Soma wind farm adds third section, grows to 240 MW
EDF Énergies nouvelles announced the commissioning of the third section of the Soma wind farm in Turkey via its local subsidiary Polat Enerji, 45% owned by the group. The 100 MW extension increases the total capacity of the wind farm to 240 MW. Polat Energy is a joint venture company with Canada’s PSP Investments and […]
Norway assists in plans for energy exchange
Minister of Energy and Industry Damian Gjiknuri announced that Albania will finally establish its energy stock market in cooperation with the Norwegian government. At a press conference, he said the project is conceived based on Norway’s platform, according to a report on Invest in Albania portal. The exchange will be a mechanism for physical and […]
Tilos island installing autonomous green energy system
The small Dodecanese island of Tilos combines power generation from renewable energy sources with storage in developing an autonomous smart grid, WWF Greece said. The multinational European demonstration and research project has 15 participating enterprises and institutes from 7 European countries. It aims to demonstrate the potential of local-scale energy storage to serve a multi-purpose […]
German–Turkish partnership launches wind power plants
Borusan EnBW’s two aeolic parks in the provinces of Mersin and Çanakkale began operations, while additions to an existing wind power plant in the province of Balıkesir increased the facility’s capacity by 30 MW, bringing the partnership’s wind facilities to 246 MW, Today’s Zaman reported. The main mission of Borusan EnBW’s energy is to benefit […]
Alcazar Energy gets support for green energy projects
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced its investment of USD 25 million (EUR 22.7 million) in a pioneering power company, to help develop a series of renewable energy projects in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, spurring economic growth and helping meet the growing demand for power. IFC’s equity investment will help […]
Agro-solar revolution in combination with education
Works on 500 kW canopy photovoltaic system were launched on July 6 in Medinci near the town of Slatina in Croatia’s northeast, Virovitica–Podravina County’s Regional Development Agency said on its website. It is a unique example in the country of combining renewables with agriculture, as the land on which the facility named Sinerot is installed […]
CEB secures credit line for Bulgarian Development Bank
The Administrative Council of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has approved a credit line in the amount of EUR 150 million for Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB). The funds will be used for special purpose financing under the National Programme for Energy Efficiency of Multi-family Residential Buildings in the amount of up to BGN […]
Wind power deployment proportional to incentives
Turkey added 804 MW in wind turbine capacity last year, and ranked tenth in the global scale, European Commission’s Joint Research Center published in its third annual report, signed by Roberto Lacal Arántegui and Javier Serrano González. Nine countries in the first tier increased wind energy installations by more than 1 GW, led by China […]
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