Earth’s energy imbalance and climate change
By Vladimir Đurđević, Institute of Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, vdj@ff.bg.ac.rs Planet Earth is in energy imbalance. More energy is coming into the system than leaving it. It is a fact that can be measured, thanks to the many observations of the state of the climate system that we have today. Natural quasi-equilibrium state […]
European energy performance contracting cooperation
Project EnPC-Intrans, aiming to increase the capacity for performance contracting on the municipal level, successfully started in nine European countries, the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SKGO) of Serbia said. Energy performance contracting (EPC) is an essential instrument for the improvement of energy efficiency in municipal buildings and services, according to the press release, […]
Mecasolar supplies equipment to solar plant
Photovoltaic facility in Prahova of 108 kW had two-axis trackers delivered by Mecasolar (Mecanizados Solares SL), which said the plant is expected to have an annual output of 183.000 Kwh and save 90 tons of emissions. It features eight 13.15 kW trackers and more than 432 modules. Solar trackers are capable of increasing photovoltaic solar […]
Investors want to block new green energy projects
Investors in the renewable energy sector asked the government to temporarily suspend the accreditations for new renewable energy plants, Romania Insider reports. In an open letter sent to prime minister Victor Ponta, energy minister Andrei Dominic Gerea and energy authority ANRE, four renewable energy producers’ organizations have asked for urgent measures in order to avoid […]
Grants paid for energy efficiency in public buildings
Nenad Stanković, energy and mining secretary of Serbia’s Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, signed contracts with users of secretariat’s incentives from grants programmes for co-financing efficient indoor lighting and energy efficiency measures in public institutions. The funds for indoor lighting are intended for entities in the fields of education, science, culture, physical culture, pupils’ and students’ […]
Canton grants concession for SHPP in Olovo
As investor Energonova DOO from Sarajevo agreed to a fee of 10% and to invest at least BAM 80,000 (EUR 40,920) in village infrastructure, the authorities of Zenica–Doboj Canton approved the concession for the construction of a small hydropower plant in Petrovići in the territory of Olovo, in central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The […]
Venture company will construct CHP plant in Foča
Municipal Assembly of Foča, located in the Republic of Srpska in the southeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, adopted a document about establishing a limited liability company (DOO) Energana-Foča in collaboration with Energo Alfa Prague SRO from the Czech Republic. Partners plan to construct a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Brod na Drini […]
Island of Vis to host solar power plant of 2 MW
A remote Adriatic islet in Split–Dalmatia County may get its first power plant and significant energy autonomy, as it currently depends on a submarine link with the island of Hvar. Vis mayor Ivo Radica told Dalmacija News a location permit for the solar power plant is needed, as is a spatial plan for the wider […]