EBRD, KfW finance Krnovo wind park project

Julio Moreno, head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s country office, announced an investment of EUR 48.5 million in Krnovo wind farm in an interview for Portal Analitika. The project worth a total EUR 130 million will be supported in cooperation with KfW Development Bank of Germany, he added. „It will be the […]

Serbian company installs LED lighting in Kočani

Minel-Schréder fabrika svetiljki DOO from Belgrade, Serbia, signed a contract with Kočani municipality to replace street lighting and installing LED lamps in the town and a part of the village of Orizari. The value of the project is MKD 52.51 million (EUR 850.000) and 3,125 lights will be replaced, said Ratko Dimitrovski, Kočani mayor, who […]

News June 15, 2015

Upsolar selected for nearly 3 MW of new solar projects

Chinese provider of solar photovoltaic modules and services Upsolar said it struck a deal for 2.84 MW of capacity with Erikoğlu SunSystem, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company with more than 2,000 systems deployed. Erikoğlu will install 3,548 Upsolar UP-M250P and 7,592 Upsolar UP-M260P modules across three projects in the cities of Denizli and […]

News June 15, 2015

New law on biomass, biogas means cheaper heating

Four ministries, regulating authority ANRE and Romanian Association of Biomass and Biogas (Arbio) are preparing the new law for the biomass and biogas sector, while a parliamentary committee is working on the new law for heating, Energynomics.ro reported. The final stage of talks started on the feed-in tariff scheme (for projects with an installed capacity […]

News June 12, 2015

Srebrenik school reconstructed with project funds

More than 600 pupils will have warmer classrooms and savings of more than 50% shall be achieved after the reconstruction of the elementary school in Duboki Potok in the municipality of Srebrenik near Tuzla, Ekapija.ba portal reported. Gromex company was hired for the works within the Green Economic Development project, implemented by the United Nations […]

News June 12, 2015

Energy efficiency boosts construction sector

„We secured HRK 600 million (EUR 79.12 million) for energy efficiency and environmental protection projects in 2015. A large share was directed to the buildings construction sector,” Mihael Zmajlović, environmental and nature protection minister, said at a presentation in Zagreb. At the event, one in a series of gatherings organized by the ministry and the […]

News June 12, 2015

Clear legislation necessary for GE to invest

General Electric is prepared to invest more in Serbia, but regulation should be amended, said Gaetano Massara, the company’s Southeastern Europe unit’s chief executive. Many significant projects have been put on hold in the country, including wind power, he said at the General Electric Sourcing Day, an event held at the building of the National […]

News June 11, 2015

Seepex power exchange targets launch by end-year

Serbia’s day-ahead Southeast European Power Exchange (Seepex) is targeting a launch in November or December this year, the press office of European Power Exchange (Epex Spot), told SeeNews in an email. Epex Spot is developing the project in partnership with Serbian state-owned electricity grid operator EMS. EMS director Nikola Petrović had earlier told SeeNews the […]