Towards sustainable municipal infrastructure
The municipality of Tirana and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have agreed to work together to upgrade the municipal infrastructure and make Albania’s capital more environment-friendly and to develop it in a sustainable way. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Tirana by the bank’s first vice president Phil Bennett and mayor […]
Copenhagen Solutions for sustainable urban development
One of the strong foundations of Danish economy comes from decoupling growth and energy consumption, Lone Dencker Wisborg, state secretary of the Nordic country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a round table at the Belgrade University’s Faculty of Architecture. The event named ‘Energy & Water – Resources Efficiency in Public Administration and Companies’ was […]
IBC Solar Turkey completes 1.1 MW solar power plant
In the province of Kayseri, FIT Enerji Yatırımları AŞ commissioned a photovoltaic facility built by IBC Solar, a company headquartered in Germany. Nominal peak output is 1,11 MW and the open space project was jointly developed by both parties, IBC’s statement said. The power plant, located in the central part of the country, spans two […]
Hidroelectrica wins case for power export to Hungary
State-controlled hydropower producer Hidroelectrica SA won the lawsuit against Romania’s Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), according to its press release. The watchdog had banned export of electricity and fined the company for its trade in Hungary from December to February, Romania Journal’s website reported. Hidroelectrica was selling power on a centralized, transparent and competitive platform operated […]
Exploring limits in advanced LEDs and solar cells
Researchers from the University of Cyprus and Cyprus University of Technology, along with colleagues from the University of Crete in Greece, have conducted a comprehensive investigation on how various structural and electronic parameters affect a phenomenon called Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) in structures of nitride quantum wells with lightemitting polymers, Phys.org news service reported. […]
Croatia eyes EPCG, Serbia wants CGES
Just as rumours calmed down about the takeover of Montenegrin Electric Power Company (EPCG) by Croatia, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić again stated that Serbian power utility EPS bought 11% of shares of transmission operator CGES, part of the Montenegrin company, Poslovni.hr reported. Croatia has openly shown interest in acquiring 41.74% of EPCG from Italian […]
Islands need no pharaonic green power plants
Deputy energy minister Yiannis Tsironis has expressed strong opposition to any prospective development of large-sized renewable energy projects on the Greek islands, portal Energy Press reported. “Our islands are an energy paradise. For starters, their geothermal and renewable energy potential has not been utilized in the slightest. We don’t need to install 300 MW on […]
Burdur solar park gets online in record time
Hanwha Q Cells Turkey, branch of photovoltaics provider headquartered in South Korea, said it finished the construction and grid connection of an 8.3 MW solar power plant in the southwestern province of Burdur. The system is the first part of a project totaling 18.3 MW. The construction of the remaining capacity is expected to start […]