Health costs of coal plants prompt policy rethink

A study quantified public health costs of polluted air from coal-fired power plants in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo* at up to EUR 8.56 billion per year. The calculation is made up of costs including from premature deaths, respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions, new cases of chronic bronchitis and lower respiratory problems, […]

Local population drives away investor in hydropower

Energie Zotter Bau GmbH & Co KG-Judenburg from Austria reached an agreement with the Ministry of Economy of Montenegro to terminate the concession contract for the construction of a small hydropower plant in the municipality of Gusinje. The two sides said all rights and obligations would be declared settled, as the investor failed to overcome […]

News March 17, 2016

Turkey maintains geothermal superpower status

Eighteen facilities generating electricity from geothermal sources came online last year in the world, adding a combined 313 MW in capacity to existing 13 GW in a total of 24 countries. The number of new power plants was in line with the previous years, though the overall size was lower, the United States Geothermal Energy […]

Renewables March 17, 2016

Bisol picked for 58 MW photovoltaic plant in Belarus

Oil company Belorusneft is making progress with its solar power plant project, as it selected Slovenian producer Bisol Group for installing modules with a capacity of 58 MW. The module maker said it will be responsible for 70% of operations in the EUR 50 million project, heading a group of international companies. The photovoltaic facility […]

News March 17, 2016

GE to upgrade Dinar wind power plant by December

General Electric said it plans to increase its wind power output in Turkey by supplying a new version of smart wind turbines with enhanced generation capacities. With the new project, it will boost its installed wind capacity in the country to over 1 GW, the press release says, according to a report by Anadolu Agency’s […]

News March 17, 2016

KfW approves loan for Hrgud wind farm

Matthias Schmidt-Rosen, director of KfW Development Bank’s office in Sarajevo, visited the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina and told director Gordan Milinić about projects that the German creditor will financially support in the country, pointing out that the funds of EUR 60 million were provided for wind power plant Hrgud. Wind […]

News March 16, 2016

Slovenia funding home energy efficiency, green power

Borzen, power market operator, said owners and co-owners of Slovenian houses and buildings with several homes can apply for stimulation of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. Citizens and legal persons are entitled if they plan the project to be finished by September 30. Applications will be received until April 11. Participants will be supported […]

News March 15, 2016