March 27, 2017 - ESC Adriatic

Four countries from the Balkan region – Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and Romania – reached their national targets for the share of renewable energy in total consumption by 2020, according to latest Eurostat data for 2015. Share of energy from renewable sources in final consumption in Romania reached 24.8 percent, achieving the country’s EU 2020 target, which was set at 24 percent. Montenegro is the regional leader with 43,1 percent (against the 33 percent target), while Croatia has beaten its own target by nine percent and is getting 29 percent of energy from RES. With 18,2 percent Bulgaria has met its 16 percent target. The latest Eurostat report does not have data for Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Greece is lagging behind its 18 percent target with 15,4 percent. Slovenia is…

On 17 and 18 March 2017, was kept at Zagreb, Croatia, the General Committee on Economy, Infrastructure and Energy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP PA). Its final declaration, the SEECP PA reaffirmed the principles enshrined in the Charter of good neighbourly relations, stability, security and cooperation, signed in Bucharest in 2000. SEECP PA has taken account of the need for increasing energy security of SEECP members following the presentation of the analytic report on Energy Dependency in the South East Europe, with rapporteur Prof. Muhamet Mustafa, Pristina. Then it approved a highly ambition package of proposes on support of coordinate measures to directly contribute to the further strength the cooperation – both bilateral, and in the context of the multilateral projects, while also…

Day: 27 March 2017

Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and Romania reach EU 2020 renewable energy goals, BGEN, March 16, 2017

SEE Embrace a Regional Approach on Safeguard of Energy Security by Dr Lorenc Gordani, 27th March 2017