Solar plant in Stara Pazova municipality underway
Stara Pazova municipality publicly presented the project of a photovoltaic facility to be built in the village of Surduk, located close to the Danube. Investors are private persons and the documentation was prepared by a local company Projekt biro Marinko DOO. The plan for the 950 kW solar power plant is to sell electricity to […]
First state funding of renewables in agriculture
The government prepared EUR 5 million for sheep and goat farmers to fund installing equipment for the use of renewable energy – the first time this is being done in agriculture – such as photovoltaic systems which are expected to reduce the cost of production. Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis has announced measures worth an overall […]
Solarizing will help Greece overcome its troubles
With energy poverty emerging as one of the most dramatic symptoms of the recession – six out of every 10 households are struggling to pay their energy bills – it is high time that Greece seized upon its greatest and still largely unexploited asset, said Kumi Naidoo, executive director of environmentalist pressure group Greenpeace International, […]
Wind projects soon to be linked to mainland grid
The upgrade of the power network serving Evia is expected to boost wind park investments in the island’s south, and in the nearby islands of Andros and Tinos. Permits for the areas are more than a decade old, but there was no solution for transmission, Energy Press reported. IPTO, the power grid operator, announced in […]
Contracts for 10 hydroelectric plants in preparation
According to an announcement by the Privatization Administration (ÖİB), ten hydropower facilities owned by government-controlled Electricity Generation Company (Elektrik Üretim AŞ) are to be sold in five groups. The notice published in the Official Gazette on July 28 said that a sealed-bid auction is planned, Daily Sabah’s portal said. Karacaören 1 and Karacaören 2 form […]
European energy performance contracting cooperation
Project EnPC-Intrans, aiming to increase the capacity for performance contracting on the municipal level, successfully started in nine European countries, the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SKGO) of Serbia said. Energy performance contracting (EPC) is an essential instrument for the improvement of energy efficiency in municipal buildings and services, according to the press release, […]
Mecasolar supplies equipment to solar plant
Photovoltaic facility in Prahova of 108 kW had two-axis trackers delivered by Mecasolar (Mecanizados Solares SL), which said the plant is expected to have an annual output of 183.000 Kwh and save 90 tons of emissions. It features eight 13.15 kW trackers and more than 432 modules. Solar trackers are capable of increasing photovoltaic solar […]
Investors want to block new green energy projects
Investors in the renewable energy sector asked the government to temporarily suspend the accreditations for new renewable energy plants, Romania Insider reports. In an open letter sent to prime minister Victor Ponta, energy minister Andrei Dominic Gerea and energy authority ANRE, four renewable energy producers’ organizations have asked for urgent measures in order to avoid […]