Greece launching new renewables, sustainable infrastructure investment scheme
Fresh investment in renewables, energy efficiency, and urban development projects across Greece will be supported following the first agreement under a new EUR 650 million infrastructure investment initiative, according to a press release from the European Investment Bank (EIB), which manages the Infrastructure Fund of Funds. The Infrastructure Fund of Funds, to support renewable energy […]
European Commission: Turkey makes good progress on renewables, energy efficiency
Turkey is moderately prepared in the area of energy, according to the European Commission’s latest report on the country in view of EU enlargement. Good progress has been made on security of supply, renewable energy, and energy efficiency, the European Commission said. In the coming year, Turkey should in particular: adopt legislation in line with […]
Bulgaria to launch EUR 33 million renewables, energy efficiency, energy security program
Bulgaria is preparing to launch its Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Energy Security Program, with an estimated EUR 33 million budget to finance street lighting, geothermal and hydropower utilization, energy efficiency in buildings, and other projects, the Ministry of Energy has said on its website. For the first time in the current programming period, beneficiaries […]
ERS to build 1,000 MW renewable energy power plants over next 10 years
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) aims to invest EUR 1.25 billion in 1,000-MW renewable energy power plants over the next 10 years, said ERS general manager Luka Petrović. As the company has an enormous potential to use renewables, the ERS strategy is to build 1,000 MW renewable energy power plants over the next […]
IRENA invites students to apply for summer trainee program
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has invited applications for its annual summer trainee program, with selected students to be offered a 4 to 8-week placement at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi between July and August 2019. GROWTH@IRENA is a summer trainee program that aims to provide undergraduate students with opportunities to […]
Bulgaria to remove electricity export tariff from July 1, take 750 MW of renewables to free market
Bulgaria’s electricity export tariff will be abolished from July 1, according to a draft proposal of changes to the energy law, the ICIS portal reported. The changes will also bring 750 MW of renewable capacity to the free market, creating more competition and liquidity. Some changes are related to how quotas for the regulated market […]
Renewable energy reaches one-third of global power capacity at end-2018
Renewable capacity expansion continues to be driven mostly by new installations of solar and wind energy, which accounted for 84% of all new capacity installed in 2018, finally pushing the overall share of hydro to just under 50%. For the first time total renewable energy generation capacity reached a third of total installed electricity capacity, […]
North Macedonia, Montenegro, BiH announce shift in regulatory framework, tendering for renewables
North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and partly Serbia, among other Energy Community Contracting Parties, are about to make some major changes in the renewable energy sector. The regulatory framework is being changed, and tendering for solar and wind power is to be introduced. These are some of the highlights from the 7th Energy Community […]