Turkey to launch 1 GW solar tender in January, include storage at one site – ministry
Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced that a 1 GW solar tender will be launched in January, with a 30 MW/ 90 MWh (AC) storage project to be included at one of the three sites in question, according to reports. Around 500 MW has been assigned to the Sanliurfa-Viransehir site and 200 […]
Residents vow to keep battling small hydropower plant Meteh
Residents in Plav in northern Montenegro recently again blocked the start of construction on the Meteh small hydropower plant (SHPP) on the Komarača river. They insist that the construction permit was unlawfully issued to the investor, construction firm Normal Company owned by businessman Žarko Burić, warning that the investor has no right to resume the […]
EDP Renewables opens energy storage for Cobadin wind farm
Renewable energy company EDP Renewables (EDPR) has opened a pioneering facility for the battery-based storage of wind energy produced at its Cobadin wind farm in Romania, EDPR said on its website. The Stocare Project, as this EDPR venture has been named, represents the first energy storage undertaking in Romania, according to the company’s website. When there […]
Slovenia’s GEN-I installs its 1st solar power system in Croatia
Slovenian electricity and gas trader GEN-I, in cooperation with agricultural cooperative PZ Gospoja owned by the Toljanić family, has installed its first solar power system in Croatia, according to a press release from the company. The 20.52 kW solar power system, worth over HRK 178,000 (around EUR 24,000), has been installed on the grounds of […]
Hidroelectrica to have EUR 800 million budget for HPP upgrades by 2020
State-owned power utility Hidroelectrica will have EUR 800 million at its disposal by 2020 to modernize the hydropower plants (HPPs) it currently operates, according to Romania’s draft Energy Sector Strategy for the period 2018-2030 with projections until 2050, local media reported. The strategic document also envisages EUR 2.5 billion in investments for completing new hydropower […]
EBRD starts consultations on its draft energy sector strategy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching public consultations on the draft of its upcoming Energy Sector Strategy (ESS), which will guide the Bank’s operations in the sector for the next five years, the international financial institution said in a press release. The current EBRD Energy Sector Strategy came into force in […]
Solar PV park projects picking up in Cyprus
Cyprus is lagging behind on meeting its EU 2020 renewable energy targets but has recently renewed a push to promote green energy, resulting in the approval of 83 applications to build solar photovoltaic (PV) parks in June alone, the Financial Mirror wrote. Fanos Karantonis, chairman of the Cyprus Association of Renewable Energy Companies (SEAPEK) told […]
Ministry receives six bids for solar project from US, EU companies
Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has received six bids from international companies for building a solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the ministry has said in a press release. Last month, the ministry launched a bidding procedure for the construction of a solar plant for the generation of electricity in the Akerni area in the […]