69 MW Košava 1 wind farm put into operation in Serbia
MK-Fintel Wind, a joint venture of Italy’s Fintel Energia Spa and Serbia’s MK Group, owned by businessman Miodrag Kostić, has put into operation the 69 MW Košava 1 wind farm near Vršac, Serbia today. The construction of the Košava 1 wind farm with 20 turbines delivered by Denmark-based Vestas, soaked an investment of EUR 118 […]
150 NGOs call on Edi Rama to halt HPPs, protect Vjosa river in Albania
In an open letter to the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, nearly 150 national and international NGOs, are asking the Albanian government to stop the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Vjosa river. According to a press release from EcoAlbania, the Vjosa river is a hotspot for biodiversity and home to many endangered […]
Bulgaria’s households to be able to choose electricity supplier from 2020
Households in Bulgaria will get the right to choose the electricity supplier but not before 2020, Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said, local media reported. The electricity market liberalization for households and small consumers was scheduled to happen a year ago. She said that the process has started, but that it will be finished in […]
Greece to start shutting down coal power plants
A business plan being drafted by the management of majority state-owned Public Power Corporation (PPC) includes a “sweeping divestment” of its coal power plants in Greece, Ekathimerini writes. The plan to start shutting down PPC’s coal-fired power plants, which is expected to be ready by mid-November, is meant to be factored into the structural changes […]
EPCG, KfW ink EUR 33 million loan for Phase II of HPP Perućica’s reconstruction
Montenegro’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has signed a EUR 33 million loan agreement with German development bank KfW for Phase II of a project to overhaul and modernize the Perućica hydropower plant (HPP), the country’s oldest. The loan agreement for the second phase of HPP Perućica’s reconstruction and modernization was signed by […]
ELES, GEN-I to pursue green transformation through smart grids
Slovenian power transmission system operator (TSO) ELES and electricity trader GEN-I have signed an agreement to form a consortium that will seek to accelerate the Slovenian energy sector’s green transformation through smart grids, according to a press release from GEN-I, part of GEN Group. The agreement to pursue green energy transformation through smart grids was […]
Energy transition – A challenge with no historical precedence (part one)
Author: Goran Granić, director of Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar The energy sectors of all countries are facing a great challenge, a transition amid continuous reduction in CO2 emissions, which is a challenge with no historical precedence and which involves all participants in the technological chain of energy management, all citizens, and all economic entities. At […]
Energy Vault – energy storage made of concrete blocks and cranes
Concrete blocks and cranes that is all that you need to store electricity. How? Simple. The crane uses excess energy from renewables to lift concrete blocks, and when the power is required, the crane lifts blocks, and the generator produces it. The process is similar to a pumped-storage hydropower plant (HPP), with water substituted with […]
