Wind park ZD2P gets construction permit

Croatian company Kunovac has received a permit from the Ministry of Construction and Spatial Planning for its wind project with planned installed capacity of up to 48 MW, SeeNews reported. The construction of the power plant near the Adriatic town of Zadar, should be carried out in three phases – the first should see the […]

News November 3, 2015

EBRD moves towards tender for Kostt upgrade

Kostt, the electricity transmission system operator (TSO) in Kosovo*, intends using the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and development to enable achieving full compliance with the N-1 electricity transmission grid security criteria, the bank said on its website. This is a key technical requirement for Kostt to join the European […]

News November 3, 2015

Turkish investor wins geothermal power plant deal

MB Holding has been awarded a contract to build a geothermal power plant with a capacity of 16.5 MW in Croatia, according to SeeNews. Turboden, Italian-based manufacturer of turbogenerators, said that in September it signed a deal with the company from Turkey which holds a permit from January to build Croatia’s first power generating facility […]

News November 3, 2015

Government gives no guarantees for large HPP projects

All arrangements are possible for the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs) on the rivers of Morača (238 MW) and Komarnica (168 MW), under the condition that there are no state guarantees, according to Montenegro’s economy minister Vladimir Kavarić. In an interview to Pobjeda newspaper, he said interest was shown by investors from China, Turkey and […]

News November 2, 2015

Vojvodina’s parliament to host green energy event

The Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina said it will organize an international conference on renewable energy sources in March next year. The event will gather officials from the region and energy experts from whole Europe, the Serbian institution said on its website and added partners from the Assembly of European Regions will participate. […]

News November 2, 2015

Solar tobacco dryers cofinanced by state fund

The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) approved the Sol Siccus Tobacum project for direct cofinancing of the installation of tobacco drying systems which use renewable energy sources. The endeavour was developed by Virovitica–Podravina County’s Regional Development Agency (Vidra). According to a report on the county’s website, the investment is worth HRK 6 million […]

News November 2, 2015

DIVE to install two more mini hydropower plants

After commissioning its first facility in Croatia in January, German company DIVE Turbinen GmbH & Co. KG announced that it will install one more mini hydropower plant by the end of the year, and another one in the same market in 2016. The first project was built on river Kupčina in the community of Draganić […]

News November 1, 2015

EPCG’s quarterly profit falls by almost one third

State-owned utility Electric Power Company of Montenegro (EPCG), based in Nikšić, concluded the third quarter with a profit of EUR 12.69 million, 30.4% less than from the corresponding period of last year. The financial report published on Montenegroberza’s website revealed expenditures in Elektroprivreda Crne Gore a. d. rose 5.4% to EUR 170.65 million. Material accounted […]

News October 31, 2015