Renewing computer network after all-out blackout
Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (Teiaş) has closed a tender to renew its computer network with the aim of preventing any reoccurrence of the national blackout which occurred on March 30, Hürriyet Daily News reported. Teiaş prepared a detailed technical tender document on 82 pages to prevent technical security breakage, the article said. Companies bid for […]
Austria’s Biogest builds EUR 5.3 million biogas plant
The Romanian unit of Austria’s Biogest, First Biogaz, officially opened the first company-owned biogas-fuelled plant in the country. Electricity is fed into the grid and heat from the facility is used at a grain dryer and a fish farm. Biogest has invested EUR 5.3 million, said Banca Comerciala Romania (BCR), which financed the project, SeeNews […]
Green power projects to add expenses for households
If electricity generated by wind and solar facilities was cheaper than from thermal power plants, Electric Power Co. of Serbia (EPS) would prioritize renewables, said Aleksandar Obradović, head of the government-controlled utility. In an interview for regional news channel N1, he said EPS however does plan significant investments in aeolic and photovoltaic energy projects in […]
Electricity vouchers to be issued as of October 1
As a permanent entitlement for vulnerable social groups and in order to fight energy poverty, 60,000 to 70,000 poor households will receive vouchers worth HRK 200 (EUR 26.2) monthly, starting on October 1, Government of Croatia said on its website. The agreement was signed by Prime Minister Zoran Milanović, the state-owned HEP power company’s chief […]
Monsson Group taking down its 27 MW wind farm
Regulatory changes slash revenue potential, and Monsson Group will take down its completed wind farm rather than connect to the grid and lose money for 25 years. Renewable energy firm Monsson Group is preparing to dismantle turbines at Târgușor in Constanța county, Wind Power monthly published on its website. Nine Vestas V90 turbines of 3 […]
Headrace gallery worth EUR 150 million launched
Hidroelectrica said it inaugurated Surduc–Nehoiașu, its latest headrace gallery, at the Pruncea intake point at Bâsca Mare, following a EUR 150 million investment. The tunnel is part of the Surduc–Siriu hydropower planning, the Romania Journal reported on its website. The project is the longest of its kind to be implemented since 1984, being also the […]
Hidroelectrica sells hydro facility to an archdiocese
The biggest state-owned power producer sold its small hydropower plant (SHPP) Călugăriţa, located in Argeș county in central Romania, to the Argeș archdiocese, according to Mediafax. Hidroelectrica SA, insolvent for the second time, took RON 1.7 million (EUR 380,000) for one of only two small hydro facilities that it sold from the 34 that were […]
Plan for Italy–Slovenia power links on schedule
AdriaLink’s project for two electricity interconnectors between Italy and Slovenia is on track with construction works scheduled to begin next year and commissioning seen in 2017, said Enel SpA, one of the company’s co-owners, SeeNews reported. In 2009, local utilities operator Acegas-Aps SpA, Enel and electricity trading and generation firm Tei Energy SpA signed a […]