The state-owned electricity company of Serbia, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), has launched a call for tenders for a preliminary feasibility study and a conceptual design for the construction of a solar power plant on the ash disposal site at the Nikola Tesla A (TENT A) thermal power plant in Obrenovac, Balkan Green Energy News reports. The […]
Due to the cessation of oil supplies to the Serbian refinery NIS, controlled by Gazprom, Serbia is approaching a fuel crisis. Despite President Vučić’s statements that the market is supplied with fuel until the end of the year, companies have intensified their import purchases in the second half of October. In particular, by transporting large […]
Serbia plans to build a new interconnection pipeline to boost natural gas imports from Azerbaijan, according to Sasa Kokovic, acting assistant to the minister of oil and gas at the Serbian Ministry of Mines and Energy. Speaking at the 30th Baku Energy Forum, Kokovic stressed the importance of modernizing Serbia’s aging gas infrastructure, News.Az reports, […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has supported the Ministry of Mining and Energy in designing and implementing Serbia’s second renewables auction through technical assistance, co-funded by the Swiss government via SECO. The success of this process is reflected in the strong investor interest and highly competitive prices, with up to 10 new […]
When Marko Filipović joined Serbia’s electric power company, EPS, in 2012 as one of the country’s top 110 engineering students, the reconstruction of the Vlasinske hydropower system had already been a topic of discussion for quite some time. The system, made up of four cascade plants, had been operating for more than 70 years without […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a €75 million loan agreement with Serbia for the third phase of the country’s solid waste management programme. This forms part of a wider €300 million investment cofinanced by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). The project includes the construction or expansion of seven regional waste management […]
Serbia has today announced the launch of its second renewable energy auction. Wind projects up to an approved quota of 300 MW and solar PV projects up to 124.8 MW will be supported through a contract-for-difference (CfD) scheme for 15 years. The approved maximum bid prices are €79/MWh for wind and €72/MWh for solar PV. […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are stepping up their support for green economy investments in Serbia. The EBRD, with the support of the EU, is launching a new credit line to local financial institutions for on-lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under the SME Go Green […]
The Serbs are continuing the Iron Gates 3 pumped hydro plant project, and have three scenarios of installed power. At this stage, they will estimate the impact of the new power plant – which could change the energy landscape in the Balkans – on the Portile de Fier 1 hydropower plant, one of the calculations […]
The Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, stated on Monday, at Portile de Fier I, that during the discussions with his counterpart in Belgrade, the issue of the Serbian project Portile de Fier III was also addressed, but the Romanian side will not make any compromise regarding the production of electricity from the Portile de Fier […]
The Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, signed on Monday, at the Iron Gates I, together with the Minister of Mines and Energy from Serbia, Dubravka Dedovic Handanovic, the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Construction Project of the Gas Interconnector between Romania and Serbia, the Romanian official announced on Facebook. “This strategic project will connect the […]
German firm AVR Group and PowerChina inaugurated a 9.9 MW solar power plant in Serbia, in the village of Saraorci, near Smederevo, less than a year after the official start of construction. Ther solar power plant capacity is equal to the largest facility in Serbia till now. The first phase of the project, with an […]
The construction of a pumped-storage hydropower plant at Portile de Fier III could have a significant impact on the environment and navigability, including on the Romanian side, which is why such a project must be widely debated in joint working groups, according to a statement from the Ministry Energy. “Cooperation with our Serbian friends and […]
The Adex Group has as its first objective the coupling of the electricity markets of Hungary and Serbia, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in a few days or weeks, HUPX executive director Mátyás Vajta announced. The cooperation between Elektroprivreda Srbije (EMS) in Serbia and similar operator in Hungary, MAVIR, is about to […]
