Gazivode hydro resource important for Serbia’s EU chapters
The settlement of legal relations in connection to the hydropower plant Gazivode (Gazivodë) is an important moment for Serbia to start membership negotiations with the European Union, said Laszlo Varga, member of Serbian parliament from the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and deputy chair of the Parliamentary Committee on EU Integration. He told Novi Sad–based Hungarian […]
Floods highlight renewable energy market opportunities
As Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia continue to rebuild after the devastating floods of 2014, renewable energy development opportunities are popping up left and right, RenewableEnergyWorld.com portal’s contributor Ilias Tsagas wrote in an analysis. The Balkan region has enormous renewable energy potential but to date progress has been hindered by financing, weak legislation and […]
Biogas-powered generator registered by energy regulator
Private utility Pelagonija Enerdži DOOEL, headquartered in Bitola, had its biogas-fuelled electric power plant registered in the national list of electricity-generating facilities that run on renewable sources, Build.mk portal reported. The generator has an installed capacity of 2 MW and it is the second of the type in Macedonia, as a thermal power plant on […]
State lacks strategy, aims for mix of renewables and nuclear
Energy minister Andrei Gerea noted Romania doesn't have an energy strategy, but that at the EUS there is also no common direction
Medium voltage transmission network procurement
Electricity distribution operator Oshee received procurement procedure applications for the construction of the 20 kV network Paskuqan – Babrru No. 2, Investment.albaniaenergy.org portal reported. The procurement came after the open notice released on April 8 for the construction of 20kV Paskuqan – Babru network No. 5, with April 30 as deadline for prequalification submission, and […]
Energy production from biomass with USD 1.6 million from UNDP
Businessmen interested in investing in the facilities for combined production of electric and thermal energy from biomass or biogas can count on USD 1.6 million (EUR 1.46 million) provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), officials at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce stated at a conference, Tanjug agency said. An individual donation per project […]
Fund of EUR 1 million open for local projects in Vojvodina
Capital Investment Administration of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina published a public invitation to municipal authorities for funds of RSD 120 million (EUR 1 million) to finance and co-finance their energy as well as energy efficiency projects. The document lists possible projects: reconstruction, adaptation and rehabilitation of thermal envelopes, of thermo-technical installations and facilities for the […]
Belectric wins 77.4 MW in Turkey’s first solar licensing
Joint venture partner of Germany’s Belectric Solarkraftwerke GmbH has tendered successfully the single largest ground-mounted solar power project in Turkey with an AC connection capacity of 45 MW. Including this one, three projects developed by Belectric Kuloğlu Güneş Elektrik Santrallari Teknolojisi A. Ş. won recent tenders with a combined AC connection capacity of 77.4 MW, […]