Procurement of electric buses initiated in Belgrade
Serbian capital’s mayor Siniša Mali announced a public call for procurement of five electric city buses and stated Belgrade will be the first in the region with such vehicles. In his words, the contract may be signed within a month, and the buses should be in operation by the middle of next year, RTS said. […]
Too much power generation – counterproductive
Energy storage must become a priority for Romania, which should rather increase the number of its large users among industrial users than export energy, deputy chairman of Romania’s Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) Emil Calotă said. „It is unacceptable for a country to overgenerate electricity and export it. It is similar to exporting any other raw […]
Electricity prices for end-consumers should go down
Niculae Havrileţ, president of Romania’s energy regulator ANRE, stated the situation allows for lower power prices, Profit.ro said. „This year we have had a few positive elements in the electricity supply and distribution sector, as the electricity consumption went up and the inflation rate evolution was favorable. These two factors combined will definitely bring a […]
Support payments rise 9% on 4% increase of output
At the end of September the feed-in system included 3,915 power plants with a combined installed capacity of 428 MW, Slovenian power market operator Borzen said. The trend of rising support payments continues in the first nine months of this year, according to the company’s report. Total electricity production within the support system increased by […]
Malta’s state-owned company to build Možura wind park
“We are pleased that a reputable company from an EU country is interested in investing in the energy sector and wind power plant projects in Montenegro,” Minister of Economy Vladimir Kavarić said following his meeting with Minister for Energy and Health of Malta Konrad Mizzi, the Government of Montenegro said on its website. The transfer […]
Government privatizes Karacaören hydropower plants
GAMA Enerji Holding won a tender to privatize hydro facilities Karacaören 1 and Karacaören 2, located between the city lines of Isparta and Burdur in the west of the country, at a cost of 515 million Turkish liras (EUR 168.9 million), Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal reported. The installed power capacity of Karacaören 1 is 32 […]
PIK-Vinkovci plans 2 MW biogas-fired power plant
Croatian meat processing company PIK-Vinkovci is planning to build a biogas-fired power plant near the eastern town of Vinkovci, the country’s energy regulator HERA said, SeeNews reports. The Vinka power plant will have 2 MW of installed electricity generating capacity and also 2 MW of thermal energy generating capacity, a document posted on HERA’s website […]
Turkey to help Sub-Saharan Africa with solar modules
Within the scope of the preparations for the meeting of the Group of Twenty in Antalya, Turkey set a target to bring solar energy to Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey’s acting energy minister said, according to a report by the Energy Terminal. Ali Rıza Alaboyun told Anadolu Agency that the government will send 100 solar modules, under […]
