EU Sustainable Energy Week 2016 – Power to the consumer

The energy transition is going local. Citizens and stakeholders are organising European Union Energy Days throughout the month of June to activate the transition to secure, clean and efficient energy. The events are held in Europe and beyond as part of European Commission’s initiative EU Sustainable Energy Week (Eusew), which first took place in 2006. […]

News May 23, 2016

ReneSola, UCK plan 116 MW of solar projects in Turkey

Chinese photovoltaics maker ReneSola Ltd. said it will develop 116 MW in solar projects in Turkey in partnership with local sector firm UCK Group, SeeNews reported. UCK’s Berak Enerji will develop and construct the solar parks, while ReneSola will design them and supply high-efficiency solar modules and inverters. Upon the start of operation, the power […]

News May 20, 2016

Serbian ministry to award incentives for recycling

Serbian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection has opened a call for awarding incentives to recycling companies and plastic bags manufacturers, which will be paid from the budget for the next year. Minister Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković said that in the last two years the recycling industry received approximately EUR 32.6 million. Those who use waste […]

News May 20, 2016

HROTE to trade green power on CROPEX from next year

Croatian Energy Market Operator (HROTE) confirmed to SeeNews it will start trading large amounts of electricity from renewable sources on the country’s power exchange CROPEX in the beginning of next year. In line with the Law on Renewable Energy Sources and Highly Efficient Cogeneration adopted in parliament in September, HROTE will act as a balance […]

News May 20, 2016

CGES seeks forecast services for wind power facilities

Montenegro’s government-controlled power transmission system operator Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem a.d. (CGES) published a call for offers for installation and maintenance of a system for forecasting electricity generation of wind power plants Krnovo and Možura. The service is planned to be performed at the location of the supplier (host system) and includes providing data on registered […]

News May 19, 2016

Expatriates build small photovoltaic plant near Žepče

Company Praha d.o.o., founded by Rajko Đuričić, who left Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Czech Republic during the war with his wife Ljiljana, launched a 150 kW solar power station in the community of Brankovići near Žepče. The site in the central part of the country saw an investment of EUR 250,000, which took four […]

News May 19, 2016

EBRD mulling EUR 15 million loan for grid, smart meters

Dependent enterprise (ZP) Elektrokrajina a.d. Banja Luka, the biggest distribution within utility holding Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) Trebinje, is expecting approval from the board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a loan worth EUR 15 million. The target date is September 7, the financing institution said, adding it is considering the endeavour […]

News May 18, 2016

Works on Možura wind power plant about to be launched

Successful implementation of the wind power plant project of Možura should be an additional incentive for the dynamics and diversification of relations between Montenegro and Malta, Milo Đukanović said. The prime minister of Montenegro came to the island country for a return visit and met his counterpart Joseph Muscat. The Možura endeavour is first of […]

News May 18, 2016