Gazivode hydro resource important for Serbia’s EU chapters

The settlement of legal relations in connection to the hydropower plant Gazivode (Gazivodë) is an important moment for Serbia to start membership negotiations with the European Union, said Laszlo Varga, member of Serbian parliament from the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and deputy chair of the Parliamentary Committee on EU Integration. He told Novi Sad–based Hungarian […]

Energy production from biomass with USD 1.6 million from UNDP

Businessmen interested in investing in the facilities for combined production of electric and thermal energy from biomass or biogas can count on USD 1.6 million (EUR 1.46 million) provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), officials at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce stated at a conference, Tanjug agency said. An individual donation per project […]

Belectric wins 77.4 MW in Turkey’s first solar licensing

Joint venture partner of Germany’s Belectric Solarkraftwerke GmbH has tendered successfully the single largest ground-mounted solar power project in Turkey with an AC connection capacity of 45 MW. Including this one, three projects developed by Belectric Kuloğlu Güneş Elektrik Santrallari Teknolojisi A. Ş. won recent tenders with a combined AC connection capacity of 77.4 MW, […]

SunRise PV Systems wins second round tender in Jordan

Project developers eager to set up solar photovoltaic power projects in Jordan took a shot at the lowest-ever tariff in the second round tender under the country’s solar power program, and SunRise PV Systems of Greece came out on top, Cleantechnica.com portal reports. Jordan allocated 200 MW of projects in the second round auction after a total of […]

Energy intensive businesses pay smaller renewables fees?

The government prepares a new decree about incentives for energy from renewable sources, which will be the base for the new support scheme, Delo newspaper’s portal reported. According to the new rules, the energy-intensive industry shall pay EUR 10 million less for the support for renewables, while households and other businesses would contribute EUR 30 […]

JinkoSolar to supply 50 MW of solar panels to Tegnatia

Photovoltaic industry supplier JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced it would supply panels of 50 MW overall capacity to Turkey’s renewable energy developer Tegnatia. According to the agreements signed by both parties at the beginning of 2015, the equipment will be delivered in several shipments bound for projects across Turkey. Tegnatia is a joint venture between […]