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Photo: Roman PeklajAlbanian PX to Be Launched in H1 2020
November 24, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Energy policy
The operation of the Albanian power exchange, ALPEX, and the day-ahead market coupling between Kosovo and Albania should be launched simultaneously in the first half of 2021, said the Energy Community Secretariat on Monday....
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Photo: Roman PeklajBiH No Longer Pursuing Power Market Coupling Initiatives
November 24, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Energy policy
The existing state-level law in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) does not envisage any tasks and competences related to the set-up and functioning of a day-ahead market in the country, said the Energy Community Secretariat on Monday. It noted that the initiatives for market coupling are no longer being pursued in BiH....
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Photo: Roman PeklajEQ: SEE Spot Prices Set to Rise This and Decrease Somewhat Next Week
November 24, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
Spot power prices in South East Europe (SEE) are expected to increase this week to average levels of around 50 EUR/MWh due to decreasing hydropower production, decreasing temperatures and strong Austrian spot prices due to low German wind power production, said Eylert Ellefsen, senior analyst and hydrology expert at Montel’s Energy Quantified (EQ)....
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Photo: EPCGMontenegrin Pljevlja TPP to Reach End of Operational Life By End-2020
November 24, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | CO2 emissions
Several coal-fired power plants in the Energy Community that are under limited lifetime derogation (opt-out) are rapidly getting close to the end of their remaining operational lifetime, with the first – the Pljevlja thermal power plant (TPP) in Montenegro – expected to reach the limit by the end of 2020, warned the Energy Community Secretariat on Monday....
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Photo: LNG HrvatskaLNG Croatia Ship Departs to Spain for LNG for Its Trial Operation
November 24, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Energy policy
The LNG Croatia FSRU vessel of the state-owned company LNG Croatia, which is developing the LNG terminal project on the island of Krk, departed from the Viktor Lenac shipyard last weekend for the port of Sagunto in Spain, “where the cargo necessary for commissioning of the terminal will be loaded on the FSRU,” said LNG Croatia....
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Photo: Roman PeklajSecretariat: Kosovo-North Macedonia Gas Link Gaining Momentum
November 24, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Energy policy
Kosovo has started engaging in developing a feasible and realistic gas supply route from North Macedonia, in addition to, or instead of, the favoured connection with Albania’s gas network, said the Energy Community Secretariat in its Annual Implementation Report, released on Monday....
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Photo: Alenka Lena KlopčičConsumption in Montenegrin Power Distribution System Up 5% in October
November 24, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
Users of Montenegro’s electricity distribution system consumed 199,780,482 kWh of electricity in October this year, which is about 5% more compared to the same period in 2019, said Montenegro’s electricity DSO, Crnogorski elektrodistributivni sistem (CEDIS), on Friday....
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Photo: Roman PeklajEuropean Commission: Hydrogen Produced from Nuclear is a Low-Carbon Source
November 23, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Natural gas | New technologies
“The European Commission will consider hydrogen produced from nuclear power as ‘low-carbon’,” said Paula Abreu Marques, head of unit for renewables and CCS policy at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy at the European Parliament, on 16 November, according to World Nuclear News....
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Photo: Roman PeklajCroatian HROTE Announces Results of Yearly Auction for ECO Balance Group in 2021
November 23, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity
The Croatian energy market operator, HROTE, has announced the results of the yearly auction for the sale of electricity from the ECO balance group in 2021, which was held on Thursday 19 November 2020. The yearly auction was held for a baseload power product of 110 MWh/h and the average weighted auction sale price achieved at the auction was 46.84 EUR/MWh, according to HROTE....
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Photo: Andreja KrašnaSerbian Regulator Approves EMS’s Development Plan for 2020-2029
November 23, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity
The Serbian energy regulator, AERS, has approved the electricity transmission system development plan of the Serbian electricity TSO, Elektromreža Srbije (EMS), for the period 2020-2029, as well as EMS’s transmission system investment plan for the period 2020-2022, announced AERS on its website....
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