NIS launches mini power plant in Sirakovo
A small-scale power plant generating electricity and thermal energy was launched at the gas and oil field Sirakovo in the environs of the town of Veliko Gradište, the facility’s operator NIS said on its website. It is a EUR 2 million worth investment into the 2МW total power of this plant. A total of 3 […]
Ombla HPP environmental impact assessment rejected
The Croatian Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection has refused state-owned HEP Group’s environmental impact assessment study for the Ombla hydropower project near Dubrovnik, CEE Bankwatch Network reported. In its decision published on 28 July, the ministry cited significant negative impacts on preserving the integrity of the Ecological Network (Croatia’s part of the Natura 2000 […]
Works for energy efficient hospital starting soon
Health minister Nikola Todorov presented the project for the new building with 354 beds in the hospital complex in the town of Štip in Macedonia’s east. The construction of the facility of 34,000 square meters should start in October and last two years, with a budget of EUR 30 million. Todorov specified on August 7 […]
Biogas-fired power plant will boost local economy
By April next year, the industrial zone in the northern Serbian town of Bač should have an operational electricity-generating facility running on agricultural biogas, Radio Bačka reported on its website. The power plant is being constructed by local company Slovan-progres DOO from Selenča, and its workers were erecting trench silos. Investors are enterprises from Slovakia, […]
German partnership plans solar power plants of 25 MW
Axitec GmbH and B&W Energy GmbH & Co. KG from Germany seek to jointly set up photovoltaic plants in Turkey with a total output of initially 25 MW. The plants are due to be built by the end of the year, Exitec said. B&W Energy and its Turkish joint venture B&W Enerji Türkiye in Kayseri […]
National flagship HPP Đerdap 1 enters overhaul
After a delay due to Russian company Silovye Mashiny being late with equipment, new phase of revitalization in the 1,026 MW power facility Đerdap 1 has started in early August. Located on the Danube on Serbia’s border with Romania, it is the biggest hydropower plant (HPP) in the portfolio of EPS (Electric Power Industry of […]
Renewables take up 92% of capacity in new permits
National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) issued 110 permits last year for setting up new power production units, 92% being for renewable energy, Energy World magazine’s portal said. According to the watchdog’s report, 71 permits for solar, 12 for wind farms, 9 for hydrocarbons, 12 for hydropower, 4 for biogas-fired facilities and 3 for biomass were […]
New player enters photovoltaic project market
ET Solar Group, China-based solar panel maker, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary ET Solutions AG of Germany founded ET Solutions Istanbul to make a long-term commitment to Turkish photovoltaic market. The company will provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as operations & maintenance (O&M) services. The company contracted the construction of its first […]