GE Renewable Energy to supply Cypress units for 51 MW wind farm in Turkey
GE Renewable Energy has been selected by Sanko Enerji to supply GE’s 4.8 MW Cypress Units for the 51 MW Gazi 9 Wind Farm in Turkey and will be providing a 10-years Full-Service Agreement. Located in Çanakkale, Turkey, the 51 MW wind farm will generate enough renewable energy to power the equivalent of 100,000 homes […]
North Macedonia’s ESM signs two contracts for Bogdanci wind farm expansion
North Macedonia’s state-owned power producer Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM), formerly ELEM, has signed two contracts on the Bogdanci wind farm expansion with a consortium of Germany’s Fichtner and North Macedonia’s Geing. The contracts for the Bogdanci wind farm, North Macedonia’s first wind farm, were signed by Vasko Kovachevski, CEO of ESM, and Elena Cekulaeva, […]
Vestas wins 185 MW in wind turbine orders in Greece
Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems A/S has won three new wind turbine orders in Greece, for a total capacity of 185 MW, according to press releases from the company. The latest order, from Volterra S.A., is for 15 V117-3.45 MW wind turbines delivered in 3.6 MW Power Optimised Mode for two wind farms in the Viotia […]
Ukraine launches renewable auction system
Authors: Maria Orlyk, Partner and Sergiy Datsiv, Associate, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz,Kyiv Starting 1 January 2020, Ukraine launches a new state support mechanism for renewables. Power generating facilities seeking state support must take part in e-auctions and compete for the right to sell power to Ukraine at the lowest possible price. Introduction In the first half […]
Survey launched to examine experts’ positions on energy policy priorities in the region
A survey of experts’ positions on energy policy priorities in the region has been launched as part of the Renewable Energy Policy Consensus REPCONS regional project, implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia. The survey is part of the project officially launched in a meeting in Belgrade in June. REPCONS is financed by the […]
University in Denmark working on project to test, refine colorable solar cell modules
DTU, Technical University of Denmark, is joining forces with the Danish Technological Institute and a number of enterprises in a new research project to test and refine a new type of solar cell modules, which are – among other features – to be colorable, so that they can be incorporated in and adapted to the […]
Energy transition – Incentives should be abandoned, renewables left to the market (part two)
Author: Goran Granić, director of Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar The biggest problem with all energy policies, including the European Union’s (EU), is inconsistency, i.e. extracting one problem and tackling it individually. For the first time ever, the EU is initiating a unified climate-energy policy, with the drafting of member states’ national plans under way, which […]
Greece’s Terna Energy adds 2 wind farms in Texas to U.S. portfolio
Greek renewable energy company Terna Energy has seen a significant strengthening of its wind farm portfolio in the United States with the completion of two significant investments in the Texas area, according to a press release from the member of GEK Terna Group. The 158 MW Gopher Creek (Fluvanna 2) wind farm in Borden County, […]
