District heating as the future of urban heating in Europe – Novi Sad Heating Plant leads by example
Author: Dušan Macura, head of heat production and distribution at Novi Sad Heating Plant (Novosadska Toplana) What challenges lie ahead in the transition of conventional district heating systems and is district heating the future of urban heating in Europe? The vision of the development of public heating utility Novosadska Toplana, a regional leader by achieved […]
Akuo Energy unveils Grubišno Polje cogeneration plant
The Energostatik cogeneration plant in Grubišno Polje, a EUR 34 million investment by France’s Akuo Energy, has started operating at full capacity, according to Grubišno Polje’s official portal. The cogeneration heat and power (CHP) plant will produce 5 MWh of electricity and 6.5 MW of heat energy. The French company also invested in the construction […]
Hrvatske Šume terminates contracts for wood chips delivery for cogeneration facilities
Public forest management utility Hrvatske Šume has terminated contracts with 20 companies on the sale of wood chips and firewood for cogeneration plants, leaving 265,000 tons of wood chips available for a public call, which the company plans to launch in about ten days. Hrvatske Šume informed buyers that 20 contracts on the sale of […]
Slovenia seeks applications for payments to back renewables, high-efficiency cogeneration
The Slovenian Energy Agency has invited applications for incentives to support electricity production from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration. Eligible to receive incentives are new or reconstructed renewable energy facilities and combined heat and power (CHP) plants. A total of EUR 10 million in funding is available under the public call for project proposals […]
Montenegro to start phasing out feed-in tariffs for renewables in 2020
The Government of Montenegro has decided to start gradually reducing feed-in tariffs for renewable energy sources as of January 1, 2020, and announced it will continue to promote the construction of wind farms, solar power plants, and large hydropower plants without guaranteed incentive prices, Montenegrin media reported. The government has adopted regulations that will put […]
RDF-burning CHP plant project given go-ahead
The Bulgarian government has given the green light to the managing authority of Operational Programme Environment, part of the Ministry of Environment and Water, to sign an administrative agreement on financial assistance with the Sofia municipality and district heating operator Toplofikacia Sofia for the construction of a combined heat and power (CHP) plant utilizing refuse […]
Serbia pushes back introduction of renewables auctions by a year, extends existing support decree
The Serbian government has extended the decree on incentives for the production of electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency heat and power cogeneration until the end of 2019. Experts say that the extension of the decree, which was set to expire on December 31, 2018, is good for all ongoing renewables projects, but that […]
Polytechnik’s high-efficiency, low-emission biomass cogeneration plant for secure heat supply
Austria-based Polytechnik has been hired by Hillerod Forsyning, the district heating company of the city of Hillerod in Denmark, to supply and install a turnkey biomass cogeneration plant. The Danish utility company manages a major district heating system that includes the new 28 MW wood chip-fired cogeneration plant designed for a maximum generator terminal power […]
