Energy Country Profiles

Poland will construct its first nuclear power plant in Zarnowiec near Gdansk. The location has already been confirmed by the government and according to the current plans the plant will begin its operation in 2020.

On March 3rd 2010 Austrian company Verbund announced the beginning of construction works to build Ashta HPP o the Drin River in North Albania. The kick-off is already scheduled for late March 2010. The overall project costs are...

The Czech Republic's leading power company, CEZ, has promised to turn to energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly projects. The company says it will increasingly focus its efforts on energy savings and efficiency in order...

The Energy Country Profile of Slovenia has been thoroughly updated. You will for example find detailed information on subsidy schemes for electricity generated from renewable energy sources and a compilation of new feed-in...

Contracted by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Macedonia (MoE), the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA) and the Macedonian Energy Agency (EARM) will collaborate in implementing the project “Enabling the Environment for...

As the EU Directive 2009/28/EC requires EU Member States to adopt national Renewable Energy Action Plans (REAPs), this workshop will focus on policy options to support sustainable bioenergy production and use in the framework of...

The interest in commercially viable and environmentally sustainable bioenergy solutions is growing rapidly worldwide. World Bioenergy is an international forum which substantially facilitates the transfer of bioenergy technology,...

A block of buildings on the high street of Budapest, offering 43.500 m2 of living space, has been refurbished. Accordant subsidy schemes for thermal refurbishment allowed for renovation of all 886 housing units, e.g. applying...

After a tender to build the Skavica hydropower plant failed to attract foreign investors, the Albanian government announced to provide the funds for constructing the HPP itself.

Electricity trading company NECO (owned by 50 % by Bulgaria’s National Electricity Company) is planning to construct 28 wind generators with a total capacity of 56MW in south-western Bulgaria.

ENREG® ENERGIA REGENERABILA is an international trade fair and conference for renewable energy and energy efficiency in building and renovation that takes place annually since 2009 at Expo Arad International.

Ljubljana is going to host the seat of the New European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators, EU member states decided on December 6th. According to the founding regulation of ACER, the Agency needs to be fully operational...

CEZ is building a new Solar Power Plant close to Sevetin in the district of Budweis. Its expected output of 30 megawatts is almost three times higher than the output of the largest Czech solar power station so far.

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources prepared a detailed report on Turkey’s energy potential prior to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, that thoroughly explains the steps Turkey is taking to reduce its...

In one of it’s latest press releases EVN Macedonia stated that the revitalization of 11 small hydro power plants and the introduction of modern technology have resulted in the increase of electricity production from renewable...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced a loan of € 60 Million to increase the share of renewable energy sources in Bulgaria’s energy mix.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Economy published its new renwable energy development forecast strategy. According to this study hydro power and biomass hold the biggest potential of Bulgaria’s renewable energy sources.

On December 22nd 2009 the Dnister Hydroelectric Power Plant, largest HPP in Europe, was put into operation.

Serbia brings in Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy. After several delays in the past, Serbia has finally introduced a feed-in tariff regime via a Regulation of promoting power generation from renewables.

This conference will examine issues of financing, government strategies, grid capacity optimization, as well as mitigating the risks inherent in developing such large infrastructure projects.