ERS wins concession for construction of Buk Bijela
The Government of the Republic of Srpska granted a concession for the construction and operation of hydropower plant Buk Bijela on the Drina river to a consortium organized by state-owned utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) and its subsidiary Hidroelektrane na Drini from Višegrad. Portal Nezavisne.com reported the the facility will be located in the municipality […]
Tekno Group opens largest solar power plant in Turkey
Tekno Ray Solar, with its Italian partner Enerray, opened Turkey’s largest photovoltaic facility, which in the first stage has production capacity of 18.5 MW. It is located in the central Anatolian province of Konya. The plant, planned for 22.5 MW, will meet electricity demand of more than 20,000 households, the company said in a press release. The […]
DIVE’s second hydro facility in Croatia set into operation
Hydropower plant Klipić, located at river Sunja 100 kilometers southeast of Zagreb, was launched with a turbine capacity of 130 kW. DIVE Turbinen GmbH & Co. KG. stated on its website this is the second facility in Croatia with its equipment, integrated in an old watermill with legal status of protected heritage. The DIVE-Turbine, installed in […]
Serbia reaches 500 MW quota for wind power
The Ministry of Mining and Energy revealed in mid-April it filled the capacity of 500 MW envisaged for electricity from wind turbines. Projects awarded with the temporary status of privileged producers are eligible for subsidies by law, but the government yet needs to adopt the frame for power purchase agreements. Serbia is waiting for a […]
RP Global puts online 34.2 MW wind park near Dubrovnik
RP Global commissioned a wind park in Rudine in Croatia’s south, becoming the largest wind energy investor in the market
Combined project of EUR 1 billion to support renewables
Secure and stable complementarity and the use of different sources of energy are the concept behind project Vis Viva in Croatia’s southern province of Dalmatia. Its segments are the construction of a combined cycle cogeneration natural gas plant at lake Peruća, a pumped storage hydropower plant at nearby Vrdovo, with a new reservoir, connecting gas […]
Region sees dozens of green energy law firms listed in Chambers guide
Out of 11 law firms from Central and Eastern Europe that were included in the segment of energy in the guide published by Chambers and Partners, eight were listed at least partly due to results and experience in renewables.
U.S. funds eye concentrated solar power projects
Nikos Kouyialis said two innovative solar parks must be completed by 2019. Their construction would generate up to 300 jobs, out of which 50 to 60 will be permanent, according to the Cypriot minister of agriculture and environment. During the ceremony of the signing of the Paris Agreement in the headquarters of the United Nations in […]
