French investor catches Banat wind
Location licence will be awarded soon to French investor IEL OIE Balkan Renewable Energy and the projects are underway for a wind park, says Nemanja Đukić from the Kikinda Municipality Council, daily paper Dnevnik said. He added the 50 MW facility is planned to be launched by 2017. The wind park in Bašaid, according to […]
China’s interest in hydro comes from global strategy
Five Chinese consortia were preparing to win a USD 1.1 billion pumped hydro storage facility, obsolete for 30 years, Greentech Media reported. The selected contractor should launch works on the 1 GW Tarniţa – Lăpuștești hydroelectric power station in Cluj county before the end of the year. Hidro Tarniţa SA, the project developer, claims the five- to seven-year construction […]
15 Romanian companies awarded for promoting sustainable energy
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union honored 15 Romanian companies for promoting energy efficiency, reads EBRD’s press release. The EU-EBRD Sustainable Energy Excellence Awards, held in Bucharest on March 19, recognized Romania’s most successful sustainable energy projects financed by the EBRD and the EU. “We are celebrating Romanian companies which […]
Water-heating solar panels open company’s new operation
Boksit, from the town of Milići, launched a pilot-project worth approximately BAM 25,000 (EUR 12,780) in cooperation with a partner from China. Solar collectors were installed to heat sanitary water in mining and transport company’s motel, Energetika.ba portal said. Boksit’s chief project manager Darko Gordić told Srna agency the company intends to offer solar collector […]
Ahmetaj: In 10-15 years, Albania won’t need power imports
On the second day of Albania Oil, Gas and Energy 2015 Summit in Tirana, minister of economic development, trade, entrepreneurship and tourism, Arben Ahmetaj, stressed in a speech that the reforms undertaken by the country’s government in the energy sector have had positive effect on the economy and that the main goals are the reduction […]
Bosnia’s Amitea II applies for permits to build two SHPP
Bosnian company Amitea II has applied for permits to build two small hydropower plants (SHPP) in the Muslim-Croat Federation, the entity’s energy ministry said, SeeNews reported. The planned SHPPs, Kraljuscica 1 and Kraljuscica 2, will have capacity of 3,465 kW and 4,478 kW, respectively, the Federation’s energy ministry said in a statement on its website. […]
Bosnia’s Federation OKs issuing energy permits for three wind park projects
The government of Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat Federation said on Wednesday it has endorsed issuing energy permits for three wind park projects. The ministry of energy, mining and industry was given preliminary consent to issue permits for the Podvelezje wind park, a project that will be developed by state-controlled power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH), as well as […]
Krk island to become energy independent and carbon free
The northern Adriatic island of Krk is set to become Croatia’s first energy independent area free of carbon-dioxide emissions, and by 2030 the island will be completely powered by renewable energy sources, Dalje.com portal said. “We are pioneers in this endeavour in the whole of Croatia,” the CEO of the Ponikve EkoOtok company, Zdenko Kirinčić, […]