RENEWABLES
Strong de-risking tools key to Balkan renewables switch – Forum
Date: 09.06.2023 Author: Maja Žuvela
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Energy Community contracting parties need strong de-risking mechanisms to switch from administratively set feed-in tariffs to auctions and tackle the high capital costs of renewables, participants at
Renewables, EU aid key to faster Montenegrin decarbonisation
Date: 09.06.2023 Author: Maja Žuvela
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The pace of Montenegro's decarbonisation will depend on how fast it can deploy renewables and on EU assistance to help it replace coal, Ivan Mrvaljevic, an executive officer at power utility EPCG,
Germany to see negative power prices to 2030 – experts
Date: 09.06.2023 Author: Niels C Sorrells, Montel
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Negative power prices will be a feature of the “flawed” German market until at least 2030, though the problem is more complicated than just growing renewables output allied to falling demand,
Slovenian solar capacity could exceed 1 GW in 2024 – expert
Date: 08.06.2023 Author: Valerija Hozjan
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Slovenia could install over 200 MW of solar capacity this year and exceed 1 GW in 2024, an expert from Ljubljana University’s electrical engineering faculty told Montel Energetika.NET on Wednesday.
EU should adapt its aid to fit current W. Balkan needs – forum
Date: 08.06.2023 Author: Maja Žuvela
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The EU should adapt its assistance mechanisms to fit the current needs of Western Balkan countries, Janez Kopac, the EU4Energy project’s principal advisor and former director of the Energy Community
Germany, France lend Albania EUR 100m for energy reforms
Date: 08.06.2023 Author: Montel
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Albania has received a EUR 100m loan from France and Germany that will mainly be used to continue implementing energy reforms as the country tries to diversify its energy portfolio.
Solar eclipses coal in EU power output in May – Ember
Date: 08.06.2023 Author: Enza Tedesco, Montel
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EU solar energy production in May overtook coal generation for the first time, hitting an all-time high of 27 TWh, showed data from think tank Ember.
Energy Community parties to decide on CBAM exemption in June
Date: 07.06.2023 Author: Maja Žuvela
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Contracting parties should decide in late June whether they want to exploit the possibility of an exemption from the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), Energy Community Secretariat director
BiH entity and Albania successfully launch GO registries
Date: 07.06.2023 Author: Maja Žuvela
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The Energy Community congratulated Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) Republika Srpska entity and Albania on Tuesday for successfully launching their electronic registries for guarantees of origin (GO).
Croatia receives 16 bids for geothermal exploration permits
Date: 07.06.2023 Author: Dalibor Dobrić
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The Croatian hydrocarbons agency Azu has received 16 bids from 11 local and international bidders for geothermal exploration permits in a tender that ended last week.
Slovenia lacks wind power to offset solar storage issue – Gen-I
Date: 07.06.2023 Author: Valerija Hozjan, Tanja Srnovršnik
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Slovenia should accelerate the construction of wind power plants to lower the need for seasonal energy storage caused by a ramp-up in solar capacity, according to an analysis prepared by the energy
PPAs to hit record high volumes on price stability – BayWa
Date: 07.06.2023 Author: Tasmin Chowdhary, Montel
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There could be record high volumes achieved in Europe’s power purchase agreement (PPA) this year and next amid strong buyer interest prompted by the promise of greater price stability, said German
