Montenegro to buy part of transmission network from Krnovo wind farm
The Government of Montenegro has decided to purchase a part of the power transmission infrastructure which France’s Akuo Energy has built for its Krnovo wind farm. A European Union grant of EUR 5.8 million has been secured for the transaction. The 110/35 kV Brezna substation with a connection to the existing Nikšić-Brezna transmission line, as […]
Siemens Gamesa inks 1GW wind deal in Turkey
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced that the company signed an agreement to develop up to 1 GW of onshore wind capacity in Turkey. Spanish turbine manufacturer is a part of a consortium, which includes two Turkish companies – the infrastructure development firm Kalyon Enerji and the investor Turkerler Holding. The consortium won in the first […]
VIDEO: Update on Slatina biomass cogeneration plant by GGE
The installation of GGE’s largest renewable energy project – a biomass-fueled combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Slatina, Croatia, is in its final stage, Siniša Janjušević, GGE Executive Director for Montenegro and Slatina Project Leader told Balkan Green Energy News. The construction works on the cogeneration plant have begun in September 2017. It is […]
Norwegians invest in cogeneration plant in Žakanje, in Croatia
The Norwegian company Croatia REN AS plans to invest EUR 18.7 million in a biomass-fueled power and heating plant in Croatia, in the industrial zone Žakanje, close to the Croatian capital Zagreb. Croatian media reports that the investment is planned on an area of 23.000 m2. It includes the construction of a plant for the […]
Call for applications: renewables included in IPARD II in Turkey
Turkish renewable energy sector is one of the sectors to be financially supported by the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (ARDSI) under the Farm Diversification and Business Development Measure. The online applications are open until March 12, while the submission of applications could be made until March 15. Renewable energy investments are included as […]
Siemens Gamesa signs new 36 MW contract in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Siemens Gamesa company has announced that it will install turbines at the Jelovača wind farm in Tomislavgrad municipality, in western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. F.L. Wind, one of independent power producers (IPP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered 18 of Siemens Gamesa G97-2.0 MW turbines, for the supply of 36 MW. The agreement includes […]
Network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania and Croatia
The Romanian renewable energy company Renovatio and Croatia’s telecommunications services provider Hrvatski Telekom said that they will install the first 23 fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania by the end of 2018 marking the start of a project to set up a network of 69 fast charging stations and 4 ultra-fast charging stations in the […]
Turkey signs new contract with EXERGY for 12.6 MWe geothermal plant
EXERGY and GCL ND ENERJI A.S. have signed a new contract for a 12.6 MWe geothermal power plant which will be located in Alasehir in Manisa province in western Turkey. Recently signed exclusive partnership with NIDEC ASI will provide the generators. Some of the plant components will be manufactured in Turkey, in EXERGY’s Turkish workshop […]