Agro-solar revolution in combination with education
Works on 500 kW canopy photovoltaic system were launched on July 6 in Medinci near the town of Slatina in Croatia’s northeast, Virovitica–Podravina County’s Regional Development Agency said on its website. It is a unique example in the country of combining renewables with agriculture, as the land on which the facility named Sinerot is installed […]
CEB secures credit line for Bulgarian Development Bank
The Administrative Council of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has approved a credit line in the amount of EUR 150 million for Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB). The funds will be used for special purpose financing under the National Programme for Energy Efficiency of Multi-family Residential Buildings in the amount of up to BGN […]
Wind power deployment proportional to incentives
Turkey added 804 MW in wind turbine capacity last year, and ranked tenth in the global scale, European Commission’s Joint Research Center published in its third annual report, signed by Roberto Lacal Arántegui and Javier Serrano González. Nine countries in the first tier increased wind energy installations by more than 1 GW, led by China […]
Electrocentrale completes 1.7 MW photovoltaic project
The electric photovoltaic power plant at Chiscani in eastern Romania has been launched in the presence of Andrei Gerea, Minister of Energy, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Business Environment. The project worth EUR 2.45 million has been developed by Electrocentrale Grup as the beneficiary and the association of Tractebel Engineering Romania as consultant and project […]
LED lighting and energy efficiency for municipalities
Capital Investments Administration of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina signed grant contracts for energy efficiency projects with eight municipalities. The financing and co-financing budget is RSD 59.4 million (EUR 494,000), the institution said. The question of energy efficiency enhancement concerns the whole community, because it means more rational energy use, cutting down on energy expenditure for […]
Bogdanci 36.8 MW wind farm starts regular operation
ELEM (Macedonian Power Plants) said the country’s first wind power plant with 16 turbines has commenced the regular generation of electricity. Bogdanci facility is worth EUR 55.5 million and it is expected to generate over 100 GWh a year, enough to meet the needs of 60,000 people, according to a report on Reve review’s website. […]
Construction of EUR 1.5 million substation begins
Power enterprise Elektroprivreda Crne Gore AD Nikšić (EPCG) said it started the EUR 1.5 million worth construction of 35/10 kV Popovići substation in the southern town of Bar, after a rise in the number of customers by 40% in the last decade, and an increase in consumption, especially during the tourist season. Saša Milovanović, manager […]
EU pledges funds for Albania–Macedonia interconnection
The Western Balkans 6 ministerial meeting took place at the seat of the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna in the presence of Johannes Hahn, European commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations. The Ministry of Energy and Industry of Albania said the European Union guarantees financial backing for the construction of the country’s 400 kV […]