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Photo: Ana V. VršnakElektroprivreda BiH Aiming For 200 MW of PV Capacity By 2025
September 18, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE
Elektroprivreda BiH, the largest power utility in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), plans to reach about 200 MW of installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity by 2025, said the executive director of Elektroprivreda BiH, Admir Andelija, according to local media reports....
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Photo: Roman PeklajMany Issues Related to Enabling Flexibility in Power Markets and Grids Still Open
September 18, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy | New technologies
Flexibility can play an important role in electricity markets as well as networks, as it can enable some grid investments that would be needed to otherwise be avoided, said Leonardo Meeus from the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) on Wednesday in a webinar on enabling flexibility in electricity markets and networks. However, there are still many open issues. In terms of flexibility markets,...
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Photo: Roman PeklajCore TSOs Launch Consultation on Long-term Capacity Calculation Methodology
September 18, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
The electricity TSOs from the Core region launched their public consultation on Wednesday on the long-term capacity calculation methodology. The consultation will be open until 16 October, said the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E)....
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Photo: Roman PeklajCroatian CROPEX Announces Record Hourly Volume on Intraday Market
September 18, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity
The Croatian power exchange, CROPEX, has announced that an hourly volume of 518 MWh was traded on the intraday market for the delivery of energy on 15 September, which marks a record in the volume traded for a single hour since the start of the intraday market, states a press release from CROPEX....
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Photo: PlinovodiRomanian Gas Prices Fall Below Central European Benchmark
September 18, 2020 | Peter PalčecNatural gas | Energy policy
The future prices for the natural gas prices on the Romanian Commodity Exchange have fallen below the central European benchmark set on the Austrian CEGH exchange following the introduction of the gas release programme, reports Serbia-energy.eu....
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Photo: Energetika.NETBiH-Gas to Start Tržac-Bosanska Krupa Gas Pipeline Project in July 2021
September 18, 2020 | Peter PalčecNatural gas | Energy policy
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) gas TSO, BH-Gas, has filed an application for EUR 1.25 million worth of technical assistance to be provided within the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) for the BiH-Croatia western gas interconnection project (Tržac-Bosanska Krupa direction with branches to Bihać and Velika Kladuša), writes Energetika.ba. A final decision on the allocation of WBIF...
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Photo: Roman PeklajOIES: EU Hydrogen Strategy Lacks Commitment to Low-Carbon Hydrogen
September 17, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Energy policy
The EU expects EUR 382 billion of investment will be needed for renewable hydrogen by 2030. However, this will result in very modest hydrogen production of only 10 Mt/y (334 TWh), which may not be realistic as it assumes very high load factors for electrolysers. This means that in the transition period, large-scale hydrogen will have to come from low-carbon hydrogen, as part of which large-scale...
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Photo: Roman PeklajAdopted Just Transition Fund to Also Finance Gas Projects
September 17, 2020 | Peter PalčecNatural gas | Energy policy
The European Parliament voted on the Just Transition Fund on Wednesday. The EUR 17.5 billion fund has been designed to support the EU’s most fossil fuel-dependent regions in their transition to a low-carbon economy, while limiting the economic and social impacts. However, the adopted version of the Fund also permits the financing of gas projects, reports EurActiv....
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Photo: Energetika.NET archiveBulgaria to Have 2.65 GW of RES by 2030; Electricity Will Become More Expensive
September 17, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Natural gas | Oil and oil derivates | RES and EE | Coal | Energy policy
In its draft Sustainable Energy Development Strategy up to 2030 with a horizon to 2050, Bulgaria plans to have 2.65 GW of renewable energy capacities installed by 2030, mostly photovoltaic. However, according to Serbia-energy.eu, other paradoxical goals set in the draft strategy could increase the prices of electricity....
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Photo: Ana Vučina VršnakSEE NGO’s Call on EU to Tackle Legal Breaches By Chinese Companies in Europe
September 17, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Coal | Energy policy
The European Union needs to step up its action on violations of EU law by Chinese state-owned enterprises in Europe, warned civil society groups working in South East Europe on Monday, as European and Chinese leaders met online in lieu of the postponed Leipzig summit, states a press release from the NGO CEE Bankwatch Network. Despite Chinese policy guidelines requiring compliance with host country...
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