New EBRD support for renewable energy investments in Turkey
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing USD 55 million to Turkish lender Isbank to finance private investments in renewable energy and resource efficiency projects. The new agreement comes as a “part of the EBRD’s strategy to help Turkey meet a growing demand for electricity and diversify away from expensive imported fuel, […]
Exergy signed new contract for 24 MW geothermal ORC power plant in Turkey
Exergy and Bestepeler Enerji Üretim Ticaret A.s signed a new contract for the supply of a 24 MWe geothermal ORC power plant for a geothermal field near the town of Germencik in Aydin region on the country`s west. This contract follows the former contract signed in 2015, and represent another success of Italian manufacturer in Turkey. As […]
Bulgarian ESO plans to add 1,4 GW renewable energy by 2025
Bulgarian Electricity system operator (ESO/TSO) announced 1,8 GW boost in power generation capacity for a total of 52,6 TWh of electricity delivered to the network within the next 10 years, reports SEE News. This ambitious plan was published in a document on the ESO website, along with a plans for a development of Bulgarian power distribution […]
Umag is City of Future 2016
Umag, a coastal city in Istria, Croatia, won the City of Future 2016 Award at the the Smart Cities – Cities of the Future 2016 conference held by the Poslovni dnevnik and Vecernji list. From a total of five categories, the city of Umag won the award in the “Smarter Environment” category for its ten-year […]
Turkey to build 1 GW solar power plant in Konya
Turkish minister of energy and natural resources Berat Albayrak announced the tender for the 1 GW photovoltaic solar power plant in Karapınar, Konya in December. In the announcement, he said that the “world’s largest photovoltaic solar plant will mark the new era for the renewable energy in Turkey”. It is expected that the United States, […]
Vranje to get wastewater collection facility
An investment agreement worth EUR 1.2 million was signed for a new wastewater collection system by representatives the Serbian local authority’s water supply company JP Vodovod and construction firm MPP Jedinstvo a.d., based in Užice-Sevojno, as the best bidder. According to the administration of the City of Vranje, the new systems are to prevent wastewater overflow […]
Novi Sad district heating company starts producing electrical energy – new 10MW CHP plant presented
On August 24 the first kilowatt-hours of electrical energy were generated from combined heat and power (CHP) plant of 10 MW in each of the segments at the district heating plant West (Zapad). In cooperation with Dušan Macura, chief of heat production and distribution sector at the public heating utility Novosadska Toplana we present the […]
First Serbo-Albanian industrial waste management company to be launched
Ezo grupa, Belgrade company specialized in ecology and environmental protection, and Aleksandar Biberaj, its partner from Albania, signed the Memorandum for Serbo-Albanian joint-venture company for industrial and hazardous waste management and oil sludge recycling in Albania, Serbian media reported. According to document signed in south-east Serbia town of Niš, Serbian company will transfer technology and […]