Green power giant EDP increases subsidiary capital

Spain-based EDP Renováveis SA strengthened the share capital in its Romanian subsidiary by EUR 30 million, according to data published in the Official Gazette. Romania Journal reported the company majority-owned by EDP – Energias de Portugal SA doesn’t plan wind power expansion, rather that it aims to boost existing projects, according to Laura Lazar, who […]

News April 1, 2016

Polluters should fund bioenergy project development

Romanian Association for Biomass and Biogas (Arbio) put a proposition for the sector to be financed not by consumers but from an environmental fund with contributions from companies which use polluting technologies. Draft legislation was submitted to the Romanian parliament on March 15 to amend law 220/2008 and introduce the scheme when the system of […]

News April 1, 2016

Scientists get funds for green energy, climate change areas

Croatian Science Foundation opened the call for academic institutions and other legal persons conducting scientific work to apply for projects worth a total of HRK 17 million (EUR 2.27 million). The deadline is June 30 and individual applications can bring between EUR 66,700 and EUR 266,600. The project aims to stimulate analysis and propositions of […]

News April 1, 2016

Unlicenced photovoltaics face stricter regulations

Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) updated the regulation of so-called unlicensed photovoltaic market or plants of under 1 MW. Turkish regulator’s amendment was published in the official gazette on March 23, PV magazine reports. A spokesman for Solarbaba, Turkish Solar Energy Society, told PV Magazine that there are three basic changes. Firstly, a legal person […]

News April 1, 2016

Guaranteed green power prices adopted

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to give consent on the guaranteed prices for the purchase of electrical energy from facilities using renewable sources and efficient cogeneration (CHP). According to the document published on the official website, the value of hydropower is set at BAM 0.29936 (15.31 euro cents) per kilowatt […]

News April 1, 2016

Hotels strive for nearly zero energy status

Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP) presented the results of Nearly Zero Energy Hotels (NEZEH) project with representatives from two pilot facilities which entered the final phase as best examples of business practice. Officials from Croatian ministries of tourism, economy, construction and spatial planning also attended the event, as they are involved in the efforts to […]

News April 1, 2016