Turkey’s Sisecam set up second largest solar roof-top plant in Europe
Turkish glass and chemicals group Sisecam made and installed a 6.2MW solar plant at the top of its Mersin Flat Glass Factory. This rooftop photovoltaic (PV) plant has become the second largest solar roof-top in both Turkey and Europe. Total investment in this project was TRY 22 million (EUR 4.8 million). The plant that covers […]
European Commission approved Greek auction scheme for renewable electricity
Greece will organize regular, competitive auctions to grant support to renewable energy sources, as planned, since the European Commission approved the Greek auction scheme for the production of electricity from renewable sources and high efficiency cogeneration. Being in line with EU State aid rules, the scheme will further European Union energy and climate goals whilst […]
Transeastern Power Trust acquires a wind farm in Romania to power up bitcoin mining
Transeastern Power Trust, a Toronto-based investor, has completed the acquisition of a 45 MW wind farm located in the Romanian Dobrogea Region. The wind farm was operated by OMV Petrom Wind Power SRL. The Trust intends to establish a data center operation containing hardware to mine the digital currency Bitcoin predominantly using electricity produced from […]
Bulgaria’s NEK calls for tender for Chaira HPP rehabilitation
Bulgarian National Electricity company (NEK) has invited sealed tenders from contractors from all over the world for the rehabilitation of pumped-storage hydro power plant Chaira, located in the Rila mountains, some 100 km from Sofia. The call for tender, published at the NEK website, says that subject of the tender are all activities and components […]
Montenegro to publish tender for water management project
Montenegrin Directorate of Public Works announced intention to publish tender for Support to the Implementation and Monitoring of Water Management until end of January. “The objective of the project is to strengthen the institutional, administrative and monitoring capacities of the Montenegrin water management sector institutions in order to improve environmental protection,” Directorate of Public Works […]
Vestas to install new 28 MW wind park in Flampouro, Greece
French developer Total-Eren ordered 28MW from Vestas for the Flampouro wind park in northern Greece. With the last order received, Vestas’ total orders intake in Greece reached 250 MW in 2017. The order made by Total-Eren includes supply and installation of two V117-3.45 MW wind turbines and six V126-3.45 MW turbines, as well as a […]
Macedonia to get first private wind park in Bogoslovec
On the slopes of Bogoslovec, in the eastern part of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the first private wind park in the country will be built. The Macedonian government issued a building permit to a local private investor. The government approved the construction of the wind power plant Bogoslovec at its last session in 2017. […]
Serbian regulatory agency approved transmission system’s development and investment plans
The Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) has approved the Transmission System Development Plan for 2017-2026 and Transmission System Investment Plan for 2017-2019. Both Plans were adopted by the state-owned Joint Stock Company Elektromreža Srbije, Serbia’s transmission system operator. The ten-year transmission system development plan was drafted in line with […]