Sincro.Grid project starts works on 5 MW battery storage facility
A 5 MW battery storage facility and the new power capacitor in Slovenia are part of the smart grids solutions within the Sincro.Grid project with Croatia. Sincro.Grid said construction works have started in Pekre near Maribor on the installation of a battery system with a capacity of 5 MW and storage time of five hours, […]
Innovative Manyfolds’ technology reduces packaging environmental footprint
One of the finalists at this year’s clim@ competition offers an insight into its packaging design and production business. Manyfolds has an automatic system making boxes for chosen goods, with specialized folding techniques that reduce the sector’s environmental footprint. It eliminates the filling material and shrinks the excessive volume. It’s ultracompact. The founders of Manyfolds […]
Portugal reaches world’s record low solar power prices in auction
Portugal’s government accepted an unidentified project developer’s offer of EUR 11.4 per MWh for solar power over 15 years, beating the latest all-time low achieved in an auction in Abu Dhabi. Minister of Environment João Pedro Matos Fernandes said the latest round of bidding for the construction of solar power plants in Portugal resulted in […]
450 MW offshore wind park to be built in Adriatic Sea
Italy-based energy services company Saipem has announced plans to build one of the first wind farms in the Adriatic Sea in cooperation with two other domestic firms. The offshore wind power plant, described as the biggest in Italy, will have an installed capacity of about 450 MW. Saipem said the planned wind farm will have […]
Five cities in South East Europe aim to become carbon-neutral by 2030
Five cities in five different South East European countries are part of a project that aims to make them carbon-neutral as early as 2030, with a funding model for such an ambitious transformation to be designed in a way that will not increase the existing debt burden on either the public or the private sector. […]
Cities invited to apply for European Green Capital Award 2023
The European Commission is receiving applications for the European Green Capital Award 2023, an annual competition which recognizes cities for their commitment to economic, environmental and social sustainability. Cities are evaluated on their previous actions and future plans in areas including sustainable urban mobility, air pollution, noise, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The winning […]
Urban mobility will be in the spotlight in Europe this fall
Urban Mobility Days 2020, the European Commission’s first large-scale urban mobility conference, will take place from September 29 to October 2, kicking off a week after the end of European Mobility Week. The registration for Urban Mobility Days 2020 is open, according to Eltis, Europe’s main observatory on urban mobility, financed by the European Commission’s […]
Hitachi ABB Power Grids to operate in seven Balkan countries
The newly-formed joint venture Hitachi ABB Power Grids has said it will operate in the region under the Balkan Cluster that covers seven countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The company’s top officials have also said that “world-class power grid solutions” will help it play an active role […]