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Photo: ACERDAM Volumes on Bulgarian IBEX Reach 8.4 TWh in 2019
January 23, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
A total of 8.4 TWh was traded through the Bulgarian power exchange IBEX’s day-ahead platform in 2019, up 43.14% compared to 2018, said IBEX on Wednesday....
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Photo: www.gov.bgBulgarian Bulgargaz to Reserve Up to 500mcm IGB Gas Transmission Capacity
January 23, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Energy policy
The Bulgarian state gas provider Bulgargaz will reserve additional capacity for transmission via the Greece-Bulgaria interconnector (IGB) of up to 500 million cubic metres per year for a period of three to five years, said ICBG, the company in charge of the IGB project, this week....
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Photo: TEŠSlovenia’s Šoštanj TPP Plans Four Two-week Shutdowns of Unit 6 This Year
January 23, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
As many as four two-week shutdowns of the 600 MW unit 6 of the Šoštanj thermal power plant (TPP) for emergency maintenance work are planned for this year, said the CEO of the Slovenian power utility Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE), Stojan Nikolić, in an interview for HSE magazine. The shutdowns are planned at approximately three-month intervals, but their exact date is not yet known,...
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Photo: Energetika.NET archiveBankwatch: Serbia’s Regulation on Incentives for RES No Longer in Place
January 23, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy
Serbia’s Ministry of Mining and Energy announced last week that its regulation governing incentive measures for renewable energy and cogeneration is no longer in force. “This, for now, puts an end to the unfair subsidies advantage of small hydropower over wind and solar in the country and offers an opportunity for a longer term halt of incentives for environmentally destructive hydropower...
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Photo: Alenka Lena KlopčičMontenegrin EPCG Signs Contract for Five Transformers for Perućica HPP
January 23, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE
The Montenegrin power utility, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), and a consortium of Končar DST and Electro Team signed a contract worth EUR 2.25 million on Wednesday, which envisages the production and delivery of five transformers, as well as the procurement and delivery of spare parts and special tools for the 307 MW Perućica hydroelectric power plant (HPP), said EPCG in a press release....
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Photo: SiemensCroatia Completes First Part of SINCRO.GRID Project
January 23, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
The commissioning of the variable shunt reactor (VSR) at the 220/110 kV Mraclin transformer station has completed implementation of the first part of the Slovenian-Croatian SINCRO.GRID project. Thus, a significant step has been taken in solving the problem of high voltage levels in the Croatian electricity network, said the Croatian electricity TSO, HOPS, on Wednesday....
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Photo: Roman PeklajNew SEE Report: Average Spot Power Prices in Slovenia and Croatia Fall to 52.60 EUR/MWh
January 22, 2020 | Energetika.NETElectricity
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....
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Photo: Incont.roRomania Seeks New Partner for Cernavoda 3 and 4; Contract Awarded for Unit 1 Extension
January 22, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Energy policy
Candu Energy, a member of Canada's SNC-Lavalin Group, has won a USD 10.8 million contract from Romania's state-owned company Nuclearelectrica, the operator of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant (NPP), for engineering analyses and assessments on unit 1 of the Cernavoda NPP. The aim of the work is to extend the operation of the unit by an additional 35,000 hours, said SNC-Lavalin on Tuesday....
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Photo: ACERDaily Volume Traded on Bulgarian IBEX DAM Exceeds 42.7 GWh
January 22, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikThe Bulgarian power exchange, IBEX, reached a new record traded volume on its day-ahead market segment for the delivery day of 22 January 2020, when a total of 42,795.80 MWh was traded, according to IBEX data....
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Photo: Roman PeklajNew European Platform for Replacement Reserve Launched
January 22, 2020 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
The new European platform for replacement reserves was launched on 6 January by electricity TSOs from eight countries: the Czech Republic (ČEPS), United Kingdom (National Grid), Poland (PSE), Spain (REE), Portugal (REN), France (RTE), Switzerland (Swissgrid) and Italy (Terna). “The advantage of such a platform is to allow the sharing of reserves cross border, which results in more security of...
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