Concentrated solar power project in Crete to boost capacity
The Ministry of Environment and Energy approved for the solar thermal power station being planned by Nur Energie and Motor Oil Hellas to be increased in capacity and land size, Energy Press reported. The joint venture is developing the concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Crete, in the Lasithi prefecture’s Atherinolakos area. The capacity is […]
U.S. funds eye concentrated solar power projects
Nikos Kouyialis said two innovative solar parks must be completed by 2019. Their construction would generate up to 300 jobs, out of which 50 to 60 will be permanent, according to the Cypriot minister of agriculture and environment. During the ceremony of the signing of the Paris Agreement in the headquarters of the United Nations in […]
Sisak-Moslavina County plans photovoltaic plant
High electricity costs brought about an initiative in a regional authority to invest in a solar power facility to cover the needs of its 200 buildings
EPS procuring documentation for wind, solar plants
Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) called for offers for the production of urban planning documentation for the solar and wind power plants in Kostolac basin in the location called Srednje kostolačko ostrvo, a slag and ash pond. The share of the price in the application’s grade will be 60%, while the quality of the […]
Institute tests feasibility of cooling, heating on concentrated solar power
The Cyprus Institute will provide cooling and heating to its Novel Technologies Laboratory (NTL) with concentrated solar power, CSP, in a project scientists have been working on for three years, Cyprus Weekly reported. A linear Fresnel collector of 70 kW thermal peak capacity is housed on the 352 square metre roof of the KEPA School […]
Support payments rise 9% on 4% increase of output
At the end of September the feed-in system included 3,915 power plants with a combined installed capacity of 428 MW, Slovenian power market operator Borzen said. The trend of rising support payments continues in the first nine months of this year, according to the company’s report. Total electricity production within the support system increased by […]
Green light for EU-financed concentrated solar power projects
The cabinet approved funding on October 29 for CY EOS Green Energy project by Alfa Mediterranean Enterprises Ltd. for a 50 MW solar thermal power park in the Alassa area in Limassol, portal In-Cyprus reported. The concentrated solar power project was selected for funding within the framework of the second phase of the NER300 programme […]
Photovoltaic, desalination research station Proteas inaugurated
The new Solar Energy and Desalination Field Laboratory is the latest of Cyprus’s many contributions to European research in water management and solar energy, Carlos Moedas, European commissioner for research, science and innovation, said at the inauguration of the facility. “Our resources, our responses, will be put under increasing strain in the years to come. […]
