Greece discussing microgrids, energy storage systems with Tesla
U.S. automotive and energy company Tesla, Inc.’s executives have met with Greek Minister of the Environment and Energy Giorgos Stathakis to discuss possible cooperation on modernizing Greek islands’ power grids as part of a strategy to reduce the use of fossil fuels in favor of renewables. The cooperation would involve microgrids connected to energy storage […]
FEIT 1st university school in Macedonia to install rooftop PV systems
The Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (FEIT) is the first university school in Macedonia to have launched electricity production for self-consumption using rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems, according to a statement from the FEIT. Though small, the EUR 27,500 investment in the two rooftop PV systems sends […]
City of Pančevo seeks bids to install 3 solar-powered bus shelters
The City of Pančevo has invited bids to build, deliver, and install three solar-powered bus shelters, according to an announcement on its website. The solar-powered bus shelters are to be equipped with an energy storage battery, LED lighting, USB mobile phone chargers, and a Wi-Fi router. The offers must be submitted by July 18, when […]
Competition for start-ups from cleantech sector launched
The fourth edition of the largest competition for start-ups from the cleantech sector in Central Europe – PowerUp! by InnoEnergy has started today. The application period ends on April 15. The competition is open for applicants from Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Macedonia, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Latvia, […]
Innovative renewable energy storage project, possible solution for Med islands
Cyprus is going to be a testing ground for an innovative pilot-project for community energy storage system (ESS) which aims to increase grid-connected renewable energy storage on the island and possibly become a solution for Mediterranean islands to increase their energy independence. German Electric utility company, Autarsys GmbH, which delivered and commissioned the first ESS […]
Greek PPC to install pioneering energy storage system
Greek Public Power Cooperation (PPC) will install a pioneering battery system for renewable energy storage at its production facility on the Dodecanese island of Karpathos. The biggest power producer and electricity supply company in Greece has decided, according to the Greek energy news portal Energypress, to install a lithium-ion battery system for energy storage as […]
The big green challenge: can we change fast enough?
By Maja Turković, Energy Consultant, co-author of the CIRSD study ’A Roadmap for Deploying Renewable Energy Sources in Serbia and the Regional Perspective’ Fossil fuels have been harnessed as an abundant and easily accessible source of energy for two centuries. This cheap energy enabled the growth of populations and consumption levels; and facilitated technological innovations […]