Pilot initiative joins European Green Capital award
The call for applications for the 2016 European Green Leaf (EGL) and for the 2018 European Green Capital (EGC) Award, initiatives by the European Commission, will run until October 19. EGL is open to all towns and cities across Europe with 20,000 – 100,000 inhabitants, while EGC is for cities with a population of more […]
Photon Energy subsidiary expands to Romania
Solar power solutions and services company Photon Energy said its subsidiary Photon Energy Operations expanded to Romania, SeeNews reported. The company takes over the full monitoring, operations and maintenance of three power plants with a capacity of 11 MW based in Oradea, in the northwestern part of Romania, according to a statement filed with the […]
Romania interested in exporting power to Serbia
During his visit to Serbia on July 16, Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis said his country is interested in exporting electricity to Southeastern Europe’s markets, including Serbia. The exports could be made through specialized companies that operate on the two markets, he added after meeting his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolić, Business Insider reported. Romania and Serbia […]
German engineering firm eyes new HPP projects
Voith Hydro is interested to participate in the construction of hydropower facilities in Montenegro. The company’s regional sales manager Predrag Krunić underscored that the country has significant energy potential in the rivers and streams of Morača, Komarnica, Lim, Ćehotina and Tara, while only 17% is utilized. The engineering enterprise from Heidenheim, Germany, participated in project […]
Edison SpA interested in renewable energy sources
After the meeting with energy minister of the Republic of Srpska Petar Đokić in the entity’s capital city Banja Luka, Irene Salerno from Italy’s Edison SpA said the company is interested in investing in green energy projects with a capacity of over 20 MW. The Edison’s regional manager added the enterprise is interested in starting […]
Bridge and road will lead to future HPP site
On Lim river near the town of Rudo in eastern Bosnia, the construction of a bridge has started downstream from the dam. The 72 metres long object will be used for the needs of run-on-river hydropower plant Mrsovo, agency Srna said. Dragan Čvor, lead engineer in Comsar Energy’s project, said the works are on schedule. […]
China Development Bank would back geothermal projects
Beijing Explo-Tech Engineering Co. Ltd. (Betec) is interested in exploiting geothermal energy in Vranje and Kuršumlija in southern Serbia, and in building a thermal power plant, the representatives of the company from China said at a meeting with president Tomislav Nikolić. Beta news agency reported the potential investors said the power plant construction should start by […]
EPS completes its organizational changes
Status changes from July 1 in the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) are the biggest organizational changes in the last two decades, the company’s newspaper EPS Energija said. Instead of 14 entities, the system now consists of three. After the restructuring programme was adopted by the Government of Serbia in November, the process started […]