ERS to build 1,000 MW renewable energy power plants over next 10 years
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) aims to invest EUR 1.25 billion in 1,000-MW renewable energy power plants over the next 10 years, said ERS general manager Luka Petrović. As the company has an enormous potential to use renewables, the ERS strategy is to build 1,000 MW renewable energy power plants over the next […]
Čibuk 1, Serbia’s largest wind farm, fully constructed
Construction has been completed on the 158 MW Čibuk 1, Serbia’s largest wind farm, according to a news release from one of the financial institutions that approved a loan for the project. The wind farm has started trial production. Čibuk 1, with 57 wind turbines, “is fully constructed,” reads a news release from the European […]
Concession agreement signed for 49.5 MW Grebak wind farm
Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has signed an agreement with Nevesinje-registered VE Grebak on a concession to build and operate the Grebak wind farm with an installed capacity of 49.5 MW, according to a press release from the entity’s government. The Republika Srpska government awarded the concession to the company to build […]
Holistic approach in sustainable development of renewables – dialogue, environment concerns, intersectoral synergies and public participation
At the recently held Hard Talk event in Belgrade, representatives of UNECE, Ministry of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia and various stakeholders groups discussed barriers and risks that prevent more intense development of the renewable energy sector in the country but also proposed recommendations to address those challenges. At the sidelines of […]
Albania to terminate 17 concession contracts for hydropower projects
Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has found 9 more cases of contract violations during its review of concession agreements for hydropower plants (HPPs). This amounts to 17 concession deals the ministry has started severing, the ministry said on its website. The ministry did not reveal the names of investors in question, the location of […]
ZF to open plant in Pančevo by end-April, second investment phase to start soon
German car parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen AG plans to open a plant in Pančevo by the end of the month to produce powertrain components for hybrid and electric vehicles (EV), while it plans to start expanding the plant’s capacity by mid-2019. New production facilities will be built, but also a research and development center for […]
Dobrila the griffon vulture flies back to Serbia on Turkish Airlines
Dobrila the griffon vulture from the Uvac Nature Reserve, found exhausted and cold near the Turkish-Syrian border in late December, has been returned to Serbia by plane. A protected bird species, Dobrila arrived in Belgrade on a Turkish Airlines cargo plane. The female griffon vulture hatched last spring in Uvac and was named Dobrila because […]
Ministry drafts decree to reduce renewables incentive fee paid by companies
In line with the Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection and Energy 2014-2020, Croatia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy has prepared a decree on the criteria for reducing the surcharge paid by consumers to fund renewable energy production and high-efficiency cogeneration, which envisages a reduction of this surcharge for companies. Companies eligible for […]
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