New venture Metka EGN expands solar portfolio

Mytilineos group member Metka SA announced the establishment of a new subsidiary firm, Metka EGN, through a joint venture with the Egnatia Group, with the aim of bolstering its portfolio, including in the solar energy market. The international engineering, procurement and construction contractor (EPC) and industrial manufacturing group, active within the energy, infrastructure and defense […]

News October 6, 2015

Hidroelectrica throws discount in sale of SHPPs

Hydro facilities with a total installed power of 25.7 MW are set to be sold at auctions from November 23 to 26, Hidroelectrica SA said. The biggest state-owned power producer announced the small hydropower plants (SHPPs) will be priced with a reduction of RON 13 million (EUR 2.94 million) or 20% in comparison to previous […]

News October 5, 2015

Italian investor starting pellet production in Srbac

Geo. Pellet d. o. o., registered in Banja Luka and run by investors from Padua and Trieste, is planning to open a pellet factory in the municipality of Srbac, located at Bosnia and Herzegovina’s northern border. Glas Srpske newspaper’s portal said the facilities of G&A Koligas d. o. o., former Greek investment in the village […]

News October 5, 2015

Photovoltaic, desalination research station Proteas inaugurated

The new Solar Energy and Desalination Field Laboratory is the latest of Cyprus’s many contributions to European research in water management and solar energy, Carlos Moedas, European commissioner for research, science and innovation, said at the inauguration of the facility. “Our resources, our responses, will be put under increasing strain in the years to come. […]

Renewables October 3, 2015

Transmission operator connects to Continental Europe

Kostt, the operator of Kosovo’s* power system, signed a connection agreement on October 1 with the 29 transmission system operators of the Continental Europe regional group of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (Entso-E). Teiaş and OST sh. a., respectively the Turkish and Albanian transmission system operators, which have recently reached similar […]

News October 2, 2015

EBRD seeks consultant firm for line MidSEFF III

By providing up to EUR 500 million for lending to mid-sized investments (EUR 5 million to EUR 50 million) in renewable energy and resource efficiency, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is building its credit line MidSEFF III on the achievements of the previous phases. The bank published a procurement notice for engagement of […]

News October 2, 2015

Nadeau: Green energy still has competitive edge

Renewables are still competitive despite low oil prices, and they can be key for access to electricity in poor areas, Marie-José Nadeau, chairwoman of the World Energy Council, told Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal on the first day of October. The drop in prices of crude has caused some minor energy companies to halt their investments […]

News October 2, 2015