EBRD extends support to renewable energy projects in Turkey
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is financing small-scale renewable energy and resource efficiency projects in Turkey with an extension of EUR 400 million. The funds will be extended under the EBRD’s Turkey Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (TurSEFF), a program originally designed to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking to improve their […]
Exergy’s Denizli Tosumlar ORC geothermal plant in Turkey wins top plant award
The Denizli Tosunlar ORC geothermal power plant in Turkey received the Top Plant award in the Renewable energy project domain. Italian company Exergy S.p.A. built it for its client Akça Enerji in 2015. The Power Magazine awarded the Denizli Tosunlar ORC geothermal plant as a part of its “Power Awards” competition, and announced its decision […]
Electricity suppliers in Croatia demand market prices
Electricity suppliers in Croatia demand from the Government to ensure the purchase of electricity from renewable sources at market prices. Gathered together to criticize the amendments to the law that will provide higher incentives for renewable energy producers, the electricity suppliers have warned that such an energy policy could destroy the market and increase the […]
Montenegro finishes laying its part of underwater power cable with Italy
Montenegro has finished laying its part of the underwater power cable with Italy. The operation ended near the cape of Jaz, where a substation is being built. Montenegro is set to become a regional hub for transfer of electricity between Western Europe and Western Balkans, once the entire project is finished in 2018. The laying […]
REC announces new executive director
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) announced Mihail Dimovski as its new Executive Director from February 1, 2017. Mihail Dimovski was selected following the unanimous decision of the members of the REC Board of Directors, as an expert who had previously been in the organisation since 1999. He has returned to […]
Third Macedonian NEEAP presented to public
The draft of the third National Energy Efficiency Action Plan of Macedonia (NEEAP) recommends a decrease in total energy consumption along with measures that will contribute towards primary energy savings. The NEEAP draft, which was presented during the public debate on December 1 at the premises of the Ministry of Economy in Skopje, entails measures in the […]
Western Balkans hydropower potential discussed in Vienna
An international conference in Vienna discussed the hydropower potential of the Western Balkans countries, in an attempt to facilitate closer cross-border cooperation of the stakeholders in building modern, larger hydropower plants, but also protecting water resources in the region. The organiser of the “Western Balkans Sustainable Hydropower Conference,” held in Austrian capital Vienna from November […]
Croatian HEP wins auction for transfer of electricity from renewables in Slovenia
Croatian state-owned utility company Hrvatska elektropivreda d.d. (HEP) has won the auction in Slovenia for the transfer of electricity from renewables for the entire ECO Group during 2017. HEP will be licensed to transfer all the electricity generated in the power plants that are part of the ECO Group system during the course of 2017. […]