EU heating debate may bring cure for energy poverty
AEBIOM, the European Biomass Association, has decided to support initiatives for the development of bioenergy sector in the Danube region, the organization’s general secretary Jean-Marc Jossart told Balkan Green Energy News. “Last year we noticed a growing interest in Brussels and at the European Union level” for the objective, he said in an interview. An […]
Skourletis opens way for island hybrid power stations
A ministerial decision specifying terms and conditions for the sale of electricity by hybrid power stations to noninterconected island networks was signed by Panos Skourletis, minister for production, reconstruction, environment and energy, prior to his departure from the post, Energy Press of Greece reported. The former government, headed by Syriza party, resigned on August 20. […]
Installing of underwater cable soon to be continued
After getting approval from Croatia to lay the underwater power cable in its waters, there are no other obstacles to continue the energy project to connect Montenegro and Italy. Dnevne novine, daily newspaper, learned the continuation of installing the 250 kilometres of cable, which will eventually be connected to the power station under construction in […]
Buschle: Region lagging in goals for renewables
Most Southeast European members of the Energy Community is behind schedule with obligations to increase the share of renewable sources in their energy mix, said Dirck Buschle, deputy head of the organization’s secretariat, and added goals probably won’t be met. Mistakes made by European Union member states in developing renewable energy sector must be avoided, […]
ABB on tour with electric car presentations
Regional Chamber of Commerce in Kruševac, a city in central Serbia, organized a presentation of projects, experiences and equipment in the field of fast charging stations for electric vehicles. The municipal authority invited representatives of automation and power technologies company ABB, headquartered in Switzerland, to show possibilities of electric car transportation as an environmentally friendly […]
Energy Efficiency Network in Western Balkans launched
Energy Innovation Center Teslianum said it started a project entitled Energy Efficiency Network in Western Balkans with LEEN GmbH as a strategic partner, and with the support of the State Government of Baden-Württemberg of Germany and its Ministry for International Cooperation. Project’s main goal is to identify and establish Learning Energy Efficiency Networks (LEEN). Financed […]
Regional project uniting energy regulators
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it hosted energy regulators from Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine for the launch of a new programme to support regional energy security and market transparency. During the program (2015-16), they will be supported in the preparation of guidelines promoting best […]
Statkraft opens its second hydropower plant in Turkey
The Kargı Kızılırmak hydropower plant became fully operational and increased the capacity of Norway’s Statkraft in Turkey by six times. The company now accounts for more than 1% of the country’s electricity generation. More than 700 people attended the official opening at the 102 MW plant located in Çorum province at the Black Sea region, […]