MEPSO to rehabilitate 100 km-long power network
Electricity Transmission System Operator of Macedonia (MEPSO) has announced a call for EUR 14 million tender over construction of four new 110 kV transmission lines over a 100 km-long power network. The tender is open to companies from all over the world. Deadline for applications is April 16. Tenderers may bid for all 4 lots. […]
Siemens Gamesa signs new 36 MW contract in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Siemens Gamesa company has announced that it will install turbines at the Jelovača wind farm in Tomislavgrad municipality, in western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. F.L. Wind, one of independent power producers (IPP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered 18 of Siemens Gamesa G97-2.0 MW turbines, for the supply of 36 MW. The agreement includes […]
Turkey signs new contract with EXERGY for 12.6 MWe geothermal plant
EXERGY and GCL ND ENERJI A.S. have signed a new contract for a 12.6 MWe geothermal power plant which will be located in Alasehir in Manisa province in western Turkey. Recently signed exclusive partnership with NIDEC ASI will provide the generators. Some of the plant components will be manufactured in Turkey, in EXERGY’s Turkish workshop […]
Six bids filed in lead-up to TPP Pljevlja’s overhaul
Six bidders are vying to produce a preliminary design plan for the ecological overhaul of Montenegrin power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore’s (EPCG) thermal power plant (TPP) Pljevlja with an installed capacity of 225 MW. After opening the bids for the job worth EUR 900,000 including VAT, EPCG said that it will start evaluating the offers […]
Energy Community published Policy Guidelines on prosumers
The Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat has issued Policy Guidelines on the Grid Integration of Prosumers to help self-consumption schemes become fully operative in EnC Contracting Parties. The majority of EnC Member States lacks comprehensive legislation in relation to small-scale renewable plants for self-consumption. The Policy Guidelines defines the “prosumer’’ as an electricity consumer that produces […]
BSE-Sofia takes over Bulgarian Energy Exchange
The state-owned Bulgarian stock exchange (BSE-Sofia) acquired 100% of the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) in a deal worth EUR 2.6 million. IBEX was established January 2014, as a fully-owned subsidiary of the state-owned Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH). “EUR 2 million was paid upon the acquisition of the shares, while the remaining EUR 600.000 will […]
EPCG inks deal for HPP Komarnica preliminary design plan
Montenegro’s electricity company Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has signed an agreement worth over EUR 1.6 million with a group of bidders from Serbia – Jaroslav Černi and Energoprojekt Hidroinženjering – to produce a preliminary design plan for hydropower plant (HPP) Komarnica. The contractors are also to prepare a feasibility study and an environmental impact study, EPCG has […]
Nominations for 2018 EU Sustainable Energy Awards are open
The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2018 will take place from June 4 to June 8. Nominations for 2018 EU Sustainable Energy Awards for outstanding and innovative energy projects are open until February 23. The EU Sustainable Energy Week features leading figures and a diverse program of sessions, networking and side-events aimed at discussing and shaping […]
