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Photo: Tanja S. VolaričCanadian Vermillion to Start Drilling for Oil and Gas in Croatia on 17 June
June 14, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikNatural gas | Oil and oil derivates
Canadian Vermilion will start drilling for oil and gas in the Croatian region of Slavonia on 17 June, said the Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency (AZU) on Wednesday....
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Photo: Alenka Lena KlopčičDaily Balancing Market Would Lower Balancing Costs for RES Producers in BiH
June 14, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy
The introduction of a daily balancing market in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) would result in greater power system stability, greater utilisation of secondary and tertiary regulation and, ultimately, in lower costs of balancing energy, which present the highest cost to producers from renewable energy sources (RES), said Ivan Galić from Elektroprivreda HZHB, one of the three power utilities in BiH,...
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Photo: Evropska komisijaCañete: Climate Neutrality Won’t Make Europe Energy Independent
June 14, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Energy policy | CO2 emissions
Even after Europe’s energy supply is mostly supplied by renewable sources, “there is no realistic scenario in which Europe’s future will be all-electric or entirely energy independent”, wrote Miguel Arias Cañete, the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, in a commentary published in Politico....
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Photo: © European Communities, 2009Croatian HEP Considering the Issuing of Bonds
June 14, 2019 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Economy
The Croatian state-owned power utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP) is considering the possibilities of obtaining additional financial resources on the domestic capital market by issuing bonds, reported SEEbiz.eu....
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Photo: ACERNorth Macedonian ESM Sells EUR 4.18m of Baseload Electricity So Far in June
June 14, 2019 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Economy
The North Macedonian energy utility ESM, until recently called ELEM, generated an income of EUR 4.18 million from the sale of baseload electricity in the first half of June, states a press release from ESM....
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Photo: S. Miles/FreeDigitalPhotos.netRE-Source Calls on EU States to Remove Obstacles to Corporate PPAs
June 14, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy
The European Commission should urge EU member states to remove regulatory barriers to corporate renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) in their national energy and climate plans as this could unlock significant corporate demand for green electricity and help the EU meet its 2030 climate goals, wrote the European platform for corporate renewable energy sourcing, RE-Source, in a letter to the...
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Photo: Martin KerinSlovenia's Krško NPP Power Output 1.2% Above Plan in May
June 14, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
Slovenia's 696 MW Krško nuclear power plant (NPP) generated 542,010.5 MWh of gross electricity in Mayand submitted 515,903.7 MWh of electricity to the power grid....
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Photo: Roman PeklajXBID Expansion to Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania in Q4 2019
June 13, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity
The expansion of the European single intraday coupling (SIDC) solution, XBID, to seven further countries, including Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania, is expected in the fourth quarter of 2019, said the project partners on Wednesday....
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Photo: Energetika.NETNorth Macedonia Launches Tender for Construction of 35 MW PV Plants on State Land
June 13, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | RES and EE | Energy policy
The government of North Macedonia has launched a public call for the construction of photovoltaic power plants with a total installed capacity of 35 MW on state land, said the government earlier this week....
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Photo: S. Miles/FreeDigitalPhotos.netBP: Extreme Weather Boosted Energy Consumption in 2018
June 13, 2019 | Tanja SrnovršnikElectricity | Natural gas | RES and EE | Coal | Energy policy | CO2 emissions
“At a time when society is increasing its demands for an accelerated transition to a low carbon energy system, the energy data for 2018 paint a worrying picture, with both energy demand and carbon emissions growing at the fastest rates seen for years,” warned Spencer Dale, BP chief economist, in the 2019 edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy. According to BP’s data, global...
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