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Russian Gazprom Considering Construction of 300 MW Power Plant in Serbia
Russian Gazprom Energoholding is considering the construction of a 300 MW power plant in Serbia, said the company’s director, Denis Fyodorov, according to serbia-energy.eu....
Date: 22.05.2019,
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Serbia To Complete New Gas Interconnection in December 2019
“The new gas pipeline through Serbia that will connect the Bulgarian and Hungarian gas transmission systems, and which will also serve as a continuation of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, will be com...
Date: 22.05.2019,
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Reports: Czech ČEZ Considering Also Leaving the Romanian Market
The Czech utility ČEZ Group intends to sell its business in Romania, including distribution and supply mainly in the Oltenia region and the energy production assets located in the Dobrogea region, acc...
Date: 22.05.2019,
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Secretariat: Go-Live of Montenegrin PX Expected in Q1 2020
Following the selection of Nord Pool as a strategic partner for the establishment of the Montenegrin day-ahead power market, the Montenegrin power exchange is expected to go-live in the first quarter ...
Date: 22.05.2019,
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Secretariat to Propose Carbon Pricing Mechanism Fit for Energy Community
Implementation of the EU ETS mechanism in the Energy Community is not realistic. Therefore, the region will have to look at some different mechanisms for how to price carbon, said Jasmina Trhulj from ...
Date: 23.05.2019,
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Construction Works Begin on Bulgaria-Greece Gas Interconnection
Construction works on the Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector (IGB) officially started on 22 May. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Bulgarian and Greek prime ministers, Boyko Borissov and A...
Date: 23.05.2019,
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MOL Teams Up With InoBat for Development of Hydrogen Projects in CEE
The Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the development of hydrogen technology projects in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with the regional accelerato...
Date: 21.05.2019,
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SEE Region Has RES Potential of 740 GW
“The South East European region has a renewable sources (RES) potential of 740 GW. Of this amount, 120 GW is represented by solar potential and 532 GW by wind potential - both of which are largely unt...
Date: 24.05.2019,
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EBRD Tightens Standards for HPPs
As a result of public resistance to small-scale hydropower projects in the Balkans, from the beginning of 2020 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will ask commercial banks to ...
Date: 22.05.2019,
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EU Household Power Prices Up 3.5% in H2 2018
Household electricity prices increased in the European Union (EU) by an average of 3.5% to 21.2 EUR/100 kWh between the second halves of 2017 and 2018. In Bulgaria household electricity prices increas...
Date: 22.05.2019,
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No Croatian Power Futures in Short Term
Trading in financial futures is getting increasingly popular in Western Europe and we believe this trend will also come to Central and South Eastern Europe (CEE/SEE), as it is easy, flexible and cheap...
Date: 24.05.2019,
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Romanian Regulator Working on RES Aggregation
The Romanian energy regulator, ANRE, announced that it is working on legislation for the aggregation of different renewable sources, such as wind and solar, reported energynomics.ro....
Date: 22.05.2019,
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Kosovar KEDS Launches New 20 kV Power Line
The Kosovar electricity distribution company, Kosovo Energy Distribution Services (KEDS), has put a brand new 20 kV power line into operation, which is the first of its kind in Kosovo, near the villag...
Date: 23.05.2019,
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Montenegrin Activists Against Construction of Small Hydropower Plants
Environmental activists, as well as the EU, are concerned about the proliferation of small hydropower plants in Montenegro and their impact on rivers. The activists in Montenegro have submitted a peti...
Date: 22.05.2019,
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SEE CAO: 27.56 EUR/MWh Auction Price Achieved at Turkey-Greece Border
The South East European Coordinated Auction Office (SEE CAO) has announced the results of the monthly auction for the allocation of physical transmission rights (PTR) for June 2019. The highest auctio...
Date: 22.05.2019,
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Croatian HEP Opskrba Launches Public Call For RES Projects
The Croatian state-owned power utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP) and its supply subsidiary HEP Opskrba have announced a public call for assigning funds for renewable energy, energy efficiency and...
Date: 23.05.2019,
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BiH’s Elektrokrajina Launches Distribution Grid Modernisation
Elektrokrajina, the largest electricity distribution company of Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), one of the three power utilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has concluded contracts with c...
Date: 22.05.2019,
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Bulgarian Small PV Plants Owners Demand Electricity Price Increase
Owners of small photovoltaic plants in Bulgaria have threatened civil disobedience if the purchase price of electricity produced from green sources does not increase. They have threatened traffic bloc...
Date: 23.05.2019,
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Bulgaria Announces Belene NPP Investor Procedure in EU’s Official Journal
The procedure for participation in the bidding process for a strategic investor in Bulgaria’s Belene nuclear power plant (NPP) was announced on 22 May in the Official Journal of the European Union, st...
Date: 23.05.2019,
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Threefold Increase in Republika Srpska’s Power Imports in Q1
The poor hydrological start to the year and a significant reduction in production at the Trebišnjica hydropower plants (HPPs) resulted in the fact that the value of Republika Srpska’s electricity impo...
Date: 21.05.2019,
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