Still Significant Barriers to Wholesale Gas Trading in SEE
Date: 21.09.2017 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič
Photo: ACER
The top five barriers to wholesale gas trading in illiquid hubs are: weak political support for wholesale market development; the absence of a virtual trading point (VTP)/exchange; insufficient
Slovenian PX Launches Block Products and Negative Prices
Date: 21.09.2017 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič
Photo: Roman Peklaj
The Slovenian power exchange (PX), BSP SouthPool, introduced block products and negative prices in the day-ahead market on 20 September (for the delivery day 21 September), said the exchange.
Regulatory Changes to Also Impact Gas Sector
Date: 21.09.2017 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič
Photo: Roman Peklaj
Gas is very promising, but it is not a given, stressed Tim Cayford from Eurogas on Wednesday at the Energy Community Gas Forum in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Cayford presented new regulatory developments in
NTC Value for Bulgaria-Greece Power Link to Increase by 50 MW
Date: 21.09.2017 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič
Photo: © European Communities, 2009
The value of the net transfer capacity (NTC) between Greece and Bulgaria will increase by 50 MW in the period between 25 September and 29 September 2017 in the direction from Bulgaria to Greece, said
First Gas Network Codes Could Be Adopted by Energy Community by End-2017
Date: 20.09.2017 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič
Photo: Tanja S. Volarič
It seems that the first gas network codes will be adopted by the Energy Community very soon, perhaps even by the end of this year, said Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, on
New SEE Report: Romanian Spot Power Prices Increase to Over 50 EUR/MWh
Date: 20.09.2017 Author: Energetika.NET
Photo: Roman Peklaj
Find out more about the latest movements of spot power market prices in South East Europe (SEE) in Balkan Energy Trading report, prepared for Energetika.NET by Balkan Energy News.
Questionable Future for Small Modular Reactors in Power Generation
Date: 20.09.2017 Author: Tanja S. Volarič, Mojca Drevenšek
Photo: arhiv Energetike.NET
Small modular reactors (SMR) will not replace large, classical nuclear power plants, as both these types of nuclear reactors have very different objectives, capabilities and challenges, assessed
Nikolić: Vertically Integrated Group Could Make Use of Flexibility of HSE Output
Date: 20.09.2017 Author: Ana Vučina Vršnak
Photo: Ana V. Vršnak
“By connecting all the way to the end consumer, HSE will become comparable, at least in the non-regulated part, to similar companies in the area, such as HEP, EPS, and CEZ – but also to GEN
EPEX SPOT: Only Technical Price Limits Necessary
Date: 20.09.2017 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik VolaričPhoto: ACER
Regulatory price caps should be removed to allow free price formation. Only EU-wide harmonised technical price limits – set by market operators – are necessary, wrote the EPEX SPOT power exchange
Overhaul of Unit 6 of Slovenia’s Šoštanj TPP Scheduled for May and June 2018
Date: 19.09.2017 Author: Ana Vučina Vršnak
Photo: Ana V. Vršnak
Next year’s overhaul of unit 6 of Slovenia’s Šoštanj thermal power plant (TPP) will take place from 7 May to 2 July 2018. During this time, only unit 4 will be in operation, as unit 5 is
Slovenian Traders ECE and E 3 to Become Part of HSE
Date: 19.09.2017 Author: Ana Vučina VršnakPhoto: Ana V. Vršnak
In July this year, the Slovenian energy companies Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE), Elektro Celje, Elektro Gorenjska, and Elektro Primorska signed a letter of intent with the objective of linking
Chinese CEEC Set to Invest in BiH's Kamengrad Mine and TPP
Date: 19.09.2017 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič
Photo: Alenka Žumbar
The Chinese company China Energy Engineering Group (CEEC) is to make a final decision by the end of this week regarding whether to invest in the project to construct the Kamengrad mine and thermal
