Heating market emerging, but needs policy support
In the Balkan countries and in Turkey the energy policy is focused on fossil and nuclear energy sources rather than on renewables, says Heinz Kopetz, president of the World Bioenergy Association (WBA)
Juncker plan contributes to winning energy battle of Crete
A project to interconnect the island of Crete to the mainland’s electricity system that was proposed over 20 years ago could now be implemented using private investments to utilise the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), said Anastassios Kallitsantsis, the vice chairman of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), Neurope.eu portal reports. “This project has […]
Government cancels contracts for 30 hydro plants
Licenses for the construction and use of 30 power plants throughout Albania were cancelled by the country’s government for their „failure to meet obligations,“ after members of the European Parliament called on it to reconsider the plans. Prime minister Edi Rama’s cabinet earlier scrapped several such systems that were approved in the last meetings of […]
BiH among world leaders in power production from renewables
According to State Electricity Regulatory Commission’s data, 16.3 TWh of electric power was generated in 2013 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which 43.7% came from hydro systems, Fena agency said. The rest of the production is from thermal power plants, except for the 1.47% that was generated in smaller and industrial facilities, including from other […]
Pramoritsa hydropower plant commenced trial run phase
D.Y. Pra. AE, operator of small hydropower system Pramoritsa in western Greece, started the test operation of the 1.035 MW plant, Energypress.gr portal said. The facility’s biggest contribution may be lowering the cost for the operation of the water purification plant at the dam, which supplies the Voio municipality, the operator said, adding that the […]
Project discussed for biomass usage in heating in Prijepolje
Introducing biomass for district heating in Prijepolje through a EUR 100 million credit line to Serbia was the topic of a discussion between Prijepolje municipality head Emir Hašimbegović and the officials of Germany’s KfW development bank and of climate technology initiative DKTI. The offer to Serbia is a EUR 100 million loan with a 2.25% […]
ELEM activates EUR 5.6 million in guarantees from Slovenia’s Riko
The bank guarantees provided by Slovenia’s Riko worth EUR 5.6 million were activated, state-owned power producer ELEM said on April 9. The foreign company failed to meet obligations in the former Yugoslav republic on the construction of a 36.4 MW hydropower plant (HPP), said ELEM, operator of the facility. St. Petka HPP was officially delivered […]
Construction works for Krnovo wind project about to launch
Early May is set for the start of the development of first electricity generation system powered by wind in Montenegro, the country’s Economy Ministry told to Vikend novine. The paper reminded that Možur hill project near Bar is uncertain, as the investor backed out. Akuo Energy company, France’s leading independent producer of renewable energy, says […]
