Regulator approves electric power price hike
The Energy Agency Council agreed to a price increase for electricity for Serbian households and small-scale customers that buy power at regulated costs, state-owned news agency Tanjug said. The tariffs from August 1 will be 4.4% higher on average, while the mean price increase for all buyers entitled to a regulated price will be 4.5%, not […]
Future CHP plant should come online in December
Company Energijainvest started the construction of its biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the town of Grubišno Polje in Croatia’s northeast. The planned capacity is 3.8 MW, electricity will be supplied to the public grid, while heating will be used by the company. As one of its founders Stjepan Rajnović said, the investment […]
PPC’s subsidiary firm granted trading license
Greece’s main electricity utility Public Power Company (PPC) said its subsidiary firm established in Bulgaria has been granted a trading license by the neighbouring country’s regulatory authority for energy. The subsidiary, which PPC controls with an 85% stake, was founded by the Greek electricity corporation as part of its wider strategy to enter markets in […]
Hunedoara hydro project set to be launched in December
Hidroelectrica, the largest electricity producer in Romania, announced the opening of its hydroelectric power plant in Hunedoara for December. The facility is on the Strei river in Transylvania and is presently 62% complete, portal Business-review.eu reported. The EUR 58 million investment is for 12 MW of installed power capacity. Overall, the still insolvent state-owned company […]
Nation’s biggest hybrid power plant activated in Izmir
Gediz University launched the largest combined solar and wind power system in Turkey. The hybrid electric generator was built on Seyrek Campus in Izmir. The 500 kW facility is located in the 3,000 square meter student car park area. It can meet the electricity demand of around 100 houses, Daily Sabah reported. The project costs […]
Audit reveals lag behind national biofuel targets
National Audit Office has cautioned in a report that the country is failing to meet biofuel production and use targets, Sofia news agency Novinite said. According to an audit of the implementation of the European Union targets from 2008 to 2012, Bulgaria is delaying the adoption of obligatory sustainability criteria for biofuels. Also, consumption of […]
Hydropower plant Đerdap 1 entering revitalization
The fourth stage of the units overhaul of the 1,026 MW hydro facility Đerdap 1 in eastern Serbia, owned and operated by Electric Power Industry of Serbia EPS, will start on August 3, the plant’s head Ljubiša Jokić said. After A-5 unit was revitalized in late March, the plan was to stop A-1, which has been […]
Watchdog pre-licences largest biomass facility
Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) gave the preliminary go-ahead for the construction of the country’s biggest biomass-fuelled power plant, Enerji Enstitüsü reported. Agricultural producer Mutlular Group’s subsidiary plans to install 30 MW of capacity by the end of next year in Balıkesir in Turkey’s midwest. Paddy stems from rice fields will be the main […]
