Multiconsult hired for consulting in Devoll projects
Statkraft Albania’s project Devoll Hydropower (DHP) Sh.A. signed a contract with a Norwegian engineering and design firm. Multiconsult was picked for providing contract staff and for consulting services. Hydropower stations, Banja and Moglicë, one of which is underground, will have total capacity of 256 MW. The stations will produce an estimated 729 GWh per year, […]
EPS, KfW developing green energy together
Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) is an important partner of KfW Development Bank in the frame of cooperation with the country, said Arne Gooss, director of the German financial institution’s Belgrade office. He added projects with the company have been ongoing for a decade. In an interview with magazine EPS Energija, he stated the […]
Study identifies misuse of green energy funding
European Union member states in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including Romania and Croatia, misspend the bloc’s funds destined to transform the carbon-intensive, inefficient energy systems of their countries, according to the authors of the study Climate’s Enfants Terribles. CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth commissioned the document interpreting how the continent’s clean […]
Cyprus, Israel mull models for boosting green energy
A power link between Cyprus, Israel and Greece called the EuroAsia Interconnector would improve the potential of Cyprus and Israel to further develop renewable energy sources (RES), said Eitan Parnass, director general and founder of the Green Energy Association of Israel and secretary of Global Solar Council. At a presentation about green energy and bilateral […]
Sustainable energy facility launch event, awards
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank, the European Union and the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources will promote sustainable energy financing in Turkey through the Mid-size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (MidSEFF). The launch event will also mark the third stage of financing for MidSEFF, which […]
Biogas plant, cow farm launched in Bitola
Agriculture company ZIK Pelagonija JSC Bitola opened its biogas-fuelled power plant and cow dairy farm in the village of Novaci in Pelagonija region. It invested EUR 10.5 million in electricity generation of 3 MW and EUR 9.78 in the facility with 2,000 cows. ZIK Pelagonija said it is also investing in a farm in the […]
Dutch investor sues government for blocked project
Amlyn Holding BV, registered in Amsterdam, informed the Ministry of Economy of Croatia in December that it had started a process the European Court of Arbitration. It is asking for payment of damages because of a blockage imposed on the construction of a woody biomass–fired power plant in Koprivnički Ivanec in the country’s north, portal […]
Phoenix Solar, partner win 4.9 MW project
German solar system integrator Phoenix Solar AG said it will build four solar power plants with a total capacity of 4.9 MW in Turkey in partnership with Asunim Yenilenebilir Enerji Teknolojileri, SeeNews reported. The companies have been jointly awarded the contract by a Turkish governmental enterprise. The solar arrays, which will use Jinko polycrystalline solar […]
