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 […]
Real time sun power to energize Serbia
By Mihailo Mihailović, independent energy consultant Decreasing our dependence on “pre-historic” solar energy stored in fossil fuels and utilizing the “real time” sun power is an inevitable task for Serbia to prepare its future energy mix. This November Belgrade was the host of the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion […]
Investors in dilemma about RES pilot tender
Prospective investors are in dilemma about the participation in a RES pilot tender for the installation of new PV systems announced by Regulatory Authority for Energy of Greece as they are required to provide additional letters of guarantee. Potential investors are upset after they have been informed that they are required to provide follow-up letters […]
Gabela photovoltaic power station opened in BiH
Solar energy d.o.o opened a photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Gabela near Čapljina. The plant has 6,500 sq.m. of PV panels, with a capacity of 1 MW and 1,5 GWh of estimated electricity production per year, portal Vijesti reported. Project`s total area of 16,800 sq.m. was constructed in three months, with 3,800 PV panels installed. […]
Two utilities choose First Solar’s modules of 160 MW
Zorlu Energy – Enerji Elektrik Üretim AŞ and Başarıarge Enerji Teknolojileri AŞ of Turkey have placed orders from First Solar Inc. for photovoltaic modules of 100 MW and 60MW, respectively, in the first six months of this year. First Solar Inc, the company headquartered in Arizona, said the independent power producer and member of Zorlu […]
Juwi establishes its first photovoltaic project in Turkey
The German Juwi Group said construction is underway in the company’s first project in Turkey. In the municipality of Denizli, about 200 kilometers northwest of Antalya, seven individual PV power plants have a combined capacity of 7.4 MW and are scheduled to be connected to the grid early this summer, the press release said. The […]
Regulatory permits for mini PV and hydro projects in FBiH
Regulatory Commission for Energy in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the country’s two entities, decided to grant permission to DF ’Gradnja’ Konjic and BEA Tešanj to generate electric power for five and ten years, respectively. ’Gradnja’ applied for 808 kW ’Duboki potok’ small hydropower plant, with a capacity of 3.58 GWh per year, […]
First Solar secures interconnection rights for three PV plants in Turkey
Arizona-based First Solar Inc. has been awarded interconnection rights for three planned utility-scale solar photovoltaic plants in southern Turkey. The rights were issued following a competitive tender that was administered by the Turkish Electricity Transmission Co. (TEIAŞ) as part of the country’s Renewable Energy Resources Support Mechanism (YEKDEM) program, Solar Industry Magazine said. Subject to […]
