Electric car, buses, charger stations introduced

The northern Croatian Town of Koprivnica presented its two electric minibuses, first zero emissions public transport vehicles in the country, the municipal website said. The purchase was organized within electromobility project Civitas Dyn@mo, the biggest and most demanding that this local authority participates in. Koprivnica funded the endeavour with EUR 920,000 and the European Union […]

News July 16, 2015

Fintel Energia signs term sheet for Košava wind farm

MK-Fintel Wind AD, subsidiary of Fintel Energia Group SpA, signed a term sheet with a consortium formed by international partners to finance, build and operate a wind farm of up to 128.7 MW of installed power in the municipality of Vršac northeast of capital Belgrade. The consortium will acquire, subject to certain requirements, the majority […]

Exergy commissions low enthalpy geothermal plant

Italian organic Rankine cycle (ORC) turbines manufacturer Exergy has begun operations at a new 4 MW low enthalpy geothermal plant in Denizli region in Turkey’s southwest, Energy Business Review reported. The company has completed ORC binary installation, making the Akça plant the world’s first facility to be equipped with a 2-pressure-level cycle on a single-disk […]

News July 16, 2015

Utility pays eight municipalities EUR 6.1 million

Bosnian power utility Elektroprivreda HZHB said it paid eight local municipalities a total of BAM 12 million (EUR 6.1 million) in the first half of the year in compensation for using their hydroelectric storage facilities, SeeNews reported. The company is legally obliged to redirect a portion of its revenues from the use of storage facilities, […]

News July 16, 2015

Third stage of Zakučac HPP’s overhaul completed

Croatian state-owned power utility HEP said the third unit of the country’s biggest hydropower plant entered test production after an overhaul. Works on 486 MW Zakučac facility, located in Dalmatia, aim to increase overall capacity by 52 MW, enabling yearly generation to soar by 58 GWh, portal Energetika-net reported. The result in 2013 was 2.13 […]

News July 16, 2015

Kajkut Energy plans to build a SHPP in Despotovac

Municipality of Despotovac confirmed to Tanjug news agency that Kajkut Energy DOO, registered in Belgrade, plans to construct a mini hydropower plant on Resava river. The facility is planned to have a capacity of 700 kW and it will be located in the area of Stenjevac village, on the slopes of Beljanica mountain, the report […]

News July 15, 2015

Seepex aims launch of day-ahead market by end-November

Operator of electric power exchange for Serbia and Southeastern Europe was signed up at the Business Registers Agency, state-owned electricity grid operator EMS said. Regulation and application procedure for future members will be known by the end of August, and the system’s testing is scheduled for September, the press release said. South Eastern European Power […]