Outlook for wind energy financing
Author: Ivan Komušanac, Analyst for Markets & Wind Energy Technology at WindEurope Costs of wind energy have been continuously falling. That’s one of the main reasons why Europe installed 194 GW of wind energy capacity. Onshore wind is today the cheapest form of new power generation in a lot of places in Europe, thanks to […]
Bids open in Albania solar power auction for 140 MW in Karavasta
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy said investors have until March 16 to submit applications for the construction of a photovoltaic plant at the coast southwest of capital Tirana. Albania scheduled a public event for April 7 to pick the operator for the 140 MW solar power system. Minister Belinda Balluku presented the auction process, […]
Municipalities in Greece get EUR 5.8 million in compensation for RES
The Administrator of Renewable Energy Sources and Guarantees of Origin – Dapeep has said 101 municipalities received compensation for the first half of last year. The sum, which came in at EUR 5.8 million in total, is paid to local authorities with installed power plants that use renewable sources. There are 325 municipalities in Greece. […]
Turkey produces record 131.9 TWh of power from renewables last year
The latest data, published by the Solar Energy Investors Association (Güyad) and the Hydroelectric Power Plants Industry Businessmen Association or Hesiad, renewable power generation climbed to unseen levels in 2019. Hydroelectric plants contributed a record 88.64 TWh, including all-time peaks on May 23, with 401.3 GWh, and the month of May – 11.5 TWh. Hydro […]
Three solar power plant tenders coming soon in BiH’s Una-Sana Canton
After the first solar power plant was commissioned half a year ago, the Government of the Una-Sana Canton is planning three tenders for photovoltaic arrays, its minister of economy Nijaz Kadirić said. The plan is to make the move within months and the number of interested investors from abroad is growing, in his words. The […]
Sekulić: Coal excise tax to cover Montenegro’s stimulus for renewables
Among her remarks in New Year interviews with several domestic media outlets, Montenegro’s minister of economy insisted households will continue to be exempted from premiums for electricity from renewable sources for the consumption of up to 300 kWh per month. Furthermore, Dragica Sekulić stressed, the 2019 directive on stimulus for such production of electricity and […]
Serbia to turn its electricity giant EPS into joint stock company
Citizens may get 15% of Elektroprivreda Srbije or EPS this year as the Government of Serbia plans to change its status from a public company to a joint stock company. It informed the International Monetary Fund in a letter of intent that it is transforming the power producer with the help of the European Bank […]
SHPP license abolished in Paraćin; Užice to shelve all 18 plans
The Department for Property and Legal Affairs of the Municipality of Paraćin has annulled the decision to approve the building license for small hydropower plant Grza on the river of the same name. The news was published by organization ‘Odbranimo Grzu’, which means defend the Grza. It had initiated the repetition of the process in […]