Turkey to launch production at 1.2 GW hydropower plant on Tigris
The Ilısu project, designed for 4.12 TWh per year, is about to partially come online. Turkey has estimated energy production at the biggest hydropower plant on the river Tigris would be worth almost EUR 330 million per year. The first turbine has been tested at what will be the fourth-largest hydropower plant in the country, […]
Priorities in Zagreb city center’s energy transition – Development vision after 2020 earthquake
The Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair at the Department of Energy, Power and Environmental Engineering (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb) and the North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency – REGEA The earthquake on March 22, 2020, caused major damage in the center of the city of Zagreb, mostly as chimneys […]
Smart transformation of coal business into geothermal heating, power system by Spanish Hunosa Grupo
Grupo Hunosa, undergoing a transformation away from coal, its basic activity, used geothermal energy from its former mine to build a 6 MW heating and power system. The project in the north of Spain won the Global District Heating Award. The cooperation between Hulleras del Norte SA and the University of Oviedo in Asturias helped […]
Verbund discontinues last coal-fired energy plant in Austria; eyes hydrogen
Government-owned Verbund switched the Mellach coal-fired heat and power unit to a backup role, ending all regular electricity supply from the fossil fuel to the grid in Austria as it studies applications for green hydrogen. As high temperatures shortened the heating season, the Mellach cogeneration facility, which covered most of the district heating in Graz, […]
Contractor picked for biomass heating plant project in Priboj
A group spearheaded by Energotehnika Južna Bačka is due to replace outdated equipment in the town in southwest Serbia as works are scheduled to start in the autumn and last one year. KfW and the Swiss government are financing the switch of district heating systems to biomass in Priboj and five other municipal units. The […]
General Electric to make turbines for 1 GW pumped storage HPP in Turkey
In the construction of a hydropower plant north of Antalya, China Gezhouba and KAF Teknik will work with GE, which highlighted the facility’s future role in the utilization of renewable energy sources. General Electric said it would supply four 250 MW turbines for the pumped storage system in Eğirdir in western Turkey. A giant hydropower […]
Climate Smart Bio-Waste Management Challenge extends deadline to May 15
The Climate Smart Bio-Waste Management Challenge is for innovative solutions for tackling biodegradable matter. UNDP and Serbia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection called on municipal authorities, companies, nongovernmental organizations, research and academic institutions as well as individuals to apply. Potential participants in Serbia can apply for the Climate Smart Bio-Waste Management Challenge by May 15 at […]
Serbia invites bids for substations in biomass heating projects in Priboj, Mali Zvornik
The Ministry of Mining and Energy of Serbia is receiving offers through May 8 for some of the works in switching district heating plants from fossil fuels to biomass. Germany’s KfW and Switzerland have allocated funds for the overhaul in six municipal units. As part of a financial cooperation agreement that Serbia signed with Germany […]
