Oil belongs in the soil, environmentalists say

Friends of the Earth (FoE) Cyprus organised an event in Nicosia to highlight the upcoming Climate Summit in Paris by symbolically burying fossil fuels and saying: ‘Oil must be kept in the soil’, Cyprus Mail reported. Members of the public who took part wrote down solutions and actions to tackle climate change, and build a […]

Abu Dhabi mulls funding pellet production

Factory Vektra Jakić, located in Pljevlja in Montenegro’s north, is a potential user of loans from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development. Owner Dragan Brković said credit support would enable the launch of pellet production, completing the primary cycle in a lumber system, according to a statement by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. […]

News September 24, 2015

Alstom joins submarine cable project

Installation of undersea interconnection between Montenegro and Italy will include Alstom, according to an article by Dnevne novine. Portal CdM reported the French company was hired by Toshiba T&D Europe, which is responsible of constructing two conversion stations in Pescara in Italy and Kotor in Montenegro. Alstom will design and install its high voltage direct […]

News September 24, 2015

Antalya football arena will generate green power

In Turkey, the Süper Lig is growing and TOKI, the governmental agency for housing, is building a stadium in Antalya in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Total cost is almost TRY 80 million (EUR 25 million), and 5% is for a 1,4 MW solar plant project, which will take almost six years […]

Renewables September 24, 2015

Embezzlement probe at wind power operators

Prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Suceava conducted a search at headquarters of two companies in Bacău county for suspicion that European funds of EUR 2 million were embezzled, Romanian news agency Act Media reported. The exact amount will be established following evaluations on materials found, said DNA spokesperson Livia Săplăcan. The beneficiary of […]

News September 24, 2015

BDK advises Akuo Energy on Krnovo wind power plant

BDK’s Partner Dragoljub Cibulić and Managing Associate in Montenegro Luka Popović have advised Akuo Energy, the French producer of renewable energy, on the development of the first wind power plant at Krnovo, near the town of Niksić in Montenegro, reads the press release published on the law office web site. The construction works commenced in […]

News September 24, 2015

Robotics and green power help small-scale farming

Robotics Laboratory of the the Mihajlo Pupin Institute and the the Institute of Agricultural Economics will present their mobile robotic solar electric generator on September 25 at the 9th Forum of Organic Production in Selenča in Serbia’s northwest. The project combines solar energy with information and communications technology to power and manage irrigation at small […]

Renewables September 24, 2015

MobiSun – pro Energy: the mobile robotic solar electric generator

What is MobiSun – pro Energy? MobiSun – pro Energy is a mobile two-axis robotic solar electric generator designed by the Robotics Laboratory of the Mihailo Pupin Institute, based in Belgrade to help family farms in efficiency and bring cleaner agriculture. The device rotates three light-sensitive photovoltaic panels, which are mounted on a standard passenger […]

Renewables September 24, 2015