Serbia reaches 500 MW quota for wind power

The Ministry of Mining and Energy revealed in mid-April it filled the capacity of 500 MW envisaged for electricity from wind turbines. Projects awarded with the temporary status of privileged producers are eligible for subsidies by law, but the government yet needs to adopt the frame for power purchase agreements. Serbia is waiting for a […]

Energy willow Salix viminalis – biomass where you want it

INTRODUCTION AND FRAMEWORK FOR SALIX VIMINALIS IN SERBIA Global quest of ways and technologies for the CO2 reduction and fight for a cleaner and sustainable future has delivered numerous solutions among which a significant role plays substitution of fossil fuels with the renewable ones. In the scope of renewable sources, beside the wind, solar or […]

U.S. funds eye concentrated solar power projects

Nikos Kouyialis said two innovative solar parks must be completed by 2019. Their construction would generate up to 300 jobs, out of which 50 to 60 will be permanent, according to the Cypriot minister of agriculture and environment. During the ceremony of the signing of the Paris Agreement in the headquarters of the United Nations in […]

Overhaul underway for two large hydropower plants

State-controlled electricity producer Hidroelectrica SA asked its shareholders for approval to start refurbishing the power plant at Mărişelu in Cluj county. Romania’s largest power producer earlier also announced the tender for the refurbishing of the Vidraru power plant. The latter investment is estimated at EUR 80 million, said Remus Borza, the company’s judicial administrator, according […]

Iberdrola orders Gamesa’s wind power software upgrade

After developing the Energy Thrust software, which boosts turbine efficiency, Spanish-based Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica reached an agreement with public utility Iberdrola to install it in 54 wind farms in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Greece and Cyprus with aggregate capacity of 1.6 GW. “This contract reinforces our work as technology experts and value-added operations and […]