Works on Vranduk hydroelectric project to start in six months
Consortium of Strabag AG from Austria and Croatian company Končar – Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering Inc. (Končar – Ket) started the design phase for the project of a dam and hydroelectric facility Vranduk in central Bosnia. After the documentation is produced, equipment can be mounted and the construction works can commence, state television’s […]
Minister: Trusina wind park to go online next year
Deadlines for the first wind power facility in the Republic of Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, have been postponed for many reasons, but local energy minister Petar Đokić said the Trusina project should be complete and connected to the grid in 2017. The project is funded by Kermas Limited, headed by […]
Innovations in planning for urban resilience and sustainability: Blue Green Dream
Prof. Čedo Maksimović PhD: Imperial College, London, UK, and Director of the Blue Green Global (BGG-Ltd) company and Blue Green Global Group, E-mail: c.maksimovic@imperial.ac.uk INTRODUCTION This presentation introduces the innovative urban planning method developed by the Blue Green Dream (BGD) project, funded by the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) through its Climate_KiC program in the […]
Multiconsult hired for consulting in Devoll projects
Statkraft Albania’s project Devoll Hydropower (DHP) Sh.A. signed a contract with a Norwegian engineering and design firm. Multiconsult was picked for providing contract staff and for consulting services. Hydropower stations, Banja and Moglicë, one of which is underground, will have total capacity of 256 MW. The stations will produce an estimated 729 GWh per year, […]
EPS, KfW developing green energy together
Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) is an important partner of KfW Development Bank in the frame of cooperation with the country, said Arne Gooss, director of the German financial institution’s Belgrade office. He added projects with the company have been ongoing for a decade. In an interview with magazine EPS Energija, he stated the […]
Cyprus, Israel mull models for boosting green energy
A power link between Cyprus, Israel and Greece called the EuroAsia Interconnector would improve the potential of Cyprus and Israel to further develop renewable energy sources (RES), said Eitan Parnass, director general and founder of the Green Energy Association of Israel and secretary of Global Solar Council. At a presentation about green energy and bilateral […]
Biogas plant, cow farm launched in Bitola
Agriculture company ZIK Pelagonija JSC Bitola opened its biogas-fuelled power plant and cow dairy farm in the village of Novaci in Pelagonija region. It invested EUR 10.5 million in electricity generation of 3 MW and EUR 9.78 in the facility with 2,000 cows. ZIK Pelagonija said it is also investing in a farm in the […]
Dutch investor sues government for blocked project
Amlyn Holding BV, registered in Amsterdam, informed the Ministry of Economy of Croatia in December that it had started a process the European Court of Arbitration. It is asking for payment of damages because of a blockage imposed on the construction of a woody biomass–fired power plant in Koprivnički Ivanec in the country’s north, portal […]
