Solar plant Gaziantep is now largest operational PV park in Turkey
Solar plant Gaziantep that consists of 25 photovoltaic sub-units, each 1 MW, has been connected to the grid in Islahiye in the Gaziantep southeastern province in Turkey. It is the largest operational solar plant in the country at the moment. Wagner Solar GmbH, Germany’s company, and Turkish INO SOLAR have jointly accomplished installation of 25 […]
Parliamentary Forum: Serbia to avoid mistakes made in Germany’s energy transition
Germany has paid a great amount of money for renewable energy subsidies and this mistake should be avoided by Serbia. A good policy is also to invest in greening existing power plants to reduce CO2 emissions, Tomas Helm of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation said yesterday at the third meeting of the Serbian Parliamentary Energy Policy Forum […]
Energy Community drafted Guidelines on introducing renewable energy auctions
The feed-in tariffs will be replaced by feed-in premiums (FIP), where the renewable energy producers will sell the electricity into the market and get a sliding premium on top of the electricity price. A sliding FIP scheme is based on the so-called “Contracts for Difference”. These are key provisions in the Draft Policy Guidelines on […]
First auctions for PV and wind in Greece announced in April
While Greece is waiting for ministerial decisions related to a new legal framework concerning renewable energy sources (RES) installations and auction items, there are information suggesting that first auctions are expected in April next year. The first round of auctions, in two separate events – one offering 100 MW for wind energy installations and another […]
Chinese company interested in building 60 MW wind park in Nova Crnja
The Municipality of Nova Crnja is negotiating with Chinese investors on the construction of a 60 MW wind farm, said the Mayor of Nova Crnja Municipality Pera Milankov. He said that the Municipality has 1,000 hectares for the construction of wind, solar or biogas power plants. “Thanks to this fact, our municipality is unique in Serbia. […]
Pilot-project to bring renewable heating to Greek island Agios Efstratios
Greek Center for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) is going to enable Agios Efstratios, also known as Ai Stratis, a small Greek island on the edge of the Aegean Sea, to have its own heating system based on renewable energy sources The Ai-Stratis–Green Island project aims for at least 85 percent of the island’s energy consumption […]
German Juwi renewables company completes solar power projects at three sites in Turkey
The German maker of solar and wind-powered energy facilities Juwi said it had completed a series of small solar power plants of a total power of 19.7 MW at three sites in Turkey. The small solar plants which do not require licenses since they each have less than one MW of installed power were built […]
Romania received EUR 7.1 million for six renewable projects from Rondine program
Six projects worth a combined EUR 7.1 million for the use of renewable energy received financing under the RO06 Renewable Energy Program (Rondine). This program was funded as part of the European Economic Area-EEA Grants 2009 – 2014. Rondine program was designed to finance the sustainable use of natural resources and the cut of greenhouse […]
