RP Global to build solar power plant on Croatian island
Austria-based electricity producer RP Global is about to start building a solar power plant near the town of Novalja on the Croatian island of Pag, whose projected annual output is 25 GWh. RP Global has already built two wind farms close to the Adriatic coast in Croatia – Danilo near Šibenik and Rudine near Dubrovnik […]
Contract signed for largest self-consumption PV plant in Bulgaria
Copper producer Aurubis Bulgaria and energy solution provider CEZ ESCO Bulgaria have signed a contract for the construction of a 10 MW photovoltaic power plant, which would be the largest one for self-consumption in the country. The plant will be installed at the Aurubis’ Pirdop copper smelter and refinery, located 80 kilometers east from Sofia. […]
Velje brdo PV plant tender to start by year-end, could expand to 300 MW
Montenegro intends to launch a tendering procedure by the end of the year for the construction of a solar power plant in Velje brdo in capital Podgorica. The originally planned capacity of 50 MW could be increased to 150 MW or even 300 MW. The tendering process for the construction of a solar power plant […]
Serbia’s EPS to install 97.2 MW solar power plant in Kostolac
Serbia’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) plans to install 97.2 MW solar power plant Srednje Kostolačko Ostrvo. The investment is estimated at EUR 84 million. After launching the construction of the 66 MW Kostolac wind farm, this should be the company’s second major renewable energy project. The PV plant is planned at an ash […]
Energy transition is region’s development opportunity, experts say in REPCONS survey
The energy transition is a development opportunity for the region, and the key factors for its implementation will be the European Union’s influence on local politicians as well as the downward trend in costs for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant technology, according to experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. They expressed […]