HESS to build biggest photovoltaic plant in Slovenia, link it to HPP Brežice
HESS plans to add a 6 MW photovoltaic unit to its Brežice hydroelectric plant, located on the lower part of the Sava river in Slovenia, which would make it a hybrid power production system. The solar unit would be the biggest of its kind in the country at the moment. After installing a rooftop photovoltaic […]
Australia backs CWP Renewables in world’s biggest power plant project
The Three Gorges Dam is the biggest individual producer of electricity on the planet. CWP Renewables is set to surpass it.
Greece to move forward with privatization of energy, mining companies
Minister of Environment and Energy of Greece Kostis Hatzidakis announced plans for a quick sale or partial privatization of companies in the energy and mining sectors. He asserted the government would soon introduce the so-called target model so that power producers would be able to make bilateral supply contracts with corporate consumers. “The government supports […]
EBRD may lend EUR 9.75 million to KESH for floating solar power plant
Albania’s state-owned power producer may cover most of the cost for its hybrid power plant project with debt. EBRD targets October 21 for the approval of a secured loan of EUR 9.75 million for a floating photovoltaic system on the reservoir of the Vau i Dejës hydropower plant owned by KESH. The European Bank for […]
Statkraft to start building floating photovoltaic unit at Banja HPP in Albania
The first of four rafts with solar panels and a diameter of 70 meters is scheduled to be finished before the end of December, according to Statkraft, which is installing the first floating photovoltaic plant in Albania with Ocean Sun from Norway. Ocean Sun is delivering a floating 500 kW direct current system for the […]
Investors eyeing potential for floating solar, hybrid plants in Greece
German SINN Power is about to showcase the prototype of a floating solar power plant and its hybrid system utilizing wind and wave energy in Crete, while another German company, BayWa, is said to be looking at possible projects for the technology in Greece. Company BayWa AG is examining the Greek market for opportunities in […]
