Biomass in agricultural production conference announced
The Guarantee Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the Provincial Secretariat for Energy and Mineral resources announced the international conference ’Promoting Renewable Energy Sources: Biomass in Agricultural Production’ would take place on May 12 in Novi Sad. Farmers, representatives of relevant institutions and organizations and the general public are not sufficiently informed and aware […]
Electricity to be produced from olive waste
Turkey’s oil producer and marketer Marmarabirlik is set to produce 2 million kWh of electricity from 4,000 tons of olive waste every year, Daily Sabah reported. Hidamet Asa, the company chairman, says that the two-year project, funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tübitak), is completed. According to him, treatment and energy […]
Interconnection underway between Macedonia and Albania
The construction of a 400 kV Bitola-Elbasan interconnection transmission line tops the list of priority projects within the Energy Community involving energy infrastructure, said Macedonian economy minister Bekim Neziri and Albania’s parliament speaker Ilir Meta at a meeting in Tirana, English language Independent.mk agency said. Both men pointed that this is the first interconnection between […]
Legal battle won for 33 wind parks plan of 1.08 GW in Crete
Council of State, the supreme administrative court, gave the temporary go-ahead and opened the way for the planned construction of 33 wind parks throughout Crete, Econews.gr portal reported. Yet another decision is needed to materialize the controversial projects with the overall capacity of 1.08 GW in four prefectures. The institution rejected the petition submitted by […]
Pramoritsa hydropower plant commenced trial run phase
D.Y. Pra. AE, operator of small hydropower system Pramoritsa in western Greece, started the test operation of the 1.035 MW plant, Energypress.gr portal said. The facility’s biggest contribution may be lowering the cost for the operation of the water purification plant at the dam, which supplies the Voio municipality, the operator said, adding that the […]
USAID’s Energy Summit held with accent on green energy
The Energy Summit, first big event within USAID’s Energy Investment Activity (EIA) project, was held in Neum on April 16 and 17, Energetika.ba portal reported. At the event it was said Bosnia and Herzegovina could more than double its electricity generation level, a significant part of which could come from hydropower potential, renewable energy sources […]
Bids invitation in Energy Wood II and call for PV systems
Ministry of Economy of Montenegro initiated the implementation of the program Energy Wood II, which aims to establish an attractive and sustainable financial mechanism for providing interest free loans for households for installation of modern biomass heating systems, and announced the invitation for bids for participation, the Directorate for Energy Efficiency said. A public invitation […]
Project discussed for biomass usage in heating in Prijepolje
Introducing biomass for district heating in Prijepolje through a EUR 100 million credit line to Serbia was the topic of a discussion between Prijepolje municipality head Emir Hašimbegović and the officials of Germany’s KfW development bank and of climate technology initiative DKTI. The offer to Serbia is a EUR 100 million loan with a 2.25% […]
