Support scheme costs EUR 2.03 billion through 2028
If not a single power plant that utilizes renewable energy sources is built anymore, Slovenia’s expenses for subsidies from 2009 to 2028 would amount to EUR 2.03 billion, according to government data, Finance newspaper’s author Jurij Šimac said. Last year the solar power facilities, little over 3,000 of them, generated 244 GWh or 27% of […]
Pilot initiative joins European Green Capital award
The call for applications for the 2016 European Green Leaf (EGL) and for the 2018 European Green Capital (EGC) Award, initiatives by the European Commission, will run until October 19. EGL is open to all towns and cities across Europe with 20,000 – 100,000 inhabitants, while EGC is for cities with a population of more […]
German engineering firm eyes new HPP projects
Voith Hydro is interested to participate in the construction of hydropower facilities in Montenegro. The company’s regional sales manager Predrag Krunić underscored that the country has significant energy potential in the rivers and streams of Morača, Komarnica, Lim, Ćehotina and Tara, while only 17% is utilized. The engineering enterprise from Heidenheim, Germany, participated in project […]
Edison SpA interested in renewable energy sources
After the meeting with energy minister of the Republic of Srpska Petar Đokić in the entity’s capital city Banja Luka, Irene Salerno from Italy’s Edison SpA said the company is interested in investing in green energy projects with a capacity of over 20 MW. The Edison’s regional manager added the enterprise is interested in starting […]
Bridge and road will lead to future HPP site
On Lim river near the town of Rudo in eastern Bosnia, the construction of a bridge has started downstream from the dam. The 72 metres long object will be used for the needs of run-on-river hydropower plant Mrsovo, agency Srna said. Dragan Čvor, lead engineer in Comsar Energy’s project, said the works are on schedule. […]
EPS completes its organizational changes
Status changes from July 1 in the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) are the biggest organizational changes in the last two decades, the company’s newspaper EPS Energija said. Instead of 14 entities, the system now consists of three. After the restructuring programme was adopted by the Government of Serbia in November, the process started […]
Electric car, buses, charger stations introduced
The northern Croatian Town of Koprivnica presented its two electric minibuses, first zero emissions public transport vehicles in the country, the municipal website said. The purchase was organized within electromobility project Civitas Dyn@mo, the biggest and most demanding that this local authority participates in. Koprivnica funded the endeavour with EUR 920,000 and the European Union […]
Exergy commissions low enthalpy geothermal plant
Italian organic Rankine cycle (ORC) turbines manufacturer Exergy has begun operations at a new 4 MW low enthalpy geothermal plant in Denizli region in Turkey’s southwest, Energy Business Review reported. The company has completed ORC binary installation, making the Akça plant the world’s first facility to be equipped with a 2-pressure-level cycle on a single-disk […]
