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Eurelectric Power Summit 2024 was on for two days (22 and 23 May) in Athens, Greece. The day before the event, on 21 May, Mr Uroš Blažica, CEO of Elektro Primorska and Eurelectric Section President, attended the meeting of Board of Directors which approved the...

The Energy Industry Chamber of Slovenia (EICS) organized the Energy Square Conference E2ZS on 14 May 2024. Special emphasis was placed on the EICS sections, featuring prominent representatives from global and European associations like the Union of the Electricity...

According to the World Energy Trilemma Index 2022 published by the World Energy Council (WEC), Slovenia ranks 11th in the world, scoring 78.4 points (ABA) (in 2022, it scored 78.8 points tand a rank of 9). Ratings for Slovenia: (1) energy security: 69,1 (Canada...

The Energy Industry Chamber of Slovenia (EICS) hosted on June 12 and 13 the first meeting of the Eurelectric working group Hydro, which consists of experts in the field of hydropower from 20 different European countries. Karina Medved Bregar (HSE) took over the role...

Lighting, heating, moving, producing: energy is vital for our day-to-day life. Without energy, people and businesses cannot function. Turning on our computers or starting our cars are actions that we take for granted, yet they represent the final stage of a complex...

The overall Trilemma Top Ten countries for 2022 are largely unchanged from previous years rankings, with some new additions to the top performers. European and other OECD countries continue to dominate the top rankings due to their well-established energy policies and...

Natural gas, mostly imported, has been a mainstay of the European Union’s energy sector for decades. With stringent de-carbonization goals set to be reached already by 2040 and even more demanding goals foreseen for 2050, how will the European Union’s patterns of...

According to the World Energy Trilemma Index 2021 published by the World Energy Council (WEC), Slovenia ranks 17th among 127 countries in the world, scoring 75 points (ABA). Sweden, which ranked 1st, scored 84.2 points (AAA). Last year, the first place was taken by...

The European Commission disbursed on 17 September 2021 EUR 231 million to Slovenia in pre-financing, equivalent to 13% of the country's grant allocation under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The pre-financing payment will help to kick-start the...

The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia adopted on 13 July 2021 the Resolution on Long-Term Climate Strategy until 2050. A clear goal of Slovenia’s climate strategy is to transition to net-zero emissions and become climate neutral by 2050. The climate goal...

Press release Ljubljana, 7 July 2021 ENERGY IN SLOVENIA: Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2021 On 1 July Slovenia took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. At the webinar on Wednesday, 7 July, organized by the Energy Industry Chamber...

We are pleased to invite our partners from around the globe to join us at the digital event: ENERGY IN SLOVENIA: Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2021. Join us a week after the official launch of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

In the second half of 2021, from 1 July to 31 December 2021, Slovenia will hold the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the second time. Slovenia held the presidency for the first time in the first half of 2008. A six-month programme of the Slovenian presidency is...

A year has passed since the announcement of the new coronavirus epidemic in Slovenia. The Energy Industry Chamber of Slovenia (EICS) is pleased to note that all this time the energy system of Slovenia in relation to electricity and natural gas supply has been working...

On 12 March 2020 Slovenia declared a coronavirus pandemic. Key players in the Slovenian energy sector – being also members of the Energy Industry Chamber ofSlovenia (EICS) – have recognised the spread of the virus as a threat to the uninterrupted supply ofelectricity...