UPDATE: Consultancy sought to help award EUR 200 million HPP Dabar project
Hidroelektrana Dabar has launched an international tendering procedure to select a consultancy to provide it with legal, financial, and technical advisory services in the process of awarding a turnkey/engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a 160 MW Dabar hydropower plant (HPP Dabar), according to acting general manager Željko Zubac. Hidroelektrana Dabar, part of hydropower […]
Construction launched on Jelovača wind farm, country’s second
Construction has begun on the Jelovača wind farm, which is expected to become Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) second operational wind farm, with trial run planned by the end of 2018, according to Indikator.ba. The 36 MW Jelovača wind farm with 18 turbines is being built in the municipality of Tomislavgrad, where the country’s first wind […]
IBC Solar commissions new PV plant, as lira crisis rattles solar market, but is also seen as opportunity
The Turkish subsidiary of German photovoltaic (PV) systems and energy storage company IBC Solar AG has commissioned a turnkey solar energy project with a total capacity of 1.161 MWp in Merkez near the Bulgarian border for Turkish textile company Edirne Giyim Sanayi, according to a press release from IBC Solar. The ground-mounted PV plant with […]
EUR 2 million in grants to be disbursed for PV systems in 35 municipalities
Public buildings such as kindergartens, schools, municipal buildings, and other facilities in 35 municipalities will get EUR 2 million in grants for the procurement of photovoltaic (PV) systems, the Macedonian Ministry of Finance said. The grant funds to enable municipalities to procure PV systems to generate electricity for public buildings’ consumption will be allocated under […]
Two more weeks left for comments on EU-backed principles, list of sustainable hydropower projects in Western Balkans
The extended deadline to provide comments on the draft Principles for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western Balkans and on the draft Indicative List of Projects associated with the Regional Strategy for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western Balkans, an EU-funded study, expires on August 31. The draft list contains the existing and potential greenfield hydropower projects that may receive financial […]
EBRD seeks geothermal, offshore wind consultants for Turkey
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invited technical and financial proposals from consultants to produce a study of the overall short- and long-term geothermal district energy potential of Turkey, and identify and evaluate the feasibility of the most promising three sites for building such district energy systems, according to a request for […]
Slovenia pays EUR 69.4 million in renewable energy, CHP subsidies in H1
Support payments for electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP) amounted to EUR 69.4 million in the first half of 2018, down 11% compared to H1 2017, Slovenian Power Market Operator Borzen said in a report. On June 30, 2018, the feed-in system covered 3,879 power plants with […]
SHPP Mesići-Nova breaks even after 3.5 years of operation
The Mesići-Nova small hydropower plant (SHPP) near Rogatica, with an installed capacity of 5 MW, broke even on the BAM 10 million (EUR 5 million) investment after three and a half years of operation, said Ljubomir Mrda, director of Elektrodistribucija Pale, a subsidiary of power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS). SHPP Mesići-Nova was put into […]