EU expects Montenegro to investigate Možura wind farm allegations
The European Commission expects a “credible, independent, and efficient” investigation into allegations of corruption surrounding the construction of the Možura wind farm, according to the commission’s spokesperson, Ana Pisonero. The corruption allegations had also been the subject of an investigation conducted by the murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Assistant director of the Montenegrin Police […]
Court halts Vrataruša 2 wind farm project over EIA study
Croatia’s High Administrative Court has annulled a decision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy to free the investor from the obligation to produce an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the planned 24 MW Vrataruša 2 wind farm near the city of Senj. The ruling is based, among other things, on the potential adverse […]
Terna Energy sells Mountain Air wind farm in US
Greece’s Terna Energy has sold the 138 MW Mountain Air wind farm in Idaho in the United States to Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. for USD 215 million. According to the Greek energy company, the operating profit of the project amounted to USD 17.6 million in 2019. The sale is expected to generate a profit of […]
Global Wind Day: Sweden’s Vattenfall to build world’s biggest offshore wind farm
Swedish state-owned multinational power company Vattenfall has made the final investment decision on building the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hollandse Kust Zuid, with a capacity of 1.5 GW. The announcement comes ahead of Global Wind Day, June 15. Vattenfall said that the future wind farm, located in the Dutch North Sea, is targeted for […]
Košava 1 wind farm obtains privileged power producer status
Fintel Energija has announced that its 69 MW Košava 1 wind farm has obtained a privileged power producer status in Serbia. The wind farm was put into operation in September 2019. According to Fintel Energija’s statement submitted to the Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX), becoming a privileged power producer marks the end of the first phase […]
HEP preparing construction of 30 MW wind farm Zelovo
State power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) plans to build wind farm Zelovo, with an installed capacity of up to 30 MW, in the Splitsko-Dalmatinska County, on the slopes of Mount Svilaja. Two weeks ago, HEP put in operation its first wind farm, called Korlat, but Zelovo would be its first independently developed wind project given […]
Megajoule Adria to conduct wind resource assessment for Poklečani wind farm
Power utility Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB) has selected Zagreb-based Megajoule Adria to prepare a study on a wind resource assessment for the Poklečani wind farm. According to the EPHZHB, Megajoule Adria has offered to conduct a wind resource assessment for BAM 12,500 (about EUR 6,400). A public invitation to prepare the study was launched […]
FBiH government greenlights Ivovik, Orlovača wind farms
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has given the initial consent for issuing energy permits for wind farms Ivovik, with the capacity of 84 MW, and Orlovača, which has 42.9 MW. The two units are planned to be built in the municipalities of Tomislavgrad and Livno. In January, FBiH also gave […]
