IBEX gets first industrial consumer of power on board

Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange  (IBEX) said it admitted the first final industrial consumer of electricity among its members. The unnamed company is allowed to buy electricity for own consumption from the power exchange. The day-ahead market launched trading on January 19 and ten days later it became the 25th full member of Europex association. In […]

News February 18, 2016

SEEPEX launches Serbian Day-Ahead market

The South East European Power Exchange said it started the Serbian Day-Ahead market, with 1,925 MWh being traded on the first day. Baseload, the average price of all hourly prices of the day, came out at EUR 23.83 per MWh. The settlement was slightly below neighboring power markets with market operators OTE, OKTE and HUPX […]

Electricity February 17, 2016

Forest biomass use included in Austrian-backed projects

Macedonia is launching projects in the forest sector with the support of Austria, aiming at sustainable management and environmental protection, Macedonian Information Agency said. Žarko Karadžovski, head of enterprise Makedonski šumi (Macedonian Forests), which is implementing the projects, said a strategy on the usage of forest biomass as a renewable energy source is incorporated in […]

News February 17, 2016

Rental property energy certificates to be abolished

Lovro Kuščević, new minister of construction and physical planning, said on state television HRT he decided to annul the rule rental property needs an energy certificate, after consulting the Ministry of Tourism and many experts. Energy legislation, which came into effect on January 1, obligates those who rent or lease out accommodation in Croatia to […]

News February 17, 2016

Locals oppose hydropower plant projects

No to hydropower plants on Nera river – villagers of Prigor in the Romanian county of Caraș-Severin remained determined after meeting investors on February 16, Moj kraj portal from the Serbian city of Pančevo reported. The locals were supported by environmentalist associations from Serbia and Romania as well as people from the academic community. The […]

News February 17, 2016

Waste incineration powering 26,000 homes in Konya

A new facility in the Anatolian province of Konya generates electricity from municipal waste and is run by the municipal authority, Tahir Akyürek, the mayor of Konya city, told the press, Daily Sabah and Anadolu Agency reported. The power is produced by burning methane gas from the solid waste landfill, and 2,850 cubic meters of […]

Waste February 16, 2016

Permits for 200 kW in solar applied for from Tešanj

Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina published a notice with a list of nine new requests for issuance of energy permits for the construction of new and reconstruction of existing solar power plants, five of which are from Tešanj, a municipality located in the entity’s north. TIK d. […]

News February 16, 2016

Inventor designs hydraulic ram irrigation pump

An innovator from Belgrade, capital of Serbia, created his own environmentally friendly water pump which he says consumes no energy, has no engine and works without electricity. The system is intended for irrigation, Miloš Jakovljević told Tanjug agency, adding only 3% of agricultural land in the country is covered, while advanced states have 68%. The […]

News February 16, 2016