Teen funds small hydropower unit with pocket money
Nineteen-year-old Zoran Samardžić managed to tap electricity for lighting for a village house and front yard by designing and installing a turbine on the local water stream. He told RTRS television station he built and assembled all the parts with help of a few grownups and friends with more expertise. The young man from Bileća […]
EBRD sets EUR 100 million for Vakıfbank to on-lend
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it approved EUR 50 million or its equivalent in dollars or Turkish liras to Vakıfbank (Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası t.a.o.) under the Turkey Sustainable Energy Financing Facility 3 (TurSEFF 3). Another EUR 50 million was set under Turkey Sustainable Energy Financing Facility Framework Ext 1 (TurSEFF 2). The […]
Radić: Investors in Balkans seek biomass-fuelled boilers
Key pieces of equipment for L’Oréal’s hybrid trigeneration plant near Burgos in Spain have been designed and installed by company Polytechnik from Austria. The system relies on biomass and solar energy to produce steam, hot and cold water and electricity for the French cosmetics manufacturer’s operations. Viktor Radić from Polytechnik told Balkan Green Energy News […]
Initiative for implementation of photovoltaic systems on rooftops without FITs
The USAID Macedonia Clean Energy Investment Project and the Renewable Energy Association within the Economic Chamber of Macedonia organized a round table on the open issues and possible solutions for implementation of the initiative for placing photovoltaic (PV) systems on the rooftops that will generate electricity without using Feed-in tariff (FiT), due to the high […]
Project of using cogeneration from biomass presented in BiH
The project of energy efficiency by using cogeneration from biomass is worth about EUR 150 million to be invested in 40 municipalities, said Gordan Milinić, head of Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Speaking about the presentation of the project held in Sarajevo, he stressed it will create new jobs and improve the […]
No immediate impact of coup on solar power sector
Western analysts are concerned the fallout from the failed military coup of July 15 will weigh heavily on Turkey’s shaky democracy and increase president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s authoritarianism, according to an article in PV Magazine’s portal, which notes investors gauge political stability of markets as turmoil lifts expenses. In the short term, the photovoltaic sector […]
Recom modules deployed in 11.9 MW project
Amur Leopard solar modules of 260 W produced by Recom have been deployed in the construction of a landmark 11.9 MW photovoltaic project in Cyprus. The multi-site development, which includes ground-mounted solar parks in five locations across the country: at Frenaros, Nisou, Dali, Paliometocho and Malounta, are among the first solar projects of this scale […]
Gamesa lands wind turbine deal in Greece of 10.2 MW
Six European projects in development will be supplied by Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica. The manufacturer headquartered in Spain said it has been contracted to install 12 G52 turbines of 850 kW at a wind farm located in the island of Eubea in Greece. The press release adds the deals have been closed in the second quarter […]
