Biomass should be supported by procurement rules

Between 260,000 and 300,000 tonnes of pellet is produced every year in Croatia, 90% is exported, and the state could change that with laws which would stimulate bigger consumption of energy from renewable sources and wood biomass, according to participants at the sixth International Wood Energy Conference for Biomass and Renewable Energy Sources in Zagreb. […]

News December 3, 2015

Solar power projects with Netherlands in the pipeline

An investment and cooperation agreement worth EUR 200 million was signed by Turkey and the Netherlands to carry out solar projects with a capacity of 175 MW, Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal reported. Yakamoz Energy Solutions and Turkish Humartaş Energy AŞ signed the agreement in Istanbul during Innovation Week, organized by the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM), […]

News December 3, 2015

Cut in distribution fees slashes power prices

Electricity distribution fees will go down 8% to 10% on January 1 and household electricity prices will be reduced by 5% to 6%, president of the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) Niculae Havrileţ said, Romanian news agency Act Media reported. Energy fees will decrease proportionally to the fall in distribution fees included in the end […]

News December 3, 2015

Towards sustainable municipal infrastructure

The municipality of Tirana and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have agreed to work together to upgrade the municipal infrastructure and make Albania’s capital more environment-friendly and to develop it in a sustainable way. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Tirana by the bank’s first vice president Phil Bennett and mayor […]

News December 2, 2015

Copenhagen Solutions for sustainable urban development

One of the strong foundations of Danish economy comes from decoupling growth and energy consumption, Lone Dencker Wisborg, state secretary of the Nordic country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a round table at the Belgrade University’s Faculty of Architecture. The event named ‘Energy & Water – Resources Efficiency in Public Administration and Companies’ was […]

News December 2, 2015

IBC Solar Turkey completes 1.1 MW solar power plant

In the province of Kayseri, FIT Enerji Yatırımları AŞ commissioned a photovoltaic facility built by IBC Solar, a company headquartered in Germany. Nominal peak output is 1,11 MW and the open space project was jointly developed by both parties, IBC’s statement said. The power plant, located in the central part of the country, spans two […]

News December 2, 2015

Hidroelectrica wins case for power export to Hungary

State-controlled hydropower producer Hidroelectrica SA won the lawsuit against Romania’s Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), according to its press release. The watchdog had banned export of electricity and fined the company for its trade in Hungary from December to February, Romania Journal’s website reported. Hidroelectrica was selling power on a centralized, transparent and competitive platform operated […]

News December 2, 2015

Exploring limits in advanced LEDs and solar cells

Researchers from the University of Cyprus and Cyprus University of Technology, along with colleagues from the University of Crete in Greece, have conducted a comprehensive investigation on how various structural and electronic parameters affect a phenomenon called Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) in structures of nitride quantum wells with light­emitting polymers, Phys.org news service reported. […]

News December 2, 2015