Mercedes-Benz signs Germany’s 1st corporate renewable PPA

Carmaker Mercedes-Benz has signed Germany’s first corporate renewable Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), as part of plans to supply all its German plants with CO2-neutral energy by 2022. According to a press release from the carmaker, Mercedes-Benz will buy wind power for its German operations through a corporate renewable PPA signed with Norway’s state-owned Statkraft, Europe’s […]

Renewables January 8, 2019

CGES to pay dividend from retained earnings from previous years

Montenegrin transmission system operator (TSO) Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem’s (CGES) shareholder assembly has backed a EUR 16.2 million dividend payment, the company said on its website. On the last day of 2018, the company’s shareholder assembly adopted the decision to allocate a gross EUR 16.24 million in dividends. This is a part of the company’s retained earnings […]

Top 3 Most Read articles in December

After the success of our Top 10 Most Read articles in 2018, Balkan Green Energy News is introducing the Top 3 Most Read articles by month. The list is also available for the Serbian-language version of the website. Here is what grabbed the most attention from our English-language readers in December. 1 – An interview with […]

Enlight Renewable Energy’s Kovačica wind farm starts trial production

The 104.5 MW Kovačica wind farm, operated by Israel’s Enlight Renewable Energy, has started trial production and is expected to be fully operational in the second quarter of the year, the company said. The company owns 3 wind farms in the region, in Croatia (Lukovac), Serbia (Kovačica), and Kosovo*. The Kovačica wind farm, Enlight’s largest project in […]

Renewables January 3, 2019

Tendering: Maintenance of solar power system, other garage facilities

Belgrade’s public parking management company Parking Servis has launched tendering for the maintenance of the Zeleni Venac garage’s solar power system, facade, and hydrant network. The 30 kW solar power system is under warranty until February 2, 2020, according to the text of the public invitation to bid. The solar power system comprises 155 photovoltaic […]

Renewables January 3, 2019

Power utility EPS gets energy permit to build its 1st wind farm

State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has obtained the energy permit for the construction of its first wind farm. The energy permit was issued on December 31, 2018, according to a press release from EPS. The construction of the Kostolac wind farm is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2019. The investment is […]

Renewables January 3, 2019