Virtual power plant in Turkey balances renewables with geothermal capacities
Geothermal plants of 103 MW joined the pool in Pure Energy's virtual power plant in Turkey so the firm optimized its electricity trade and boosted its balancing capacity
Slovenia approves Paški Kozjak wind farm – second out of eight planned
The Government of Slovenia approved the construction of the 14 MW Paški Kozjak wind farm – the second out of eight planned facilities for the use of wind energy. In October last year it announced national zoning plans would be established for eight wind farms in a push to increase the use of the renewable […]
At least 1,000 projects are ‘shovel-ready’ for EU green recovery
EY identified more than 2,000 green development projects in the EU which could be funded from the central budget and it also highlighted one thousand that are already prepared for implementation. Romania, Greece, Cyprus and Croatia are in the lead in Southeastern Europe in different categories in green recovery investments. While the European Union is […]
Meat company Pivac installs 1.2 MW PV plant for self-consumption
Meat processing company Pivac Group has installed a 1.2 MW solar photovoltaic plant on the roofs of its factory PPK Karlovačka Mesna Industrija. The facility will produce electricity for self-consumption. The EUR 1 million investment was implemented by HEP ESCO, a member of the HEP Group. The 7,500-square-meter PV facility has 3,939 PV panels, with […]
Turkey’s regulator licenses 1 GW Karapınar solar power plant
Following the start of operations of its integrated solar cell plant in Ankara, Kalyon got a license from EMRA for the 1 GW solar power system that it is working on in Turkey’s central Konya region. The two projects are worth USD 1.4 billion overall. Kalyon Group received a license for the planned solar power […]
Iberdrola launches construction of three wind farms in Greece
Spanish Iberdrola started the construction of three wind farms in Greece after securing electricity tariffs there in the July auction. The combined capacity of 98.1 MW is scheduled to be connected to the grid in 2022. Iberdrola, which already has more than 300 MW in installed capacity in Greece, started the construction of three wind […]
BiH regulator doubles capacity for renewables integration in grid
The maximum capacity of wind farms and solar power plants that can be connected to the BiH power system was increased from 460 MW to 840 MW for wind and from 400 MW to 825 MW for solar. The decision was made by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERK) upon the proposal of the Independent […]
Sincro.Grid project starts works on 5 MW battery storage facility
A 5 MW battery storage facility and the new power capacitor in Slovenia are part of the smart grids solutions within the Sincro.Grid project with Croatia. Sincro.Grid said construction works have started in Pekre near Maribor on the installation of a battery system with a capacity of 5 MW and storage time of five hours, […]
