Wind projects soon to be linked to mainland grid
The upgrade of the power network serving Evia is expected to boost wind park investments in the island’s south, and in the nearby islands of Andros and Tinos. Permits for the areas are more than a decade old, but there was no solution for transmission, Energy Press reported. IPTO, the power grid operator, announced in […]
Draft energy law sent to parliament for adoption
The Government of Montenegro said it approved the Bill on Energy and that the document enables electricity market’s development and creates preconditions for gas market’s development. New regulations, harmonized with EU directives, are aimed at improving the business environment for investing in the construction of energy facilities, the official website said. The bill, prescribes conditions […]
Contracts for 10 hydroelectric plants in preparation
According to an announcement by the Privatization Administration (ÖİB), ten hydropower facilities owned by government-controlled Electricity Generation Company (Elektrik Üretim AŞ) are to be sold in five groups. The notice published in the Official Gazette on July 28 said that a sealed-bid auction is planned, Daily Sabah’s portal said. Karacaören 1 and Karacaören 2 form […]
Power purchase agreement may cure deal fatigue
No country of this region can hope for a prosperous future without closer cooperation with its neighbours and Europe. Gaetano Massara, CEO of GE South East Europe, the world’s leading infrastructure technology provider, who is covering 11 countries of the region from his Belgrade and Zagreb offices, told Balkan Green Energy News that looking at […]
Earth’s energy imbalance and climate change
By Vladimir Đurđević, Institute of Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, vdj@ff.bg.ac.rs Planet Earth is in energy imbalance. More energy is coming into the system than leaving it. It is a fact that can be measured, thanks to the many observations of the state of the climate system that we have today. Natural quasi-equilibrium state […]
European energy performance contracting cooperation
Project EnPC-Intrans, aiming to increase the capacity for performance contracting on the municipal level, successfully started in nine European countries, the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SKGO) of Serbia said. Energy performance contracting (EPC) is an essential instrument for the improvement of energy efficiency in municipal buildings and services, according to the press release, […]
Mecasolar supplies equipment to solar plant
Photovoltaic facility in Prahova of 108 kW had two-axis trackers delivered by Mecasolar (Mecanizados Solares SL), which said the plant is expected to have an annual output of 183.000 Kwh and save 90 tons of emissions. It features eight 13.15 kW trackers and more than 432 modules. Solar trackers are capable of increasing photovoltaic solar […]
Investors want to block new green energy projects
Investors in the renewable energy sector asked the government to temporarily suspend the accreditations for new renewable energy plants, Romania Insider reports. In an open letter sent to prime minister Victor Ponta, energy minister Andrei Dominic Gerea and energy authority ANRE, four renewable energy producers’ organizations have asked for urgent measures in order to avoid […]
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