Slovenia plans to build Morača hydro plant with Turkey
President of Slovenia Borut Pahor said possibilities for expansion of cooperation with Turkey exist, namely in constructing the Morača hydroelectric power plant in Montenegro, RTV Slovenija said. At his official visit to Slovenia, the president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed with his counterpart and emphasized that cooperation could grow stronger mainly in the fields […]
Geothermal district-heating pilot project for Bečej
Bečej is one of five municipalities in Serbia which plan to implement a pilot project for using geothermal water for district heating, its website said. Analyses results by the Faculty of Mining and Geology from Belgrade showed Bečej is the only location with cost-effectiveness potential, local officials said at a press conference. The project’s study […]
Generation from renewable sources sets daily record
Strong wind and favorable sunshine on March 22 brought the daily share of power generation from renewable sources to a record 47%, Phileleftheros newspaper’s portal said. Another point is that the transmission system operator handled the extreme situation with ease. At 10 a. m. the active production capacity was 408 MW, out of which 138 […]
Gjiknuri-Pagano: Reform in energy sector on right track
After getting acquainted with the measures and steps taken in electricity sector reform, World Bank directors declared that the challenge of Albanian government is very important and the work is on the right track, AlbReporter portal said. Minister of Energy and Industry Damian Gjiknuri received Patrizio Pagano, executive director at WB in Washington, who was […]
Two thirds of EU may face sanctions for ignoring directive
Nineteen EU member states have missed the deadline to translate the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) into national law by more than nine months, despite the rigorous enforcement of existing efficiency laws being part of the flagship Energy Union project, Publics.bg portal said. Proceedings against Greece, Portugal and Slovenia for failure to fully implement the directive […]
Piva hydro plant produced almost 30 TWh in 39 years
Milan Radović, head of Piva hydropower plant, said 146 GWh was produced since the start of the year, in comparison to 782 GWh planned for 2015. He added last year’s investment in equipment was EUR 930,000, national energy company EPCG said on its website. The plant in the country’s northwest has 102 employees. The end […]
KOSTT boosts transmission grid security from EBRD loan
The electricity transmission system operator KOSTT intends using the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction (EBRD) for achieving full compliance with the N-1 electricity transmission grid security criteria, the bank said. This is a key technical requirement for KOSTT to join the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), which […]
Sanski Most to host country’s first MW-size PV plant
Mustafa Avagić, Sanski Most municipality head, told local Hronika Sana web TV programme, the largest solar power plant in the country would be built in Bosanski Milanovac. Austrian company my-PV implements the project with the capacity of over 1 MW, 20 kilometers from the municipal seat, and the cantonal Ministry of Construction, Spatial Planning and […]
