Moderate progress made in tackling climate change
While primary consumption of energy stood in 2013 at its level from the early 1990s, renewables have increased their share in final energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions decreased over the same time period, Eurostat said in a special report on the occasion of the publication of the 2015 Energy, Transport and Environment statistical book […]
World Bank praises government for energy reforms
The World Bank has considered the reform in the energy sector in Albania as positive. This declaration was made by Ellen Goldstein, the head of the World Bank’s Southeast European office, in a meeting in Tirana with the Albanian energy minister Damian Gjiknuri, Independent Balkan News Agency reported. According to the ministry’s press release, Goldstein […]
Wind park ZD2P gets construction permit
Croatian company Kunovac has received a permit from the Ministry of Construction and Spatial Planning for its wind project with planned installed capacity of up to 48 MW, SeeNews reported. The construction of the power plant near the Adriatic town of Zadar, should be carried out in three phases – the first should see the […]
EBRD moves towards tender for Kostt upgrade
Kostt, the electricity transmission system operator (TSO) in Kosovo*, intends using the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and development to enable achieving full compliance with the N-1 electricity transmission grid security criteria, the bank said on its website. This is a key technical requirement for Kostt to join the European […]
Turkish investor wins geothermal power plant deal
MB Holding has been awarded a contract to build a geothermal power plant with a capacity of 16.5 MW in Croatia, according to SeeNews. Turboden, Italian-based manufacturer of turbogenerators, said that in September it signed a deal with the company from Turkey which holds a permit from January to build Croatia’s first power generating facility […]
Government gives no guarantees for large HPP projects
All arrangements are possible for the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs) on the rivers of Morača (238 MW) and Komarnica (168 MW), under the condition that there are no state guarantees, according to Montenegro’s economy minister Vladimir Kavarić. In an interview to Pobjeda newspaper, he said interest was shown by investors from China, Turkey and […]
Vojvodina’s parliament to host green energy event
The Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina said it will organize an international conference on renewable energy sources in March next year. The event will gather officials from the region and energy experts from whole Europe, the Serbian institution said on its website and added partners from the Assembly of European Regions will participate. […]
Solar tobacco dryers cofinanced by state fund
The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) approved the Sol Siccus Tobacum project for direct cofinancing of the installation of tobacco drying systems which use renewable energy sources. The endeavour was developed by Virovitica–Podravina County’s Regional Development Agency (Vidra). According to a report on the county’s website, the investment is worth HRK 6 million […]