Green Balkanica project to interconnect region, “greenify” it
The Slovenian industrial conglomerate Hidria plans to focus on electrical vehicles with their latest project Green Balkanica. The main goal of the project is to “greenify” the Balkans, according to Iztok Seljak, CEO of Hidria. In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News, Seljak, who is also the vice president of Summit 100 Business Leaders […]
Albanian government proposes draft law on RES promotion
The new law on promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (RES) in Albania will contribute to enhancing the security of energy supply, the use of national resources and opportunities for energy production for households and small businesses. These are the key points of the new law on RES presented by Minister of […]
Cheaper electricity from Turkey for Turkish Cypriots seen in the future
The recent agreement between Turkey and Turkish part of Cyprus to supply electricity through an underwater cable has become a threat not only for political solution for the divided island, but also may endanger a progress Cyprus has made in the transition towards a sustainable energy sector. Media reports were expectedly biased over legality of […]
GEN-I Sonce step towards energy independence
The Slovenian company GEN-I presented their new service GEN-I Sonce (Sun) which allows households and small businesses to build micro solar power plants on a “turnkey” basis. The GEN-I Sonce service is the first of its kind in Slovenia and it should enable citizens and businesses to make an environmental, sustainable and economically viable transition […]
Auctions for renewables: towards markets proximity
The future of support mechanisms for renewables with targeted insight towards the SEE markets and bankability point of view By Ladislav Tolmaci, Erste Group Bank AG, Leveraged and Project Finance In the recent depressed wholesale power price environment predominant on the European commodity exchanges, any investment into electricity generating technology becomes related to a question […]
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 […]