Employers praise Solar Energy for Everyone scheme
The government’s stimulation programme aimed at installing up to 40 MW of capacity in photovoltaic systems until the end of 2016 earned approval from the Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB). Half of the quota in the scheme called ’Solar Energy for Everyone’ is for users’ own needs, the organization stressed. Employers underscored new measures […]
Hydro project endangers Danube salmon’s habitat
Kelag, an Austrian–German energy company, is building hydropower station Medna, endangering a globally threatened fish species, non-governmental organizations and scientists said. The investor is about to destroy one of the most important river sections for the endangered Danube salmon or huchen (Hucho hucho) in Europe, according to a joint press release by Riverwatch, EuroNatur, Center […]
Concessions for two small hydro projects underway
The territory of the Trnovo municipality in East Sarajevo has good hydroelectric potential, so the authorities decided to prepare concessions for small power plants Kijevo 2 and Hrasnica, Bosnian daily paper Oslobođenje said. Mladenka Rađen from the local urbanistic department said domestic investors have been expressing interest before as well. “First the concession must be […]
Small hydropower plant inaugurated in Dragaš
The Government of Kosovo* is dedicated to ensuring proper development of energy from renewable sources, as a prerequisite for sustainable economic development deputy minister of economic development Besa Zogaj-Gashi said during the inauguration of hydropower plant Brodi 2 in the village of Mlike in the municipality of Dragash. The 3.89 MW facility is part of […]
PCIs to place Cyprus on Energy Union map
The prospects of terminating energy isolation through the creation of an energy union, together with its potential impact on enhancing energy security and contributing to lower energy costs for consumers were discussed during a seminar at the EU House in Nicosia, Financial Mirror reported. Already, three projects for Cyprus – a subsea cable and two […]
HSE lifting output to 8.22 TWh in five years
State-owned power conglomerate Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) said it adopted a development plan for the period of 2016–20 which foresees an increase in annual electricity output from 7.89 TWh to 8.22 TWh, SeeNews reports. The blueprint should help the company adjust and respond to tougher conditions on both electricity and natural gas markets as well as […]
Energy efficiency projects finally start in Serbia
By Djordje Popović, Senior Attorney, Petrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Regulatory setting Being one of the countries in the CEE region with the lowest energy efficiency rate, Serbia has recently undergone significant legislative activity to finally make energy efficiency projects feasible. The Law on Efficient Use of Energy as the […]
What’s happening to wood pellets in Western Balkans?
By Vojislav Milijić, CEO of Foragrobio CC d. o. o. / president of Serbian National Biomass Association Serbio E-mail: vojislav.milijic@serbio.rs Wood pellet is a fuel produced by pelletizing milled wood. Even though the product started to develop in the seventies and the eighties the real wood pellet boom started in 2000. First major plants were […]