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Photo: pixabay.comOMV Petrom to Install 30 Fast EV Charging Stations in Romania and Bulgaria
June 1, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy
The Romanian oil and gas producer OMV Petrom and the charging points operator company Eldrive will install 30 fast-charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in OMV branded filling stations in Romania and Bulgaria. Implementation of the project will last approximately two years, states a press release from OMV Petrom published on the Bucharest stock exchange....
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Photo: IJS archiveCzech State to Lend Money To ČEZ to Push Ahead With Nuclear Expansion
June 1, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Energy policy
The Czech government has been given the green light to lend the majority state-owned utility ČEZ money for a planned multi-billion dollar expansion at its Dukovany nuclear power plant (NPP), writes Reuters....
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Photo: Andreja KrašnaRomanian Electrica to Merge Three Distribution Companies Within Electrica Group
June 1, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Economy
The board of directors of the Romanian power supplier and distributor Electrica has approved the merger of three distribution companies that are part of the Electrica group into one company. Thus, the three electricity distribution companies within the Electrica Group - SDEE Transilvania Nord, SDEE Transilvania Sud, and SDEE Muntenia Nord - will merge into a new company SDEE Transilvania Nord,...
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Photo: www.cez.czMontenegrin Komarnica HPP Investment to Amount to EUR 246m
June 1, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Energy policy
The Montenegrin government has adopted a detailed spatial plan for water accumulation on the Komarnica river. This document is a precondition for construction of the new 170 MW Komarnica hydropower plant (HPP), an investment estimated at EUR 246 million, states a press release from the government....
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Photo: arhiv Energetika.NETElektroprivreda BiH’s Investments Over 2020-2022 Period to Amount to EUR 951m
June 1, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Economy
Elektroprivreda BiH, the largest power utility in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), will invest KM 1.86 billion (EUR 951 million) over the 2020 -2022 period, according to the company’s business plan, which was recently adopted by the shareholders assembly of the company, states a press release from Elektroprivreda BiH....
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Photo: F. BuvaCroatian INA Exported One-Third of Domestic Crude Oil Production
June 1, 2020 | Peter PalčecNatural gas | Oil and oil derivates | Energy policy
The Croatian gas and oil company INA has exported 34% of the domestic crude oil it produced in 2019 and so far in 2020, reported SEEbiz.eu. The remainder of the domestic oil production has been processed in INA's refineries....
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Photo: Romania’s ANRE Enacts Order Introducing Gas Release Programme on 1 June
May 29, 2020 | Peter PalčecNatural gas | Energy policy
Romania’s energy regulator, ANRE, has published Order No.79/2020 in the Official Gazette. This order relates to the obligation to offer natural gas on centralised markets in Romania, which introduces a gas release programme on the Romanian market. The order will enter into force on 1 June 2020, according to Iustinian Captariu and Catalin Graure from the law firm Kinstellar....
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Photo: Petrol GeotermAscent Still Expects Significant Cash Generation From Slovenian Gas Project
May 29, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Economy
Ascent Resources, a U.K.-based oil and gas production and exploration company, has decided upon a dual-pronged strategy for Slovenia as it still sees “significant core economic value” in the Petišovci gas project and expects “significant cash generation from the asset in the medium term with further upside if global oil and gas prices continue to recover”. The updated strategy accelerates...
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Photo: PixabaySlovenian TSO and Kolektor Sisteh Provide Battery Storage Solution for Businesses
May 29, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
Slovenia's transmission system operator for electricity, ELES, has collaborated with the company Kolektor Sisteh to provide (both in Slovenia and internationally) a comprehensive solution for businesses that optimises power consumption by using advanced energy storage systems. According to ELES, the companies facing challenges in power supply “can benefit significantly from using a battery...
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Photo: Andreja KrašnaMacedonian MEPSO Reconstructs 110 kV Stip-Neokazi Power Line
May 29, 2020 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Energy policy
The Macedonian electricity TSO, MEPSO, has completed the activities needed in order to put the modernised 110 kV Stip-Neokazi transmission line, which is part of the Stip-Probistip transmission line, into trial operation, states a press release from MEPSO. North Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Oliver Spasovski, visited the construction site together with Macedonia’s Minister of Transport and...
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