Shower of requests for energy permits for PV power plants in BiH
Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) announced that 14 companies filed requests for energy permits. The investors request new energy permits or the renewal of existing ones which are needed for the solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants construction. As reported on the website of the Ministry, the general public […]
Cost of capital for onshore wind and solar investments mapped
Investments in wind and solar energy in Southeast Europe did not increase even though the cost of capital decreased in 2014-2016, which is why stable policy schemes have to be designed at European and national level, according to the “Pricetag” study funded by the European Climate Foundation. The “Pricetag” project examined the cost of capital […]
Consultant for Western Balkans energy efficiency program needed
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to establish the Western Balkans Green Economy Financing Facility with a total of EUR 85 million to finance residential energy efficiency and small-scale renewable energy investments. To support the implementation of the facility, the EBRD will engage a consulting company which will carry out the facility […]
Evia wind farm investors given extension to pay for cable connection
Investors in the wind energy parks on Evia island are given two-month extension to start paying for the cost of underwater cable connection linking Polypotamos in Evia with the outskirts of the Greek capital Athens. The group of investors holding licenses for the construction of the wind farms in the southern part of Evia, were expected to start […]
Romanian Hidroelectrica sees healthy profits, plans investments
Hidroelectrica SA has some bold plans for the coming years, as the state-owned hydropower company returned from the brink of bankruptcy to become one of the most profitable companies in Romania. The company has plans to invest over EUR 500 million into modernisation in the next five years. The president of the Board of Directors […]
Auctions for renewables: towards markets proximity
The future of support mechanisms for renewables with targeted insight towards the SEE markets and bankability point of view By Ladislav Tolmaci, Erste Group Bank AG, Leveraged and Project Finance In the recent depressed wholesale power price environment predominant on the European commodity exchanges, any investment into electricity generating technology becomes related to a question […]
Bulgarian and Chinese companies to build waste-to-energy plants in UK
The Bulgarian-based company Ebioss Energy signed a deal with Energy China to build two waste-to-energy plants in the UK worth EUR 170 million in total. The waste-to-energy plants will be located in Newcastle and Hull, United Kingdom, Ebioss Energy stated in the press release published on the Spanish alternative stock exchange MAB where it is […]
Prince of Jordan interested in investing in solar in BIH
Prince of Jordan Mohammed al-Abbas Bin Ali is interested in investing in solar energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Accompanied by his several advisors and two businessmen from Libya, Mohammed al-Abbas Bin Ali visited Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA), the Agency announced. The Deputy Director of the FIPA Blaženka Mišković and her associates […]
