Dravske elektrarne Maribor plans EUR 65 million investment in wind farms
Slovenia’s power utility Dravske Elektrarne Maribor (DEM) plans to invest EUR 65 million in three wind farms – Ojstrica, Paški Kozjak, and Rogatec. The installed capacity of the wind farms would be 46 MW with an expected output of 122 GWh per annum. Currently, Slovenia has only two wind turbines, with the production of 6 […]
Cogeneration plant on woodchips, pellets inaugurated in Županja
GEEN Holding AS has said it formally launched its second combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Croatia. The biomass unit in Županja has the capacity of 4.9 MW for electricity and it is equivalent to the Benkovac project, finished last year. The heating portion comes in at 8.5 MW and a maximum of 10 […]
Aluminum plant in Limassol connects 2.5 MW solar power system to grid
President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has inaugurated the biggest roof solar power system in the country, which will meet almost a third of demand at Muskita Aluminium Industries Ltd. The electricity-intensive business put online 6,750 panels with 2.5 MW in total, according to reports in the local media. The power facility in Limassol took up […]
Solar PV panels installed on 108 public buildings in North Macedonia
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels have been installed on the rooftops of the 108 public buildings under the Government of North Macedonia’s project. The EUR 20.6 million investment is planned to pay off in 7.5 years and reduce CO2 emissions and energy costs. The PV systems were built in 36 municipalities in 68 elementary and secondary […]
Solar power plant of 3.5 MW in Croatia’s Vis island nearly completed
Ivo Radica, head of the Municipality of Vis in Croatia, said that the solar power facility that is under construction at a plot of 5.7 hectares would be an excellent asset. The eponymous island will be recognizable at the tourist map for its own electricity source and the 3.5 MW unit will also give developer […]
Serbia rolls out ecotax – firms to pay up to EUR 17,000 per year
The Government of Serbia adopted a directive dividing the corporate sector into three categories according to environmental impact and imposed ecological taxation. Firms are in four groups with regard to size. Persons taxable with property tax were also included at the bottom, with a levy of RSD 1,200 (EUR 10.2) per annum. The ecotax was […]
Green Home files criminal complaint over Bijelo Polje SHPP plan
Environmentalist organization Green Home has said it raised a criminal case with the Supreme State Prosecution Office of Montenegro against officials it claims are responsible for abuse of power in the procedure of project development for small hydropower plant Lještanica. Decision makers from the departments for spatial planning and rural and sustainable development in Bijelo […]
Hidroelectrica initiates takeover of ČEZ, Enel’s facilities in Romania
The management of Speeh Hidroelectrica SA requested the goahead from shareholders to hire consultants and lawyers in the procedure it started with the aim to acquire assets from ČEZ Group and Enel SpA, counting on them divesting in Romania. The extraordinary meeting is scheduled for December 12. The hydropower plant operator also asked for a […]