Islands need no pharaonic green power plants
Deputy energy minister Yiannis Tsironis has expressed strong opposition to any prospective development of large-sized renewable energy projects on the Greek islands, portal Energy Press reported. “Our islands are an energy paradise. For starters, their geothermal and renewable energy potential has not been utilized in the slightest. We don’t need to install 300 MW on […]
Burdur solar park gets online in record time
Hanwha Q Cells Turkey, branch of photovoltaics provider headquartered in South Korea, said it finished the construction and grid connection of an 8.3 MW solar power plant in the southwestern province of Burdur. The system is the first part of a project totaling 18.3 MW. The construction of the remaining capacity is expected to start […]
Turboden makes ORC turbogenerator of 3 MW for Afjet
Turboden, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries company, said it delivered its first turbine made in Turkey as it is expanding into larger-sized geothermal projects. Turboden Turkey ORC Turbo Jeneratör Sanayi AŞ was founded on April 27 in Ankara, aiming to give customers access to government incentives for renewable energy generation along with providing local on-site and […]
Bulgarian Finance Facility Energy Efficiency Window for SMEs (SMEFF-EE) closed
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), KfW development bank from Germany and Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) e. a. d. (RBB) successfully closed an EU grant-supported Finance Facility Energy Efficiency Window for SMEs (SMEFF-EE) based in Bulgaria. Econoler said it had been hired to support RBB and the applying SMEs in identifying, developing and implementing energy efficiency […]
Turkey increases incentives for renewable energy
As it relies more on local resources to generate electricity, Turkey’s government expands incentives that cover renewable energy investments, the country’s Investment Support and Promotion Agency said on its website. According to a recent legislative amendment, the manufacturing of equipment such as turbines, generators and wind blades will be considered priority investments and will be […]
Video game presents SEE 2050 Energy Model
As the climate talks were beginning in Paris, a group of civil society organisations under SEE SEP programme launched a video game version of the South East Europe (SEE) 2050 Energy Model. The organisations argue that the countries in the region can have a cleaner, fairer and more efficient energy system, resilient to future climate […]
Liberalization leads to power price increases
Energy minister Temenuzhka Petkova stated the forthcoming energy market opening in Bulgaria is likely to lead to higher tariffs for electricity, Novinite agency reported. In an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), she said the power price hike could be expected immediately after liberalization in the beginning of next year. Petkova didn’t give any […]
First biomass fueled heating plant in Croatia finished
The first municipal heating system on biomass in Croatia was launched in Pokupsko, southeast of capital Zagreb. It was completely financed by European Union’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance in Rural Development (Ipard), local portal Kronike Velike Gorice reported. The system has a capacity of 1.1 MW, and thirty users were connected through individual substations worth […]