Biogas-fired power plant will boost local economy
By April next year, the industrial zone in the northern Serbian town of Bač should have an operational electricity-generating facility running on agricultural biogas, Radio Bačka reported on its website. The power plant is being constructed by local company Slovan-progres DOO from Selenča, and its workers were erecting trench silos. Investors are enterprises from Slovakia, […]
German partnership plans solar power plants of 25 MW
Axitec GmbH and B&W Energy GmbH & Co. KG from Germany seek to jointly set up photovoltaic plants in Turkey with a total output of initially 25 MW. The plants are due to be built by the end of the year, Exitec said. B&W Energy and its Turkish joint venture B&W Enerji Türkiye in Kayseri […]
National flagship HPP Đerdap 1 enters overhaul
After a delay due to Russian company Silovye Mashiny being late with equipment, new phase of revitalization in the 1,026 MW power facility Đerdap 1 has started in early August. Located on the Danube on Serbia’s border with Romania, it is the biggest hydropower plant (HPP) in the portfolio of EPS (Electric Power Industry of […]
Renewables take up 92% of capacity in new permits
National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) issued 110 permits last year for setting up new power production units, 92% being for renewable energy, Energy World magazine’s portal said. According to the watchdog’s report, 71 permits for solar, 12 for wind farms, 9 for hydrocarbons, 12 for hydropower, 4 for biogas-fired facilities and 3 for biomass were […]
New player enters photovoltaic project market
ET Solar Group, China-based solar panel maker, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary ET Solutions AG of Germany founded ET Solutions Istanbul to make a long-term commitment to Turkish photovoltaic market. The company will provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as operations & maintenance (O&M) services. The company contracted the construction of its first […]
Southeast European markets fare low in biofuel use
Biofuel consumption for transport picked up in the European Union after a year of uncertainty and decline, increasing by 6.1% over 2013, to 14 million tonnes of equivalent, according to EurObserv’ER ’s first estimates. However it is still below its 2012 level when 14.5 million was incorporated. Consumption of biofuel that meets the European Renewable […]
Distribution’s earnings recover to positive balance
Elektrokrajina AD, state-owned power distribution for the western part of the Republic of Srpska, reported better results in the first half of the year than from January through June 2014. Distribution losses dropped 0.56 percentage points to 15.48%, said the company, part of holding ERS (Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske MP AD). In comparison, the losses were […]
EPS plans solar and wind projects at coal-fired plant complex
State-controlled Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) called for offers in the procurement of a preliminary feasibility study with a general project for the construction of a solar power plant in the slag and ash pond of thermal power plant Kostolac A, located 100 kilometers east of Belgrade. It also placed a public invitation for […]