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Photo: www.pixabay.comACER’s Role to Be Further Strengthened
December 14, 2018 | Andreja ŠalamunElectricity | Natural gas | Energy policy | Economy
The European Commission welcomes the political agreement on a proposal to enhance the role of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), which is based in Ljubljana, said the European Commission's representative office in a press release. The agreement is an important achievement in the transition to a clean and secure energy system in Europe, noted the Commission....
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Photo: Mateja KegelMontenegro’s Power Consumption Down 6% in November
December 14, 2018 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Economy
Households in Montenegro consumed 97,779,134 kWh of electricity in November 2018, which is 13.4% higher compared to October 2018, and 6% less than in November 2017, said the Montenegrin power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG)....
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Photo: Andreja KrašnaAlbanian OSHEE’s Signs Co-operation Agreement with USAID
December 14, 2018 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Energy policy
The Albanian state-owned power distribution system operator (DSO), OSHEE, has signed a co-operation agreement with the international development agency USAID regarding technical assistance to improve the performance of OSHEE’s activities, states a press release from OSHEE. The agreement will mainly focus on the Shkodra Regional Directorate for a period of one year....
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Photo: © European Communities, 2009BiH: ERS’s Losses Substantially Higher in 2017
December 14, 2018 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Economy
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), one of the three power utilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), generated a loss of KM 52.8 million (EUR 26.99 million) in 2017. However, a revision of the company’s report shows that this number is actually much higher, since in its reports the management of the company included unpaid claims by the company holding members which are already outdated,...
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Photo: Gualberto107/FreeDigitalPhotosEBRD: Focus on Decarbonisation of Energy System
December 14, 2018 | Andreja ŠalamunElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy | CO2 emissions | New technologies | Economy
The Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved a new energy sector strategy on Wednesday for the next five years, which targets the creation of an energy sector that delivers clean, secure and affordable energy for all. The bank is closing its door to the financing of thermal coal mining and coal-fired electricity generation and will focus on the...
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Photo: www.pixabay.comBulgaria Expands Co-operation in Nuclear Energy with French Framatom
December 14, 2018 | Andreja ŠalamunElectricity | Energy policy | Economy
Bulgaria’s Energy Minister, Temenuzhka Petkova, and the Senior Vice President of the French company Framatom, Frederick Leliver, have outlined the prospects for expanding co-operation in the field of nuclear energy, announced the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy on its website on Wednesday....
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Photo: www.pixabay.comAlbanian KESH and Kosovo’s KEK to Deepen Co-operation
December 13, 2018 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Energy policy
Njazi Thaçi, Managing Director of the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK), held a meeting with Albania’s Ambassador to Kosovo, Qemal Minxhozi, in which they discussed how to increase the co-operation between KEK and the Albanian power utility KESH in the field of energy, states a press release from KEK....
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Photo: Roman PeklajSerbia Waiting For a Positive Opinion from EnC to Start New Gas Pipeline
December 13, 2018 | Peter PalčecNatural gas | Energy policy
Serbia can start the contract works on the 400 kilometre-long gas pipeline though Serbia as soon as it receives a positive opinion from the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat, reported Novosti.rs. The Serbian section of the gas pipeline is part of the Turkish Stream pipeline that will connect the Bulgarian and Hungarian gas transmission systems. Serbia could get huge revenues from the transit of...
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Photo: Andreja KrašnaSerbian EPS Puts 35/10 kV Preljina Transformer Substation into Operation
December 13, 2018 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Economy
Milorad Grčić, acting director of the Serbian power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), has put into operation the 35/10 kV Preljina transformer substation, located in the industrial zone near the Serbian city of Čačak. The value of this investment to date is estimated at RSD 160 million (EUR 1.35 million). The commissioning of this substation is very important because the Forverk factory...
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Photo: Simona DrevenšekElektroprivreda BiH Signs Contracts for Coal with Six Mines
December 13, 2018 | Andreja ŠalamunElectricity | Coal | Energy policy | Economy
Elektroprivreda BiH, the largest power utility in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has signed contracts with five mines from the Elektroprivreda BiH group as well as with the Banovići mine for the purchase of necessary quantities of coal for the production of electricity and heat in 2019, announced Elektroprivreda BiH on its website....
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