The Government of North Macedonia and Kazancı Holding have signed a memorandum of understanding that paves the way for a EUR 1 billion investment in the country’s energy sector. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski and Cemil Kazancı, President of the Board of Directors of Kazancı Holding. In February, Mickoski […]
The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline is planned to be expanded to five billion cubic meters per year from three billion. The non-binding assessment phase is underway. ICGB, the operator of the IGB interconnection, targets an expansion in technical annual capacity to five billion cubic meters per year from the current three billion. The […]
Serbia’s state gas company Srbijagas and North Macedonia’s gas transmission system operator Nomagas signed a memorandum of understanding expressing their intention to soon build a gas interconnector between the two countries. Srbijagas is also expected to present a plan for a gas interconnection with Romania. The memorandum, signed by Srbijagas General Manager Dušan Bajatović and […]
Serbia’s natural gas transmission system operator, Transportgas Srbija, has invited bids for the preparation of a study on the technical feasibility of transporting hydrogen through the gas network. The study should assess the quantities of hydrogen that can be transported, as well as the impact of blending hydrogen with natural gas on the transmission system […]
The Government of Serbia has secured a EUR 50 million loan to fund a series of air quality projects across several cities. The funds will primarily go towards replacing coal- and fuel oil-fired boiler rooms in six cities. For years, air pollution has been one of the biggest environmental issues in Serbia. Minister of Environmental […]
Nuclear power plants have the highest construction cost overrun and the longest time delays of all energy projects. In the clean energy sector, the worst marks for violation of set construction cost and timelines go to hydrogen, carbon capture and storage as well as gas power plants, according to a study by the Boston University […]
A Greek-Israeli consortium has signed an agreement to build a 792 MW gas power plant in Larissa, Greece, in an investment valued at EUR 600 million. The facility will use an advanced combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) technology, enabling a net thermal efficiency of 62.6%. The proposed gas power plant is expected to be the […]
TE-TOL, the main district heating provider in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, has taken over a newly built gas-steam unit, reducing the share of coal in heat generation to 20% and marking another step toward a complete coal phaseout in the country. Slovenia’s official deadline for abandoning coal is 2033, although there are indications it might […]
The preliminary study on the use of nuclear energy in Serbia should be completed by the end of the second quarter, according to Dubravka Đedović Handanović, the Minister of Mining and Energy. A preliminary technical study for considering the peaceful use of nuclear energy is being prepared by French state-owned energy utility EDF and engineering […]
The European Commission set out a plan to phase out by the end of 2027 the purchases of Russian natural gas, including in the form of LNG, and oil. The package includes proposals aiming to replace Russian nuclear fuel and materials as well. The European Union will end its dependency on Russian energy by stopping […]