List of Endemic Taxa of SEE: Regional experts meet to discuss methodologies, criteria
The Regional Expert Team working on the Endemic List of Selected Terrestrial Plant and Animal Taxa of South-East Europe (List of Endemic Taxa of SEE) have convened for their first meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia. The activity is supported within the Regional Network for Biodiversity Information Management and Reporting (BIMR 2) component of the Open […]
Energy transition – Incentives should be abandoned, renewables left to the market (part two)
Author: Goran Granić, director of Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar The biggest problem with all energy policies, including the European Union’s (EU), is inconsistency, i.e. extracting one problem and tackling it individually. For the first time ever, the EU is initiating a unified climate-energy policy, with the drafting of member states’ national plans under way, which […]
Greece’s Terna Energy adds 2 wind farms in Texas to U.S. portfolio
Greek renewable energy company Terna Energy has seen a significant strengthening of its wind farm portfolio in the United States with the completion of two significant investments in the Texas area, according to a press release from the member of GEK Terna Group. The 158 MW Gopher Creek (Fluvanna 2) wind farm in Borden County, […]
Green building becoming increasingly important to tenants
A green building will not pollute the environment during construction or use. This will benefit the residents as they will have better working and living conditions, but also their neighbors, because the building will produce, for example, less noise. Reduced CO2 emissions are also one of the benefits of the green building concept – buildings […]
Western Balkans urged to end subsidies for destructive small hydropower – report
The European Commission and the Energy Community need to play a role in ending state financial support for destructive hydropower plants in the Western Balkans by ensuring that the EU’s rules on state aid – including provisions on environmental sustainability – are applied in the region, according to a new report released today by CEE […]
Nordex wins turbine order from Ulusoy Enerji for 110 MW wind farm in Turkey
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex Group has won an order for more than 110 MW in Turkey. Nordex Group will install 23 wind turbines for the Söke wind farm in Turkey, and they’ll be supplied in the 4.8 MW mode, according to a press release from Nordex Group. The customer and future operator of the […]
Greece seeks to phase out coal by 2028, Ptolemaida V prospects unclear
Greece will adopt a new national energy and climate plan by the end of 2019 that will envisage the shutdown of all coal power plants in Greece by 2028, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019. The plan will also call for expanding the share of renewables to 35% by […]
69 MW Košava 1 wind farm put into operation in Serbia
MK-Fintel Wind, a joint venture of Italy’s Fintel Energia Spa and Serbia’s MK Group, owned by businessman Miodrag Kostić, has put into operation the 69 MW Košava 1 wind farm near Vršac, Serbia today. The construction of the Košava 1 wind farm with 20 turbines delivered by Denmark-based Vestas, soaked an investment of EUR 118 […]
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