Birds, bats and wind power: understanding risks
“The biggest thing we get from a cumulative impact assessment is for developers to share data, and this is a major win for the environmental community, because usually most are shy to do so,” Lori Anna Conzo, International Finance Corporation’s environmental specialist, told Balkan Green Energy News at an event on wind power. She participated […]
Vestas receives 83 MW order for Yahyalı wind park
Bak Enerji Uretimi A. Ş. is buying equipment for its wind project in Turkey from Vestas Wind Systems A/S. The order for the Yahyalı project comprises the supply and installation of 25 of V126-3.3 MW wind turbine units as well as a 10-year active output management (AOM) 4000 service agreement, Vestas said. Delivery of 83 […]
Mecasolar supplies 1 MW in 2-Axis trackers
A new solar project in Miroslava, 400 kilometres north of Bucharest, has been powered with 97 dual axis trackers produced by Mecasolar (Mecanizados Solares SL) from Fustiñana, Spain, the company said in a press release. One of the biggest photovoltaic power plants in the country will be connected to the grid at the end of […]
Energy efficiency measures in Plovdiv kindergartens
The Municipality of Plovdiv intends using part of the proceeds of a grant from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF), administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and its own funds towards the cost of energy efficiency in public buildings, EBRD said. The local authorities invited sealed tenders from contractors for energy […]
KfW to lend EUR 47.5 million for renewable energy projects
Vjekoslav Bevanda, deputy chair of the Council of Ministers and minister of finance and treasury, signed a financial cooperation agreement worth EUR 48 million with Christian Hellbach, ambassador of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bevanda said the deal enables withdrawal of EUR 47.5 million through favourable loans and EUR 500,000 of grant funds, of which […]
Sečanj municipality seeks bids for public lighting system
Sečanj municipality started a public procurement process aiming to hire a private partner to provide services of public lighting overhaul, to install, maintain and manage a wireless-controlled LED system. “We offered a model of paying the private partner monthly from our budget during the 12 years of the contract duration,” Novak Zubac, head of the […]
Prime minister’s son applies for hydro plant construction
Blažo Đukanović submitted an application to the Ministry of Sustainable Development, in the name of his company BB Hidro, to build a mini hydropower plant on the Raštak river in Kolašin area in northern Montenegro, Vijesti newspaper from Podgorica reported. The document, signed by Slaven Burzanović, authorized representative, was submitted on May 15, the report […]
Biogas-powered generator registered by energy regulator
Private utility Pelagonija Enerdži DOOEL, headquartered in Bitola, had its biogas-fuelled electric power plant registered in the national list of electricity-generating facilities that run on renewable sources, Build.mk portal reported. The generator has an installed capacity of 2 MW and it is the second of the type in Macedonia, as a thermal power plant on […]