London airport buys solar panels made in Turkey
Southend Airport, located east of the capital of the United Kingdom, is installing solar energy panels from Turkey, the company leading the project announced, as reported by Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal. Over 9,500 high-efficiency solar panels were produced in Istanbul, where Chinese company CSUN established the country’s largest solar panel factory in 2013, with 350 […]
Entity government combs idle energy concessions
The Republic of Srpska plans to review all concession contracts in the energy sector this year and to annul the ones which aren’t making progress for no particular reason, Nezavisne.com said. Then new public calls will be launched for investors. Sources from the entity’s police ministry said some checks have already started for cases which […]
Greece raises wind power capacity
There was 171.8 MW in new wind power capacity installed last year in Greece, and 210.7 MW of wind parks were under construction, according to a report by the Hellenic Wind Energy Association (HWEA or Eletaen). There was 2.15 GW either in commercial use or being tested, up by 8.7% from 2014, Energy Press portal […]
Works on Podveležje wind park to start this year
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina gave the approval to public enterprise JP Elektroprivreda BiH dd (Electric Utility of BiH) for the launch of the construction of Podveležje wind power plant near Mostar in the south of the country. The project starts with roads, and goes on to substations and the installation […]
Končar chosen to construct Vranduk hydro plant
Croatian company Končar – Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering Inc. (Končar – Ket) signed a contract with public utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine dd in Sarajevo to build Vranduk hydroelectric power plant as part of consortium with Austrian Strabag AG, which dominates with a share of 63.4%. The project is worth EUR 63 million. […]
Foča assembly has little power over small hydro
The opposition in a town in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina is asking for a special session of the local parliament. At a regular meeting, Radisav Mašić, chief of the Municipality of Foča, read information on the plans and development of 14 small hydropower plants on the rivers Ćehotina, Govza, Bistrica, Oteša, Krupica, Jabušnica, Sutjeska i […]
Government files charges in ČEZ privatization affair
The Ministry of Energy and Industry completed the audit on the privatization of the electricity distribution network operator (Oshee sh. a.) and pressed charges against three former ministers in the government of Sali Berisha, one of his then-advisors and two deputy ministers. Besides Ridvan Bode, Genc Ruli, Florion Mima, Enno Bozdo, Neritan Alibali and Zana […]
Energy development stands above politics
Countries in the region, and generally in Europe, have strained budgets because of economic and political difficulties, so investments in green energy can be spurred through public–private partnership, Aleksandra Tomić, President of the Committee on Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy at the National Assembly of Republic Serbia, told Balkan Green Energy News. She […]