Krnovo wind park started trial electricity production
Wind power plant in Krnovo, Montenegro, launched trial electricity production on 5 out of 26 wind turbines installed. Wind park has MW 72 of installed power and it is one of the largest facility of that type in the region. According to plan, production will be increased gradually, followed by technical tests. If the tests […]
ELEM to expand its Bogdanci wind farm for additional 13.8 MW
It took only 16 wind turbines to cover about 2 percent of Macedonia’s production of electricity, so plans are underway for further expansion of wind power projects. Standing tall on the hills just east of the major border crossing between Macedonia and Greece, greeting the travelers on the E-75, are the only 16 wind turbines […]
EBRD considers providing EUR 50 million loan for wind farm Kovačica, Serbia
The project for the construction of 104.5 MW wind farm Kovačica in Vojvodina, Serbian northern province, reached important milestone: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) officially launched the procedure to consider approval of the EUR 50 million loan to Electrawinds K-Wind d.o.o., a company developing the project. Loan approval decision will be made on the […]
Albanian government approves construction of first wind park project
The Government of Albania has approved this month the construction of a 12 MW wind farm to the Alb-Building construction company. The first wind park in Albania will be developed in the region of Tepelena, along the river Vjosa. The investor received a permit for the project’s development in 2012 from the previous government led by […]
Malibunar windpark to be completed in 2017, Alibunar construction starts soon
Aleksandar Antić, Minister of mining and energy has met today Nicolas Brynooghe, director of Belgium company Elicio and talked with him about the development and construction of wind parks Malibunar and Alibunar. Minister Antić emphasized that the Ministry of mining and energy is committed to improving regulatory framework in order to contribute to the projects’ completion. […]
Hydropower potential Croatia’s best chance for more energy independence
Hydropower potential is Croatia’s best chance for more energy independence, concluded the participants of the 4. Energy Investment Forum 2017, which was organized in Zagreb by Poslovni dnevnik. The country currently imports around 30 percent of electricity consumed. “Hydro potential is our biggest potential with KN 3 billion investment cycle (EUR 403,8 million),” said Perica […]
Environmental protection and sustainable development in the focus of CEDEF event in Novi Sad
Recent announcements that Serbia may soon open Chapter 27 of the acquis have greatly influenced local energy sector, which has seriously started considering and applying environmental standards in both current operations and plans for development. Only several days after the national utility company Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and the Environmental Protection Agency signed a contract on […]
Small is not (always) beautiful: small hydro development in the Western Balkans
By Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Policy Officer, CEE Bankwatch Network It has long been recognized that the human and environmental costs of large dams are extremely high — just recently the failure of the overflow channels at the Oroville dam, California, almost triggered a tragedy. Across the Balkans, however, instead of coming up with genuinely new ideas, […]
