Gabela photovoltaic power station opened in BiH

Solar energy d.o.o opened a photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Gabela near Čapljina. The plant has 6,500 sq.m. of PV panels, with a capacity of 1 MW and 1,5 GWh of estimated electricity production per year, portal Vijesti reported. Project`s total area of 16,800 sq.m. was constructed in three months, with 3,800 PV panels installed. […]

Solar farm worth EUR 3.6 million to be built by EWE

A photovoltaic plant with an estimated capacity of 3 MW, with 12,500 panels and 50 inverters is to be built in Turkey by EWE Turkey Holding AŞ. The statement of the German manufacturer’s subsidiary, reported by Anadolu Agency’s Energy News Terminal, adds the solar farm worth EUR 3.6 million will be situated in the Kayseri […]

Renewables September 26, 2016

Probe finds holes, profiteering in green power subsidies

The Audit Office of the Republic of Cyprus recommended to the state authorities to stop subsidizing the country’s wind farms to avoid further strain on the Renewable Energy Sources Fund and thus the taxpayers. An administrative procedure was conducted after a request in July last year by Andros Kyprianou, leader of the opposition and general secretary of […]

Renewables September 9, 2016

OTP bank installs photovoltaic unit in Zadar

OTP banka d.d. said it is the first in Croatia using its own energy sources. The construction of solar power units in Dubrovnik, Zadar and Pula will secure a part of electricity for its buildings, according to a statement issued at the beginning of this month. The bank headquartered in Hungary recently put the new solar power […]

Renewables August 25, 2016

Pančevo publishes tender for solar panels

The City of Pančevo launched an international tender for the purchase of solar panels and steel construction with the assembly of technological equipment on the project ‘Banat Sun 4 All’, the municipal portal reported. The deadline for submission of tenders is October 17. The prior information notice was published on May 25. Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of EUR […]

Renewables August 24, 2016

Aqos developing solar-powered car

A team of designers and entrepreneurs based in Belgrade is working on solutions to reduce the car industry’s share in greenhouse gas emissions. Saša Milovančević, one of the founders and chief executive of Aqos Technologies d.o.o., said a solar film which the startup developed allows for the creation of thematic solar-conventional vehicles which won’t have […]

Mobility August 15, 2016

No immediate impact of coup on solar power sector

Western analysts are concerned the fallout from the failed military coup of July 15 will weigh heavily on Turkey’s shaky democracy and increase president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s authoritarianism, according to an article in PV Magazine’s portal, which notes investors gauge political stability of markets as turmoil lifts expenses. In the short term, the photovoltaic sector […]

EBRD supports expansion of solar energy in Cyprus

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it is providing EUR 10 million in debt financing for the construction, development and operation of five photovoltaic parks with total capacity of 11.9 MW. The investment will strengthen efforts in Cyprus to reduce climate change emissions and dependency on imported fuels, according to the statement. […]