Enerjisa Uretim secures EUR 650 million to invest in wind farms

Turkey-based power utility Enerjisa Uretim has secured a EUR 650 million loan for renewable energy investments and reducing debt. The loan has been provided by seven banks: Akbank, Garanti BBVA, Türkiye İş Bankası, HSBC, ING, TEB and İşbank AG. The company has won an opportunity to install wind farms on the YEKA tender İhsan Erbil […]

Renewables September 23, 2020

China pledges carbon neutrality by 2060

China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2060. The pledge was given by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his speech at the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Jinping spoke via video link. The pledge was given by Chinese President Xi […]

Vienna will equip all its public buildings with solar PV systems

Within its measures to mitigate the climate change impact, the Austrian capital made sure more than half of its territory are green spaces. Ulli Sima, Executive City Councillor for the Environment and Vienna Public Utilities, told Balkan Green Energy News that the local authority would install photovoltaic systems on all the buildings it owns and […]

Interviews September 22, 2020

Still insufficient efforts for wastewater treatment

Authors: Dunja Jandl, Partner, CMS Ljubljana; Ivan Gazdić, Partner, CMS Belgrade; Marija Marošan, Senior Attorney, CMS Belgrade; Tamara Žajdela, Attorney-at-Law, CMS Ljubljana; Igor Đorđević, Attorney-at-Law, CMS Belgrade Wastewater treatment involves various methods of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, by virtue of which harmful chemical and biological substances, as well as solids and gases are removed from wastewater, thereby […]

Agrivoltaic solar project of 13 MW underway in Cyprus

Thalis Engineering is tasked with studies, installation and management of the first agrivoltaic plant in Cyprus on behalf of Royal Valley. The pilot project is for a simultaneuos production of electricity, with a capacity of almost 13 MW and a battery system, and agricultural activity. The Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural […]

Renewables September 22, 2020