Representatives of BiH join AIB’s meeting in Belgium

Operator za OIEiEK, authority for renewable energy sources and efficient cogeneration, participated in the General Meeting of the Association of Issuing Bodies in Namur, Belgium. The institution from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina became an associate member  of the enabler of international energy certificate schemes. Issues covered at the event included the proposition to […]

News March 4, 2016

Czech investors pledge EUR 100 million for wind park

Velimir Ognjenović (pictured left), mayor of Zaječar, and Marek Klimeš (right), Vision Group Balcan – Vision Sword consortium director, signed a precontract for the construction of a wind power plant at Vrška čuka peak on municipal territory at the border between Serbia and Bulgaria. “The investment is worth EUR 100 million, and the City of […]

News March 3, 2016

IPA funding to bring solar heating to urban households

Local public heating operator JKP Grejanje in the Serbian city of Pančevo will use European Union cross-border funds in a programme with a Romanian partner to install solar thermal collectors. Panels taking up 900 square metres will be installed at heating plant Kotež 2 alongside a tracking system inside the building, portal 013 Info reported. […]

News March 2, 2016

Government in Ankara needs to simplify permit process

Less bureaucracy through introducing an “umbrella frame” is required to reduce the waiting period for Turkey’s weather-driven energy licenses which could supply most of the nation’s electricity, according to Mustafa Serdar Ataseven, president of Turkish Wind Energy Association (TWEA or Türeb). The current waiting period is seven to eight years for a single license, he […]

News March 2, 2016

HEP developing cogeneration on forest biomass

Future combined heat and power plants in Sisak and Osijek, valued at over EUR 35 million in total, will be the first in state-controlled HEP Group’s portfolio with statuses of privileged producers. Portal Poslovni.hr reported the company launched construction of the two forest biomass–fuelled facilities in January. HEP secured supply by signing a long-term arrangement for […]

News March 2, 2016

Šarović signs Energy Charter in name of BiH

Bosnia and Herzegovina is the 72nd signatory of the International Energy Charter which was adopted in May 2015 at a ministerial conference in The Hague. Mirko Šarović, minister of foreign trade and economic relations and vice chairman of the country’s Council of Ministers, signed the document at a ceremony at the charter’s secretariat in Brussels. […]

News March 1, 2016

Albania offers to host Energy Charter forum

Ilir Bejtja, deputy minister of energy and industry of Albania, asked the Energy Charter Secretariat to jointly organise a high-level forum in Tirana this year. At a meeting in Brussels he and the organization’s secretary general Urban Rusnák discussed activities and priorities within the Energy Charter Process. Rusnák highlighted the ongoing consultations on establishing rules […]

News March 1, 2016

Siemens to install 54 MW wind farm near Izmir

Seventeen D3 direct drive wind turbines of 3.2 MW each will be installed at the onshore project close to the coast of the Aegean Sea. Siemens has been awarded an order for the Kınık onshore power plant in Turkey’s province of the same name, 80 kilometres north of the city of Izmir. Customer Esinti Enerji […]

News March 1, 2016