Ministry forsees EUR 62.37 million more in revenue
Draft budget of the Ministry of Energy for next year provides a good opportunity for undertaking main activities and performing functions, said Bulgarian minister Temenuzhka Petkova at a joint sitting of the parliamentary committee on energy and the committee on overseeing the activity of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), Focus news agency reported. […]
Italian town gives permission for power cable
Italian company Terna, linking the country with Montenegro via an underwater power cable, has previously published scientific studies that showed the project was designed so as to not endanger the environment, which was also recognized by officials of the Italian town of San Giovanni Teatino, who gave the green light to continue with works, Dnevne […]
Too much power generation – counterproductive
Energy storage must become a priority for Romania, which should rather increase the number of its large users among industrial users than export energy, deputy chairman of Romania’s Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) Emil Calotă said. „It is unacceptable for a country to overgenerate electricity and export it. It is similar to exporting any other raw […]
Electricity prices for end-consumers should go down
Niculae Havrileţ, president of Romania’s energy regulator ANRE, stated the situation allows for lower power prices, Profit.ro said. „This year we have had a few positive elements in the electricity supply and distribution sector, as the electricity consumption went up and the inflation rate evolution was favorable. These two factors combined will definitely bring a […]
Government privatizes Karacaören hydropower plants
GAMA Enerji Holding won a tender to privatize hydro facilities Karacaören 1 and Karacaören 2, located between the city lines of Isparta and Burdur in the west of the country, at a cost of 515 million Turkish liras (EUR 168.9 million), Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal reported. The installed power capacity of Karacaören 1 is 32 […]
PIK-Vinkovci plans 2 MW biogas-fired power plant
Croatian meat processing company PIK-Vinkovci is planning to build a biogas-fired power plant near the eastern town of Vinkovci, the country’s energy regulator HERA said, SeeNews reports. The Vinka power plant will have 2 MW of installed electricity generating capacity and also 2 MW of thermal energy generating capacity, a document posted on HERA’s website […]
Turkey to help Sub-Saharan Africa with solar modules
Within the scope of the preparations for the meeting of the Group of Twenty in Antalya, Turkey set a target to bring solar energy to Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey’s acting energy minister said, according to a report by the Energy Terminal. Ali Rıza Alaboyun told Anadolu Agency that the government will send 100 solar modules, under […]
Sustainable energy tops priorities in EBRD’s strategy
The Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a four-year strategy for Turkey in October, aiming to guide investments through 2018. Among the five themes, first one on the list is energy efficiency, renewables and support for reforms in the energy sector. Other areas are the inclusion of private […]