GGE ESCO introduces integrated energy services model to Serbian market
GGE ESCO, a subsidiary of the Slovenian energy services company GGE, has successfully completed the installation of two biomass boilers for the ELTID Tannery in Pančevo. In addition to planning the project, installing the equipment, providing maintenance services and guaranteeing functionality during a five-year period, GGE ESCO has secured financing for the project. This represents […]
Real time sun power to energize Serbia
By Mihailo Mihailović, independent energy consultant Decreasing our dependence on “pre-historic” solar energy stored in fossil fuels and utilizing the “real time” sun power is an inevitable task for Serbia to prepare its future energy mix. This November Belgrade was the host of the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion […]
Waste-to-energy plant to be built in Albania
Albanian Ministry of Environment has concluded a contract deal with the privately owned company Integrated Technology Waste Treatment Fier to build waste-to-energy (WtE) plant near the city of Fier. The project worth EUR 27.7 million will be operated by the company which is a subsidiary of Integrated Technology Services and the WtE plant will be […]
Draft energy permit for Vranduk HPP approved
The Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry has greenlighted the draft energy permit for the construction of the hydropower plant (HPP) Vranduk on the river Bosna. The draft energy permit is granted to Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) for the construction of Vranduk HPP with the installed capacity of 19.63 MW and the planned annual electricity […]
Biomass is more cost-effective for heating than fossil fuels
There are entrepreneurs in Serbia who are considering the option to transform the energy system in their facilities towards cogeneration, but there are difficulties in securing a long-term fuel supply, Nataša Pavićević Bajić, new president of the National Association for Biomass – Serbio, told Balkan Green Energy News. Other challenges, in her words, are in […]
Montenegro can have 17,500 new jobs in green economy by 2020
According to UNEP/UNDP report, Montenegro could open 17,500 new jobs in the next few years by investing in green economy, primarily in the tourism and related sectors. Total of 95 percent of new green jobs can be opened as a result of energy efficiency measures in construction and transportation. Green economy concept is already integrated […]
Bulgarian ESO plans to add 1,4 GW renewable energy by 2025
Bulgarian Electricity system operator (ESO/TSO) announced 1,8 GW boost in power generation capacity for a total of 52,6 TWh of electricity delivered to the network within the next 10 years, reports SEE News. This ambitious plan was published in a document on the ESO website, along with a plans for a development of Bulgarian power distribution […]
Incentives for green energy, CHP systems get OK in Brussels
The European Commission said it approved changes to a Slovenian support scheme for renewable energy and high-efficiency cogeneration under the European Union’s state aid rules. The amended scheme will increase renewable energy production in line with the bloc’s energy objectives and without unduly distorting competition, according to a press release published last week. In May […]
