Enel CEO in Romania proposed for PPC’s new chief
Georgios Stassis, who currently serves as CEO and country manager for Italian energy company Enel in Romania, has been put forward for appointment as new CEO of Greece’s ailing majority state-owned Public Power Corporation (PPC), the Greek media has reported. Stassis, who had been with the Enel Group since 2007, would replace Manolis Panagiotakis, who […]
Greece hits 3 GW wind energy milestone
Greece’s cumulative wind energy capacity has exceeded 3 GW, according to the latest data from the Greek Wind Energy Association (ELETAEN). Greece hit the 3 GW milestone on May 20, with an Enercon E-70 E4 2300kW wind turbine installed at the Trikorfo wind farm, ELETAEN said in a press release, noting that the achievement was […]
RWE acquires Croatian solar energy service provider
German power utility RWE has taken over Relatio ES Adria, one of the largest Croatian companies in design, supply, installation and commissioning of solar power plants, Novac.hr reported. Relatio ES Adria, based in Varaždin, was established in 2012, and until 2019 it has designed, installed and put into operation solar power plants in Croatia, BiH, […]
Airport in Timisoara – first in Romania with EV charging station
Traian Vuia Airport in Timisoara has become the first airport in Romania with EV charging station. The electric vehicles’ owners will use this station free of charge until summer 2018. Based on growing interest in electric cars in Romania, Enel Energie company and the Timisoara Airport inaugurated the first national EV charging station. The mutual […]
Italian Enel starts to build largest wind power complex in Greece
Italian Enel, through its Greek renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power Hellas (EGPH), has started construction of the Kafireas wind power complex on the Island of Evia, the second largest island in Greece. Once completed, the new facility will be the largest wind farm in Greece with total installed capacity of 154 MW. Enel will invest […]
Power production and distribution companies in the Balkan region – governments still in charge
By Vladimir Spasić, energy journalist and analyst It is not just that the governments in the Balkan region do not consider selling their power utilities, but they covet buying what they sold twenty years ago, or at least buying from their neighbors. This can be illustrated by the announcement of Serbian power utility Eletkroprivreda Srbije (EPS) […]
Enel: Romanian energy crisis will hit the renewables sector
The energy crisis in Romania will imminently hit the renewable energy sector, said Georgios Stassis, general manager of the power company Enel Romania. He warned that the young energy market in Romania is facing its first exceptional challenge. “The prices are at their highest levels in decades, the system is close to its functioning limit, […]
Greece expects EUR 1.5 billion investments in wind energy
Ten corporations and their associates are set to invest around EUR 1.5 billion over the next three years for the development of wind-energy facilities with a total capacity of 1.400 MW. The majority of these projects are being planned by the ten biggest renewable energy players in the Greek market or smaller firms planning partnerships […]
