Alterenergy board and steering committee meeting

Eight partnership meetings were already held within the Alterenergy strategic project. The last project management board and steering committee met in Ioannina on May 4 and 5, Alter-energy.eu website reported. Alterenergy has been launched in September 2011 to promote sustainability in 60 selected small Adriatic communities with less than 10.000 inhabitants. The Alterenergy partners have […]

Poor predictability makes RES unattractive to investors

The Romanian renewable energy sources (RES) sector is unattractive to investors, said representatives of the Renewable Energy Producers Organization in Romania (Patres) on the occasion of their annual meeting, when they also debated legislative news, Business-review.eu reported. George Niculescu, the executive director, believes that the biggest concern are the frequent legislative changes that occur suddenly […]

EPS invites expressions of interest for consultancy

Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) said it seeks an environmental expert and independent engineer for its small hydropower plants project. The invitation for expressions of interest follows the general procurement notice from July 29. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said the power monopoly intends using the proceeds of its loan for a project […]

Government cancels contracts for 30 hydro plants

Licenses for the construction and use of 30 power plants throughout Albania were cancelled by the country’s government for their „failure to meet obligations,“ after members of the European Parliament called on it to reconsider the plans. Prime minister Edi Rama’s cabinet earlier scrapped several such systems that were approved in the last meetings of […]

Yıldız: 4 GW to be added in 2015, mostly from renewables

Turkey will add 4 GW to electricity production capacity in 2015, energy minister Taner Yıldız said, adding 95 percent will be provided through local and renewable resources, Hurriyet daily reported. The statement came after a massive power outage affected more than 76 million people in 80 out of 81 Turkish provinces for up to nine […]

North Cyprus needs cable from Turkey, minister says

North Cypriot minister for environment and natural resources Hakan Dinçyürek pointed to the lack of variety in energy sources in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a self-declared state officially recognized only by Turkey. Addressing the Intercontinental Wind Power Congress organized by the Turkish Wind Energy Association and the European Wind Energy Association in Istanbul, […]

Over 500 experts participated in Arad trade fair

Seventh Enreg Energia Regenerabila, the event on renewable energy and energy efficiency in the border triangle of Romania-Hungary-Serbia, was held from March 4 to March 6 in Arad. “Despite the legal barriers and lower investments in renewable energy, we were stubborn enough to bring together for the 7th consecutive year, specialists in the field to […]