Geothermal energy is underutilized
The Belgrade Chamber of Commerce organized a conference called Geothermal Energy is in Our Backyard, under the auspices of the city’s Secretariat for Energy and the Faculty of Mining and Geology of the University of Belgrade. The event was attended by representatives of local municipalities and many companies and public utilities from Belgrade and Serbia, […]
Nordex hired for wind turbines with over 30 MW
Terna Energy SA sent an order to Nordex Group for wind farm projects in Greece. The German manufacturer said it will supply eight N100/3300 and two N90/2500 turbines. Both sites are located in a region near Athens with strong winds. For the Mougoulios project Nordex is to provide five machines from the N100/3300 series. In […]
Court cancels environmental permit for small hydro facility
Environmental group Zeleni Neretva said that after a three-year process, the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo issued a judgment which cancelled ecological permits for the construction of hydropower plant Dindo on the river Ljuta. Environmental permits for this one and two other power plants on the Ljuta – Memiškovići and Donje Luko, were issued in May […]
Summer school on renewables’ role in local development
The Regional Education and Information Centre (REIC) issued an invitation for its twelfth summer school in Fojnica, west of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo. This time the subject is ‘Renewable energy sources as driving force for local development’. Targeted participants are final year master students, PhD students and young professionals dealing with energy issues from […]
State supports 234 renewable projects in 2015
Financial backing under the Renewable Energy Resources Support Mechanism (Yekdem) in Turkey was more than 2.5 times bigger than in 2014, according to Energy Market Regulatory Authority’s (EMRA) latest data, Anadolu Agency’s Energy News Terminal reported. Stimulation was approved for 234 facilities. Companies planning to generate electricity from renewables are eligible to receive funding depending on the project’s specific features. […]
Study for Kostolac wind park to be done by October
Predrag Đorđević, manager for key investment projects at Electric Power Company of Serbia (EPS), said the feasibility study for the planned wind park in Kostolac would be finished by October. In an interview for the June issue of Energija, the state-owned utility’s magazine, he added the development of the main design will ensue, followed by the preparation of […]
GIZ to promote renewable energy sources in BiH
The German government supports Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of renewable energy sources through various financial arrangements through the KfW Development Bank, said Operator za OIEiEK, authority for renewable energy sources and efficient cogeneration. Based on the requirements of governmental institutions in BiH, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has approved […]
Germany eyes projects in noninterconnected islands
Ministers Panos Skourletis, responsible for energy, and Giorgos Stathakis, who runs portfolios of economy, development and tourism, signed agreements with visiting German vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel for the provision of knowhow from Europe’s largest economy to support renewable energy in Greece, especially in the noninterconnected islands, and to promote exports. The deal followed an energy […]