Turkish authorities approve five Exergy geothermal units in just five days

Italian energy equipment manufacturer Exergy S.p.A. managed to win approval from Turkish authorities for five different geothermal units in five days. The manufacturer of the radial outflow turbine technology said that the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources declared that geothermal facilities named Kubilay I, Mehmet Han, Ken Kipas, Umurlu II and Sultanhisar I […]

Renewables November 19, 2016

Skopje as host city of the training on MVP

The Centre for Energy Efficiency of Macedonia (MACEF) hosted on November 9 in Skopje the 4th Partner Meeting of the consortium of the Facilitating multi-level governance in energy efficiency (multEE) project. The meeting brought together important partners from EU and non-EU countries. The following day the Training on the System for Monitoring and Verification (MVP) […]

Waste-to-energy plant to be built in Albania

Albanian Ministry of Environment has concluded a contract deal with the privately owned company Integrated Technology Waste Treatment Fier to build waste-to-energy (WtE) plant near the city of Fier. The project worth EUR 27.7 million will be operated by the company which is a subsidiary of Integrated Technology Services and the WtE plant will be […]

Waste November 18, 2016

Intersectoral cooperation in the Drina river basin discussed in Belgrade

The international and domestic experts and stakeholders from the three neighbouring countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia – gathered in Belgrade for the second workshop “Assessing the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus and benefits of transboundary cooperation in the Drina river basin”. The workshop organised jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and […]

More bids expected for Morača HPPs construction

Montenegrin Ministry of Economy expects that it will get more offers for the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs) on the river Morača. So far, several memorandums of understanding have been signed and the investors interested in the Morača HPPs construction project are from China, Turkey and Slovenia, the daily Vijesti reported. One of the companies […]

Renewables November 17, 2016

EBRD to support renewable energy projects in Greece

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will support one of the leading Greek renewable energy companies Terna Energy S.A. with EUR 50 million to develop projects in Central Greece. Terna Energy will invest a total of EUR 60 million in the development, construction and operation of renewable energy projects in Greece. One of […]

Renewables November 15, 2016