Large industry gets discount for disruption plan
The country’s disruption management plan, aiming to introduce energy cost savings for major-scale industry in exchange for shifting energy usage to off-peak hours whenever required by IPTO, the power grid operator, has been published in the official gazette, portal Energy Press reported. A so-called transitional supply security fee of various levels is imposed on electricity […]
Shoe soles prototype charges phones, gadgets
Marathon runner Kokan Ajanovski publicly tested a prototype for a revolutionary device that uses the energy generated by walking and running to charge mobile devices like phones and tablets, the United Nations Development Programme reported. The device is the outcome of six months of development by a group of four students whose idea for the […]
Municipality in Skopje to purchase electric cars
The old fleet of Čair local authority will be replaced by five environmentally friendly vehicles through public procurement. The council of Skopje’s old town, the smallest municipality in Macedonia, decided to go ahead with the purchase after results of an analysis showed the system was economically viable, portal Meta.mk reported. “With this decision we want […]
Call for waste management concession renewed
Bidders have 37 days to send propositions in the prequalification phase for the concession for Regional Centre for Waste Management Keleš with an energy plant in Serbia’s south. The 25 year contract will include construction and operation and the method of processing and gathering for the city of Niš and seven surrounding municipalities. Regional development […]
Serbian EMS buys share in transmission utility CGES
Transmission system operator Elektromreža Srbije (EMS) purchased 10% of ownership of the Montenegrin Electric Power Transmission System (CGES) for EUR 13.84 million at Montenegrin Stock Exchange, Mina-Business news agency said. A total of 14.57 million stocks were purchased in 197 transactions. The price jumped 9.2% to EUR 0.95 per share. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić earlier […]
Hydro, wind, photovoltaics output to grow by 14.65%
Green energy output from Romanian hydroelectric power, wind and photovoltaics will grow 14.65% through 2019, according to a power balance estimate of the National Prognosis Board (CNP), Agerpres reported. Renewable energy facilities hit an aggregate capacity of 5.1 GW at the end of November 2015, power grid operator Transelectrica’s data show, according to an article […]
Metka’s subsidiary wins international contracts
Athens-listed firm Metka said its subsidiary Metka EGN has signed contracts for turn-key engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as the operation and maintenance of seven photovoltaic power production units with a total capacity of over 116 MW in Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. The contracts add up to EUR 112 million, the […]
Greentech launches polyethylene recycling plant
With the completion of the facility for hot-washing PET flakes, and the lines for waste water treatment and polyethylene recycling, Greentech d. o. o. launched the factory worth EUR 5 million in Mladenovo near Bačka Palanka. The project in Serbia’s northwest started in 2013 and it employs 130 people. Stana Božović, state secretary in the […]