Electricity prices for end-consumers should go down
Niculae Havrileţ, president of Romania’s energy regulator ANRE, stated the situation allows for lower power prices, Profit.ro said. „This year we have had a few positive elements in the electricity supply and distribution sector, as the electricity consumption went up and the inflation rate evolution was favorable. These two factors combined will definitely bring a […]
Government privatizes Karacaören hydropower plants
GAMA Enerji Holding won a tender to privatize hydro facilities Karacaören 1 and Karacaören 2, located between the city lines of Isparta and Burdur in the west of the country, at a cost of 515 million Turkish liras (EUR 168.9 million), Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal reported. The installed power capacity of Karacaören 1 is 32 […]
PIK-Vinkovci plans 2 MW biogas-fired power plant
Croatian meat processing company PIK-Vinkovci is planning to build a biogas-fired power plant near the eastern town of Vinkovci, the country’s energy regulator HERA said, SeeNews reports. The Vinka power plant will have 2 MW of installed electricity generating capacity and also 2 MW of thermal energy generating capacity, a document posted on HERA’s website […]
Turkey to help Sub-Saharan Africa with solar modules
Within the scope of the preparations for the meeting of the Group of Twenty in Antalya, Turkey set a target to bring solar energy to Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey’s acting energy minister said, according to a report by the Energy Terminal. Ali Rıza Alaboyun told Anadolu Agency that the government will send 100 solar modules, under […]
Sustainable energy tops priorities in EBRD’s strategy
The Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a four-year strategy for Turkey in October, aiming to guide investments through 2018. Among the five themes, first one on the list is energy efficiency, renewables and support for reforms in the energy sector. Other areas are the inclusion of private […]
German company completes two solar power plants
ET Solutions AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ET Solar, said it concluded the construction of its first two solar parks in Turkey in September and connected them to the grid. The projects in Antalya were implemented through ET Solutions Istanbul, founded in the summer with the aim of a long-term commitment to the Turkish photovoltaic […]
Analysts: A2A profits from staying in EPCG
Continued cooperation with the Government of Montenegro and remainining of Italian company A2A in power utility EPCG has been assessed positively by Italian economic analysts, who believe the company will be profitable, writes daily newspaper Dnevne novine. The article, republished by portal CdM, said it took almost a year to conclude a deal, so speculations […]
Špilje generates over 267 million KWh in 10 months
The largest hydro accumulation power plant in the river basin of Crn Drim generated more electricity than was envisaged in the annual plan, Macedonian agency Independent.mk reported. More than 267 million KWh of electricity was produced in the first ten months of this year, which means the annual plan has been met with about 90%, the article said. It is […]