Battery trading case in the Balkans
Large battery storage projects in Estonia and Latvia have moved forward as the Baltic energy system prepares to decouple from Russia in 2025. - Download [PDF]
Large-scale batteries progress ahead of Baltic-Russia …
Large battery storage projects in Estonia and Latvia have moved forward as the Baltic energy system prepares to decouple from Russia in 2025.
China-US Competition in the Balkans
in the Balkans and does not want to do so. Instead, Beijing hopes to use the Balkans as a gateway to the EU through which its influence, trade, and investment in the union can flow. In this way, China hopes to gain an advantage in its larger, global competition
Challenges of the green transition for the recovery of the Western Balkans
After the COVID-19 crisis, the economy revived, but energy intensity remained at a high level, which pointed to the need to diversify the energy mix and supply sources. As the energy sector is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide [], and the economy itself is more energy-intensive than the EU average [], the countries of the Western Balkan region are looking for a …
Prospects of European-Chinese Contest for Influence in the …
Immediately after the breakup of former Yugoslavia, the US has emerged as the single most important external actor in the regional dynamics of the Balkans. Using NATO as a vehicle, in strategic terms, it became a security overlay; the Kosovo war being a peak of its...
Prospects for carbon pricing adoption in the Western Balkans
A case in point: air pollution is an acute public health concern in the Balkans, especially in Kosovo and North-Macedonia. If the hazard of particulate matter and other air pollutants and toxins (such as nitrogen-oxides and sulfur dioxide) is significantly addressed by the carbon pricing scheme, climate change mitigation efforts would yield considerable co-benefits.
Geopolitics of the Li‐ion battery value chain and the Lithium ...
A critical aspect is the burgeoning demand for lithium-ion batteries and the massive amount of minerals and ... As is the case with trading conditions, the three countries also have dissimilar contexts. Argentina has the fourth-highest bilateral debt (US$17.1 4 ...
Western Balkans must pursue more competitive …
Western Balkans must pursue more competitive energy sectors. By Matthew Bryza. European Union (EU) officials are looking ahead to 2030 as a possible target for enlargement into the Western Balkans. In preparation, the …
Balkans
4 · Balkans - Ottoman Empire, Southeastern Europe, Conflict: While the various Balkan states fought among themselves for domination in the area, a new danger appeared in the south. In 1362 the Ottoman Turks took Adrianople (modern Edirne, Turkey). This was the beginning of their conquest of the Balkan Peninsula—a process that took more than a century. Serbia fell …
The Green Transition and the Western Balkans
The Western Balkans can draw on nearby examples, such as battery making, which is booming in Hungary and Poland with the help of international investors. In an ideal world, the region would become sustainable in its energy consumption, energy independent, and more integrated as a regional marketplace as well as with the EU.
Illicit arms trafficking and the limits of rational choice theory: the ...
The Balkans represents an ideal case for testing the extent to which assumptions about the image of actors involved in illegal arms trading can be extrapolated to the macro-level of analysis. Focusing mainly on public discourse, this paper points to several ...
Western Balkans: more resilience for the energy sector
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) une 2017 2 The EnC was established in order to extend the EU internal energy market to neighbour-ing countries through a legally binding frame-work. It has been pivotal in developing Western Balkan energy
Illicit arms trafficking and the limits of rational choice theory: the ...
Organized crime is often conceptualized as a business enterprise formed by actors motivated by profits. The Balkans represents an ideal case for testing the extent to which assumptions about the image of actors involved in illegal arms trading can be extrapolated to the macro-level of analysis. Focusing mainly on public discourse, this paper points to several …
Russian Government Policy in the Western Balkans
The growth of Serbia''s exports between 2010 and 2020 in absolute terms was the largest of the six partners in the Western Balkans, as was its average annual growth rate (6.5%) (Western Balkans-EU—international trade in goods statistics, 2021) making Serbia
Challenges of the green transition for the recovery of the Western …
The main findings of the research indicate that: (1) the countries of the Western Balkan region, following the example of the EU, should define a national strategic approach to …
Economics of electric energy storage. The case of Western Balkans
In a case study made by Topalovic et al. [12] to evaluate the economics of different energy storage in Western Balkans, authors found that pumped hydro storage …
History of the Balkans
A burial at Varna, Bulgaria, with some of the world''s oldest gold jewelry. Archaeologists have identified several early culture-complexes, including the Cucuteni culture (4500 to 3500 BC), Starcevo culture (6500 to 4000 BC), Vinča culture (5500 to 3000 BC), Linear pottery culture (5500 to 4500 BC), and Ezero culture (3300—2700 BC).
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(PDF) Trade in the Central Balkans (11th-13th century): Between ...
Trade in the Central Balkans (11th-13th century): Between necessity and luxury . × Close Log In Log in with Facebook Log in with Google or Email Password Remember me on this computer or reset password Enter the email address you signed up with and we''ll ...
Transforming the Western Balkans through Near-shoring and …
In collaboration with the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, this study was prepared by the Western Balkans 6 Chamber Investment Forum in partnership with the Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Albania, the Foreign Trade Chamber
Chinese Influence in the Western Balkans and Its Impact on the …
This regional platform brings together a very diverse group of countries, 11 European Union (EU) countries and 5 non-EU, from the Baltics to the Balkans. Concentrated on trade, investment, and transportation networks, 16+1 supports Beijing''s diversified strategy in ...
Russia''s Influence in the Balkans
The Balkans have long been a source of tension between Russia and the West, with Moscow cultivating allies there as the EU and NATO expand into the region. The war in Ukraine could be shifting the ...
Geopolitics of the Li‐ion battery value chain and the Lithium ...
This shift is linked to emerging key green technologies—in this case, photovoltaics and wind energy and Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries—and the massive amount of …
LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE INDEX IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: CASE …
LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE INDEX IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: CASE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AND WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES Filip Ž. BUGARČI Ć1, Viktorija SKVARCIANY2*, Nenad STANIŠIĆ3 1, 2Faculty ...
The EU enlargement in the Western Balkans: new challenges
The latter case was the European Commission''s confirmation of the European Union''s intention to abolish the visa regime for Kosovo. In the latter case, the European Commission had long since given a positive opinion on granting its citizens the right to free movement in the Schengen area, but the Balkan country had been blocked for a long time due …
Public Debt Dynamics in the Western Balkans: Do Social
Request PDF | On Jun 15, 2020, Milena Radonjić and others published Public Debt Dynamics in the Western Balkans: Do Social Expenditures and Economic Growth Matter ...
The Western Balkans | Fact Sheets on the European Union
In June 2020, following the EU-Western Balkans Zagreb Summit (held online), Parliament also issued a set of recommendations on the Western Balkans. On 23 November 2022, it adopted additional recommendations on a new EU strategy for enlargement, including the conclusion of negotiations with accession countries by the end of the current decade at the latest.
ANALYSIS
The business case for electricity storage in battery energy storage systems (BESS) is beginning to emerge, especially for Bulgaria. With about 1.7 GW of grid-connected capacity in mid-2023, solar power contributed …
China''s investments in the Western Balkans
The countries of the Western Balkans – and Serbia in particular – welcomed China''s decision early in the last decade to increase its investments in and trade ties with the region. Since then, China proved willing to fund projects European lenders would not, but also committed less than the Western Balkan Six initially envisioned.