Energy management project launched in municipalities
Energy managers, who are to be introduced, could help save about EUR 100,000 a year in municipalities and cities, said Miloš Banjac, assistant energy minister responsible for energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, Tanjug agency said. With additional training, 49% of the municipalities could have current employees as energy managers, 31% already does have them, […]
Kouyialis: Climate deal means much more work
Electricity production and renewable energy are areas that need much improvement, but there are also other issues now that a global agreement on climate changed has been reached in Paris, Agriculture and Environment Minister Nicos Kouyialis said to Cyprus News Agency. “This agreement is just the beginning. From now on we must all work collectively […]
Green energy investments take time to reap returns
Returns from funds directed into energy from renewable sources will be realized within nine to 10 years, according to Turkish energy investment company Özgül Holding’s chairman Faruk Özgül. Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal said he added such investments which are feasible and realistic will have a life of at least 50 years. “Investments in renewable energy […]
Valmont establishes venture to build a factory
December 12 Energotehnika Južna Bačka a. d., headquartered in Novi Sad, signed a contract with Valmont Industries Inc. from the United States, setting conditions to build a factory in Zrenjanin, in northeastern Serbia. The initial deal is worth EUR 5 million and the production facility, planned for a launch within two years, will hire 70 […]
Silicon factory eyes 120 MW capacity per year
Italy’s MegaGroup said its plant for silicon ingots and wafers, set to open in Bosanska Dubica by the end of 2016, will have a nameplate capacity of 120 MW per year during the first phase of the project, SeeNews reported. The first phase of the construction is worth EUR 12.5 million, while the company’s entire […]
Memorandum includes cooperation in green energy
Macedonia and Albania are small countries and have need of mutual energy connection that is of interest to both sides, ministers Bekim Neziri and Damian Gjiknuri said in Struga. They signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the fields of of energy efficiency, small hydropower plants, wind power, oil and oil products, Macedonian Ministry […]
Energy consumption seen rising 4% in 2016
The draft Energy Balance, presented before the Macedonian Energy Association (MEA), predicts for total energy consumption to increase by 4% next year, Independent.mk reported. The document, developed by the Ministry of Economy, includes a projection that 3% more oil and derivatives will be spent in 2016. There will also be a rise in the consumption […]
Italian Building Energy looks at solar energy projects
Petar Đokić, energy minister of the Republic of Srpska, signed a memorandum on understanding with Fabrizio Zago, chief executive of Building Energy SpA from Milano, Italy. The company’s multiyear experience and results in building and implementing energy projects have been recognized, the minister said and expressed pleasure because of its interest in the construction of […]