EUR 1 million for energy efficiency projects
Nebojša Malenković, head of Capital Investments Administration of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, presented the potentials for the organisation’s cooperation with local authorities and public institutions at the forum on ‘Energy Efficiency in Municipalities ‒ Implementation of European Regulations and Standards and the Possibilities for Project Financing’ in the town of Kanjiža, reported Serbian media. The […]
Belectric lands first solar tenders in Turkey
German system integrator Belectric’s Turkish joint venture has secured its first tenders in the country after gaining approval for two large-scale ground-mounted solar projects from Turkish Electricity Transmission Co. (TEIAŞ), Pv-tech.org reported. Belectric Kuloğlu has successfully tendered for projects which will have a combined AC connection capacity of 32.4 MW – 14 percent of the […]
Renewable power producers’ capacity rises to 516 MW
Subsidies provided by the Slovenian government to green power producers rose by 10 % on the year to EUR 130.88 million in 2014, according to electricity market operator Borzen’s data, SeeNews portal reported. Slovenia’s electricity feed-in support scheme for renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) power plants included 3,767 power plants with a combined […]
Balkan countries in relatively stable positions in EY’s Recai chart
Balkan markets included in Ernst and Young’s latest quarterly Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (Recai) changed positions slightly from three months before. Turkey moved up a spot to be ranked 18th of the 40 countries listed, Greece stayed at number 33, while Romania dropped three places to the 35th position. Bulgaria and Slovenia were last […]
Research of renewable energy in cooperation with the UAE’s Masdar Institute
Ministry of Mining and Energy called on Serbian scientific research institutions to apply for joint renewable energy projects with Masdar Institute from the United Arab Emirates, owned by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company. All applications received by March 27 are to be sent to Masdar Institute for consideration. The cooperation, based on a memorandum from […]
Photovoltaic energy systems from Greece invests in Thrace
Greek solar energy company Photovoltaic Energy Systems is preparing to invest in renewable energy in Turkey, a company official said on March 2. Hurriyet reported that Anadolu agency quoted Evaggelos Kalenteridis announcing solar projects in a district of the western city of Edirne, which neighbors Greece. “The company was searching for a place to invest […]
Make public institutions switch to peat for heating, producers say
Association of Peat, Briquettes and Wood Biomass Producers presented its initiative in the town of Vinkovci, together with Croatian Wood Cluster, to get authorised institutions to introduce peat as heating fuel in most public buildings through public procurement system, which would result in saving money, Energetika.ba portal reported. The association’s representatives said there were 3,200 […]
Incentives stay only for operational wind and solar facilities
Bulgaria’s parliament scrapped preferential prices for new renewable energy installations on February 26, as the country is struggling to cut deficits in the energy sector and keep a lid on consumers’ utility bills, Euractiv reported. Wind power farms and photovoltaic parks mushroomed in 2011, after Bulgaria introduced generous subsidies for renewable energy, guaranteed for 20 […]
