igor Verstovšek; Foto: arhiv CosylabCosylab: We Want to Enter the Energy Sector with Advanced Industry Applications
April 22, 2019 | Valerija HozjanRES and EE | Energy policy | New technologies
The Slovenian technology company Cosylab, established 20 years ago under the auspices of Slovenia’s biggest research institute JSI (Jožef Stefan Institute), has 188 employees, 45 of which operate abroad, and is successfully alternating between the fields of science and industry. “It is our strategic focus to maintain and build upon our position in the field of particle accelerator control...
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Photo: David PlasKristian Ruby, Eurelectric: Europe Will Need a Lot of New Power Capacities
April 15, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Energy policy | Economy
Europe wants to decarbonise the power sector and expand the use of electricity across society at the same time. This means that a quite significant build out of the power sector needs to start as soon as possible, stressed Kristian Ruby, Secretary General of Eurelectric, in an interview with Energetika.NET. In this regard, Ruby mentioned that in addition to wind, solar and hydro, some countries...
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Photo: Aleš BenoT. Kmecl and P. Novak, Kolektor Etra: The Transformer Industry is Always Evolving
April 8, 2019 | Alenka Lena KlopčičElectricity | RES and EE | New technologies
Kolektor Etra, the Slovenian manufacturer of power transformers and autotransformers (of up to 500 MVA rated power and 420 kV rated voltage), ended the year as expected – with a turnover of over EUR 100 million and a somewhat lower profit than the year before. The management of the company, which also received the exporter of the year award in 2018, focuses not only on the changes in the energy...
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Photo: Studio BombaYoshiaki Ichikawa, Hitachi: Energy Should Have a Leading Role in Society 5.0
April 1, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE | CO2 emissions | New technologies
The Japanese development initiative Society 5.0 represents the next stage after the information revolution i.e. it represents the advent of new technologies such as AI, Big Data and the IoT. However, technology is only one aspect of Society 5.0. The second aspect is business, as Society 5.0 will promote innovation and a collaborative business ecosystem. The final, third feature is the sustainable...
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