IHA extends deadline for hydropower projects to apply for CHF 1 million
Hydropower project developers and operators in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, North Macedonia and Serbia, have a month and a half to apply for CHF 1 million (USD 1.02 million) in funds. The International Hydropower Association (IHA) said the deadline for the Hydropower Sustainability ESG (Environmental, Social and […]
Geothermal projects in Turkey paralyzed over COVID-19 shutdown
Supply chain interruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic brought seven projects of 100 MW in total to a halt. Ufuk Şentürk, who is at the helm of the group of investors in geothermal energy in Turkey, said the measures imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 should lead to the declaration of a force majeure. […]
Megajoule Adria to conduct wind resource assessment for Poklečani wind farm
Power utility Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB) has selected Zagreb-based Megajoule Adria to prepare a study on a wind resource assessment for the Poklečani wind farm. According to the EPHZHB, Megajoule Adria has offered to conduct a wind resource assessment for BAM 12,500 (about EUR 6,400). A public invitation to prepare the study was launched […]
World Bank grants EUR 9.4 milion to Kosovo* for renewables, energy efficiency
Kosovo’s Ministry of Finance and Transfers and the International Development Association, part of the World Bank Group, have signed the agreement on a EUR 9.4 million grant. The support was approved within the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project, implemented by Kosovo* and the World Bank. The grant is part of a USD 32.5 million […]
General Electric to make turbines for 1 GW pumped storage HPP in Turkey
In the construction of a hydropower plant north of Antalya, China Gezhouba and KAF Teknik will work with GE, which highlighted the facility’s future role in the utilization of renewable energy sources. General Electric said it would supply four 250 MW turbines for the pumped storage system in Eğirdir in western Turkey. A giant hydropower […]
TENDERING: Mesihovina wind farm maintenance
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB) has launched a tender for the maintenance of the Mesihovina wind farm, the first such facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The deadline for the submission of bids is May 27, according to the public procurement notice. The municipality of Tomislavgrad is defined as the destination for […]
Serbia doubles renewable energy production in 2019
Total electricity production under Serbia’s subsidy scheme for privileged power producers, mainly from renewables, doubled last year from 638 GWh to 1,361 GWh. According to the report produced by the state-owned Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), in 2018 privileged and temporary privileged producers generated the most of electricity in hydropower plants, in wind farms […]
Siemens, Uniper exploring green hydrogen use in gas infrastructure
Siemens and Uniper broadened cooperation with so-called brownfield transformation, aimed at decarbonizing energy facilities with hydrogen from renewable sources. Excess wind power could be utilized for electrolysis. Uniper SE and Siemens Gas and Power agreed to work on decarbonization in electricity production and develop coupling solutions, all with the help of the emerging hydrogen technology. […]