Turkey opens integrated solar cell factory within USD 1.4 billion project
Kalyon and China’s CETC built a manufacturing complex in Ankara for all components for solar power panels. The factory worth USD 400 million will supply the products to the company’s 1 GW photovoltaic project in Karapınar in central Turkey. Total investment is planned to reach USD 1.4 billion. Production officially started at Kalyon Group’s facility […]
Urban mobility will be in the spotlight in Europe this fall
Urban Mobility Days 2020, the European Commission’s first large-scale urban mobility conference, will take place from September 29 to October 2, kicking off a week after the end of European Mobility Week. The registration for Urban Mobility Days 2020 is open, according to Eltis, Europe’s main observatory on urban mobility, financed by the European Commission’s […]
FAO helping Albania to manage Vjosa river valley sustainably
FAO started a green development project in Albania to support farmers and authorities in sustainable land use and the prevention of pollution and degradation of soil around the Vjosa, one of the few undammed rivers in Europe. The Vjosa has the second-largest river basin in Albania, at 681,000 hectares, and it is one of the […]
TENDERING: Switzerland supports energy rehabilitation of 17 public buildings in Serbia
Serbia’s Ministry of Mining and Energy and Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) have issued a public invitation for the energy rehabilitation of 17 public buildings in three Serbian cities. The deadline to bid is October 22. The tendering procedure, which was announced in July, refers to the supply and installation of plant and […]
E.ON installs rooftop photovoltaic unit in TeraPlast Industrial Park in Bistrița
TeraPlast put into operation the first solar power unit installed by the subsidiary of German E.ON in Romania. The panels on the manufacturer’s production halls and buildings will satisfy 11% of its electricity demand and the construction of two more photovoltaic facilities is underway. E.ON Energie România said it completed the construction of one of […]
EU expects Montenegro to investigate Možura wind farm allegations
The European Commission expects a “credible, independent, and efficient” investigation into allegations of corruption surrounding the construction of the Možura wind farm, according to the commission’s spokesperson, Ana Pisonero. The corruption allegations had also been the subject of an investigation conducted by the murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Assistant director of the Montenegrin Police […]
Four solar power plants to be built at Russian-owned Brod oil refinery
The Russian owners of oil refinery Brod (RNB), which has been out of service for two years now, plan to build four solar power plants on the refinery’s grounds, and have already applied for renewable energy incentives with the Regulatory Commission for Energy of Republic of Srpska – RERS. Capital.ba has learned that the four […]
Greece wants to use EU recovery funds for green power infrastructure
The government in Athens is preparing the national plan for funds from the Next Generation EU investment package, which the European Commission launched as a response to the damage from COVID-19. The local media learned Greece may lean on manufacturing cables, pylons and other elements for green energy facilities together with power links and other […]
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