Germany’s WPD eyes EUR 100 million wind farm investment, government announces tendering
Vjetroelektrana Budva has submitted a request for opening a tendering procedure for the construction of a wind farm at the Brajići locality in the Budva and Bar municipalities, the Montenegrin government has announced, adding that it authorized the line ministries to prepare tendering documents and issue a public invitation of bids. According to a document […]
China’s Norinco gets green light for 156 MW wind farm near Senj
China’s construction company Norinco International Cooperation has obtained a building permit for the construction of a 156 MW wind farm near the City of Senj in Croatia, local media reported. Senj Mayor Sanjin Rukavina announced that Norinco obtained the building permit at a recent session of the city council. He said that another session of […]
China’s Sunpower to design biomass power plant in Bulgaria
A subsidiary of China’s environmental protection solutions company Sunpower Group will design a biomass power generation facility in Bulgaria, according to a press release from the Chinese company. The subsidiary, Shandong Yangguang Engineering Design Institute Co., Ltd., will design a facility with a power generation capacity of 16MW, using waste from the pulp production process […]
TRC’s R3FIBER offers reduced carbon footprint of composites
Some 300,000 turbine blades have already been dumped in EU landfills, with 40,000 more generated by the wind industry every year. Blades, but also boats, planes, and cars, are manufactured from fiber reinforced composites. These components have a high environmental impact, to name only one problem they create. These issues are being tackled by Spanish […]
Opovo contracts installation of four solar bus shelters
The municipality of Opovo has signed an agreement with Subotica-based Aya Bit Solutions to deliver and install four solar-powered bus shelters. The agreement with Aya Bit Solutions, which won a bid for the project co-financed by the province of Vojvodina, is worth RSD 4.95 million (about EUR 42,000), including VAT. The municipality of Opovo is […]
8 companies buy documentation for Briska Gora project
Eight companies have purchased tendering documentation so far for leasing land on the Briska Gora location to build a solar plant, Vijesti has been told at Montenegro’s Ministry of Economy. Unnamed ministry officials who spoke to the daily would not reveal which companies bought the documentation given that the tendering procedure is ongoing, with the […]
Aarhus Centre lodges court complaints against environmental permits for HPPs Buk Bijela, Foča
The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two complaints to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants (HPPs) on the river Drina in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) near the border with Montenegro, CEE Bankwatch Network, one of the largest networks of environmental civil society […]
PPC Renewables invites bids to build, operate 10 MW wind farm
Greece’s PPC Renewables, a subsidiary of the country’s majority state-owned power utility, Public Power Corporation (PPC), has invited bids for the design, procurement, transportation, installation, and commissioning of a 10 MW wind farm on the Ionian island of Kefalonia. The would-be wind farm contractors are to submit their offers by September 10. The estimated project […]