Premijeri Srbije i Bugarske, Ivica Dačić i Bojko Borisov, potpisali su u petak (14. decembar 2012. godine) u Briselu memorandum o izgradnji sistema povezivanja gasovoda Srbije i Bugarske, koji će početi da se gradi polovinom iduće godine, a biti završen 2015. godine.

Ovaj projekat, koji se sprovodi uz učešće Evropska komisije, stajaće između 100 i 200 mil EUR, od kojih će za Srbiju biti izdvojeno 62 mil EUR.

Dačić je izjavio da očekuje da će u izgradnji učestvovati i srpska preduzeća, a evropski komesar za energetiku Ginter Etinger je na svečanosti potpisivanja izjavio da je to jasan znak da evropska energetska zajednica uklapa i susedne zemlje.

Etinger je ukazao i na značaj angažovanja Evropske banke za obnovu i razvoj u ovom projektu.

Interkonekcija - povezivanje gasovoda Srbije i Bugarske, treba da ide od Niša, preko Dimitrovgrada, ka Sofiji.

U prvom kvartalu naredne godine trebalo da bude potpisan ugovor sa ruskim "Uralvagon zavodom" o kupovini "Železare Smederevo".

Ministar finansija i privrede Mlađan Dinkić rekao je da su intenzivirani razgovori sa predstavnicima "Uralvagon zavoda" koji se jedini javio na tender za strateškog partnera smederevskoj "Železari" i izrazio uverenje da će ugovor uskoro biti potpisan.

- Zasada sve ide u dobrom pravcu - kazao je Dinkić.

Početkom decembra u "Železari Smederevo" boravila je desetočlana delegacija stručnjaka ekonomskog Instituta čelične industrije Čermet iz Rusije sa zadatkom da sagleda stanje srpske čeličane za potencijalnog strateškog partnera.

Serbian and Bulgarian prime ministers, Ivica Dacic and Boyko Borisov, signed an agreement on Friday (14 December 2012) in Brussels to implement a gas interconnection project, which involves the construction of a system to connect gas pipelines of Serbia and Bulgaria, scheduled to start in mid-2013 and end in 2015.

This project, funded by the European Commission, will cost between 100 and 200 million euros, 62m of which will be set aside for the works in Serbia.

Dacic voiced his expectation that Serbian companies would take part in the construction, while European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger said at the signing ceremony that it was a clear sign that the European energy community was involving the neighboring countries as well.

Oettinger underlined the importance of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's role in this project.

This interconnection system connecting the gas pipelines of Serbia and Bulgaria should go from Nis to Sofia, via Dimitrovgrad.

The Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS) bought a 50 percent stake in a Serbian wind farm project from Energowind, a renewable energy developer, on Friday (14 December 2012), Bloomberg news agency reported.

Construction of the 160 million-euro, 102-megawatt wind farm in Plandiste, 70 kilometers northeast of Belgrade is to begin in the summer of 2013 and take three quarters to complete, said Kirill Kravchenko, chief executive officer of the Novi Sad-based company, at the signing of the agreement with Energowind in Belgrade.

NIS is paying 9 million euros for the stake and may invest another 14.5 million euros of its own cash in the project. The remaining financing will be agreed upon with banks by the end of March, Kravchenko said.

Output from the 34 planned turbines is seen at 212 gigawatt hours a year, starting in early 2014.

Investing in renewables is part of NIS’s strategy to branch out into electricity production and it may also cut cost for expected buying of carbon credits for the company’s main operations, oil fields and refineries, Kravchenko said.

Akuo Energy SAS, a French energy developer focused on renewable sources, may join the project next year, Kravchenko said.

The equipment supplier and contractor for the Plandiste wind farm will be chosen in early 2013, he added.

Energowind has conducted all the preparations over the past 5 years, said Energowind CEO Goran Novakovic, adding that the project would bring Serbia closer to other European countries using wind energy.