EUSEW 2018: Presentation of finalists – Croatian agency raises the profile of energy transition
Winners of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 will be unveiled on June 5. A total of 12 finalists from 10 different EU countries across 4 categories (Consumers, Public Sector, Businesses, and the newly added Young Energy Leaders) are on the shortlist of the year’s most successful projects. The full list of finalists is here, and […]
Startup Solagro tops first PowerUp! competition in Serbia
Startup Solagro, made up of Nemanja Janić, Marko Kaličanin and Đorđe Đorđević, won the first PowerUp! competition in Serbia with its innovative idea for a smart recycling system. Solagro also won the opportunity to compete with finalists from 24 Central European countries as part of the fourth edition of the PowerUp! Competition, which began on […]
Montenegro seeks bids to develop 200-MW-plus solar project
Montenegro’s Ministry of Economy has invited bids for a 30-year lease to 6,621,121 square meters of state-owned land to design, build, operate, and maintain a solar plant with an installed capacity of more than 200 MW. The minimum required bid for the solar plant project is EUR 0.05 per square meter a year, or a […]
Concession deal signed with Suzlon to build, operate 25.2 MW wind farm
The Sarajevo Canton government today signed a concession agreement with Suzlon Wind Energy BH, a subsidiary of India’s wind turbine supplier Suzlon Energy, to build and operate a 25.2 MW wind farm, according to a press release on the government’s website. The Ivan Sedlo-Hadžići wind farm will be the canton’s first. The investment is worth […]
EPCG inks wind farm MoU with Austria’s Ivicom, feed-in tariffs not planned
Montenegro’s power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) and Austria-based Ivicom Holding have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) concerning the implementation of a project to build the Gvozd wind farm with a planned capacity of 50 MW, under an investment estimated at around EUR 70 million, EPCG has said in a press release. Financing for […]
CMEC considering construction of wind farms at Galica, Vlašić location
Prime Minister of the Central Bosnia Canton (SBK) Tahir Lendo met with representatives of local firms Tomix Kneževo and TLG Travnik, as well as China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) to discuss the construction of wind farms at the locations of Galica and Vlašić. CMEC and the two companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina started cooperation a […]
Serbia, South Korea share experiences on environmental protection
During the South Korean Environment Industry Delegation’s visit to Serbia, a conference was held to discuss cooperation and projects in the field of environmental protection. The event was organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Green Serbia and the Korean Agency for Trade and Investment - KOTRA.
Hidroelectrica eyeing acquisition opportunities
Romanian power utility Hidroelectrica is considering the acquisition of wind and solar plants in Romania, as well as energy companies abroad, CEO Bogdan Badea said, Romanian media reported. According to ZiarulFinanciar, Hidroelectrica plans to open electricity trading office in Hungary. The biggest Romanian hydropower producer intends to inaugurate the office in Budapest, Hungary in September. […]