EBRD requires proper environmental impact assessment for projects it finances
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) applies tight environmental and social standards to projects it finances and encourages partners to do the same. However, its leverage is limited to the projects it finances. Dariusz Prasek, Director of Operations, Environment and Sustainability Department, EBRD discusses these and other issues pertaining to the EBRD’s new […]
TENDERING: Bidding deadline extended for Poklečani wind resource assessment
The deadline to file offers to conduct a wind resource assessment for the Poklečani wind farm has been pushed back from July 10 to August 27, public power utility Elektroprivreda HZHB (EPHZHB) has announced. The estimated value of the contract to produce the Poklečani wind resource assessment is BAM 22,000 (about EUR 11,250), with the […]
Greece’s EPC contractor METKA EGN lands solar PV project in Chile
Greek EPC contractor METKA EGN has announced that it has recently signed a contract with Atacama Solar S.A., a subsidiary of solar independent power producer Sonnedix, to undertake the EPC and O&M of the Atacama Solar II 170.65 MWp PV project located in the municipality of Pica, Tarapaca Region, in Chile. The scope of the […]
UPDATE: First Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020 to focus on Western Balkans’ energy future
The first edition of the Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020, to be held on March 5-6, 2020, will be dedicated to the Western Balkans’ energy future and the energy sector potentials of Republika Srpska. Experts, investors, representatives of the NGO sector and international institutions, as well as decision-makers, will get together to discuss the […]
Croatia’s enterprise zone Novi Stankovci expects 10 MW in solar plants
Interest in solar power projects in the Novi Stankovci enterprise zone in Stankovci near Zadar, Croatia has spiked in the past few months, and the local authorities expect the construction of solar plants with a total installed capacity of about 10 MW in the next year and a half, on an area of more than […]
Solar PV takes top share of Slovenia’s RES/CHP support payments in H1
Slovenia’s support payments for electricity produced from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP) stood at around EUR 65.6 million, not including VAT, in the first half of 2019, down 6% year-on-year. According to data from power market operator Borzen, the total electricity production within Slovenia’s support system for RES/CHP […]
Hidroelectrica eyeing CEZ, Enel assets in Romania
Following power distribution and supply company Electrica, another Romanian state-owned energy company, power producer Hidroelectrica, has revealed it is eyeing Czech energy company CEZ’s assets in Romania, as well as assets owned by Italian energy company Enel in Romania, according to reports. Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest power producer 80% owned by the state and 20% by […]
Croatia: from incentives to premiums until renewable energy target is reached
Author: Maja Pokrovac, Managing Director at Renewable Energy Sources of Croatia (RES Croatia)* With its 36.4% renewable energy target, set under its National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), Croatia is one of the most ambitious EU member states. This sends a clear signal to investors that the country seeks to fully utilize its natural renewable […]