Investments in light of emerging security of supply
The 8th Annual Balkan Energy Finance Forum, scheduled for October 20–21 in Belgrade, will unite key players from across the energy industry, from both private and public sectors, tackling key issues facing market developments in light of current sector transformations and the emerging security of energy supply, EEL Events said in the announcement of the […]
Geothermal power generation launch set for 2017
Turcas Petrol AŞ, based in Istanbul, plans to invest UDS 65 million (EUR 58.84 million) in a geothermal project in Aydin province and start generating power in 2017 as part of its joint long-term transformation strategy with Azerbaijan’s Azalternativenerji to invest in renewables in both countries, the company’s chief executive officer Batu Aksoy said. A […]
Proposals drafted to reignite photovoltaic sector
HELAPCO (Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Companies) has forwarded a letter to the newly appointed Production Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister, Panos Skourletis, containing a list of proposals intended to reignite activity in the local photovoltaic market. The organization, sent a list of proposals and included the establishment of a tariff for systems of up to […]
Solar bench for charging gadgets installed in Larissa
Dimitris Haidas, industrial designer and artist, constructed his prototype solar bench, Energypress.Gr reported. The project’s author is an associate of the Department of Wood and Furniture Design and Technology in Larissa’s Technological and Educational Institute. The wooden bench, similar to ones already installed in the last several years in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, […]
More progress with paperwork for Brodarevo HPPs
Reservoir Capital Corp. reported positive development in construction permitting for its Brodarevo hydroelectric projects. The company said it has been engaged in the updating of documentation in recent months to comply with changes to Serbia’s planning and construction laws introduced earlier in the year. In recent weeks, Reservoir secured positive opinions regarding the issue of […]
HSE joins Intercontinental Exchange to trade power
The HSE Group (Holding Slovenske elektrarne d.o.o.), the largest Slovenian organization in the area of power generation and the largest producer and trader with electricity on the wholesale market in Slovenia, became a member of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a network of markets and clearing houses founded in Atlanta in 2000, which runs 23 platforms throughout […]
Equity and cash fund acquisition of solar parks
Transeastern Power Trust, a Toronto-based investor in renewable energy assets chiefly in Romania and Eastern Europe, said it closed the previously announced acquisition of two photovoltaic plants in Romania and a CAD 5 million (EUR 3.44 million) secured debt facility provided by Sprott Resource Lending Partnership. The aggregate purchase price (net of assumed debt) for […]
Energy efficiency incentives give boost to economy
Sven Müller, head of the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund of Croatia, visited hotel Maestral in Novigrad with ministers for environment and tourism Mihael Zmajlović and Darko Lorencin. The facility, located in Istria peninsula in the country’s west, is owned by company Laguna, which will introduce energy efficiency mesures and energy from renewable sources […]