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 […]
Government adopts bills on energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, high-efficiency cogeneration
The Croatian government has sent two energy bills – on renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration and on energy efficiency – to the parliament. The bills envisage new rules concerning suppliers’ offtake of electricity from privileged producers, mandatory energy efficiency measures for end-consumers, and measures to increase the installation of solar panels in households. State […]
Slovenia pays EUR 69.4 million in renewable energy, CHP subsidies in H1
Support payments for electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP) amounted to EUR 69.4 million in the first half of 2018, down 11% compared to H1 2017, Slovenian Power Market Operator Borzen said in a report. On June 30, 2018, the feed-in system covered 3,879 power plants with […]
FBiH allocates EUR 8.4 million in renewables, cogeneration subsidies in 2018
The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has adopted a decision allocating a total of some EUR 8.4 million (BAM 16.4 million) in subsidies for electricity production from renewable energy sources and cogeneration in 2018. The subsidies for electricity production from renewables and cogeneration stand at BAM 0.002128 per kWh, not including […]