First Solar secures interconnection rights for three PV plants in Turkey
Arizona-based First Solar Inc. has been awarded interconnection rights for three planned utility-scale solar photovoltaic plants in southern Turkey. The rights were issued following a competitive tender that was administered by the Turkish Electricity Transmission Co. (TEIAŞ) as part of the country’s Renewable Energy Resources Support Mechanism (YEKDEM) program, Solar Industry Magazine said. Subject to […]
Bulgaria one of three EU countries in reaching RES 2020 targets
Energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption in the European Union (EU) reached 15 % in 2013, compared with 8.3 % in 2004, Eurostat said. The share of renewables in gross final consumption of energy is one of the headline indicators of the Europe 2020 strategy. The target to be reached by 2020 for […]
Over 500 experts participated in Arad trade fair
Seventh Enreg Energia Regenerabila, the event on renewable energy and energy efficiency in the border triangle of Romania-Hungary-Serbia, was held from March 4 to March 6 in Arad. “Despite the legal barriers and lower investments in renewable energy, we were stubborn enough to bring together for the 7th consecutive year, specialists in the field to […]
Impact study for hydro plants at Sutjeska blocked
Republika Srpska’s Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology blocked the process of approving the environmental impact study for small hydropower plants on Hrčavka river in the Sutjeska National Park, because the protected area’s spatial plan must be approved first, Energetika.ba portal said, citing Fena agency. Nataša Crnković from the Center for Environment in Banjaluka, […]
Elicio’s two wind parks in Alibunar remain in the pipeline
Representatives of Electrawinds confirmed they are committed to building two wind parks, Alibunar municipality website said. Ludo Vandervelden and Nicolas Bruyonooghe, CEO and development manager of Elicio NV, the company that took over Electrawinds’ projects in Serbia, visited the municipality seat and said it is a good place for investing, as is the whole of […]
Supply and demand for biomass goes online soon
Serbia may soon introduce its first biomass market on the internet, said Miloš Banjac, assistant minister of mining and energy, responsible for energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, EurActiv.rs reported. These days details are being discussed about the intention to show the current supply and demand for biomass in Serbia in one place for the […]
Belectric lands first solar tenders in Turkey
German system integrator Belectric’s Turkish joint venture has secured its first tenders in the country after gaining approval for two large-scale ground-mounted solar projects from Turkish Electricity Transmission Co. (TEIAŞ), Pv-tech.org reported. Belectric Kuloğlu has successfully tendered for projects which will have a combined AC connection capacity of 32.4 MW – 14 percent of the […]
Balkan countries in relatively stable positions in EY’s Recai chart
Balkan markets included in Ernst and Young’s latest quarterly Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (Recai) changed positions slightly from three months before. Turkey moved up a spot to be ranked 18th of the 40 countries listed, Greece stayed at number 33, while Romania dropped three places to the 35th position. Bulgaria and Slovenia were last […]
