Contractors selected for biomass boiler in Priboj, tendering for district heating plant ahead
After concluding the tendering procedure, the Municipality of Priboj signed a RSD 89.9 million contract on the design, procurement and installation of a biomass boiler with a consortium led by MPP Jedinstvo Sevojno with contractors Viessmann Belgrade and Čip from Prokuplje and Axis Construction Bureau from Novi Sad as a subcontractor. The investment is funded […]
Croatia to switch to premiums as feed-in tariff model “reaches end” – minister
Croatia will switch to premiums to co-finance renewable energy projects, said Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav Ćorić. The feed-in tariff model “has reached its end” in Croatia and the state will no longer use it to subsidize electricity production from renewable energy sources, but will rather switch to premiums, Ćorić said in an […]
Greece awards 277.32 MW of capacity in 1st regular competitive auctions, EDP wins largest wind project
Greece’s energy regulator, RAE, auctioned off a total of 277.32 MW in wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) capacities in its first regular competitive auctions, held on July 2, obtaining prices lower than in the December 2016 pilot tender. A total of 53.48 MW was awarded for 83 small PV projects, with a capacity of over […]
Postal operator Pošta Slovenije forges e-mobility partnership with energy trader GEN-I, seeks to fully electrify fleet
Slovenian state postal company Pošta Slovenije has signed an agreement on business cooperation in the field of e-mobility and green next-generation delivery solutions with energy trader GEN-I, with the aim of fully electrifying its fleet, according to a news release from Pošta Slovenije. The e-mobility partnership will enable people and businesses to deliver packages in […]
HPP Đerdap 1’s overhaul to be completed in 2021, EPS says following signature with Russian contractor
Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has signed the 10th addendum to an agreement on the revitalization of the Đerdap 1 hydropower plant (HPP) with Russia’s Siloviye Mashiny to complete the largest Serbian HPP’s overhaul, EPS said. The revitalization of the A2 unit of the Đerdap 1 hydropower plant is planned to begin in […]
KOSTT signs agreement on connecting HPP Lepenci, Koznica wind farm to the grid
Kosovo’s* transmission system operator (TSO) KOSTT has signed agreements on connecting the 10 MW Lepenci hydropower plant (HPP) and the 34.5 MW Koznica wind farm with representatives of the two facilities’ operators. The agreements were signed in compliance with the objectives of the National Strategy on Energy 2017-2026 regarding the security of power supply and […]
Greece launches regular renewable energy auctions in shift from standard FIT model
Greece has held its first regular competitive auctions for renewable energy capacities, after significantly trimming the offered capacities as a result of rejecting a slew of applications over technical matters. The descending-price renewable energy auctions, representing a shift from the standard feed-in tariff (FIT) model, resulted in considerably lower rates to be paid to investors […]
Tender launched for concession to build 65 MW Ljubinje solar park
The Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining of Republika Srpska has launched a tender for a concession to build a photovoltaic (PV) power station with an installed capacity of 65 MW, in an investment estimated at about EUR 76.5 million. The Ljubinje solar park would be developed on some 80 hectares of land and produce an […]