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| Largest Prekmurje Region (Slovenia) PV project Commissioned | The Slovenian wholesaler Sonel has built the largest PV plant equipped with SolarMax inverter in the northern Slovenian town of Gornji Petrovci. With a total capacity of 81 kilowatts the free-standing system is also the largest in the region Prekmurje. | |
| Slovenian Hydro Uses Biodegradable Lubricants | The 33-mw Boötanj plant, which began operation in May 2006, is the first hydro facility in Slovenia to use environmentally compatible hydraulic oil. Owner Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) uses a biodegrable lubricant from Panolin AG in the hydraulic system of five radial gates. | |
| Slovenian Hydro Project Uses New Earthmoving Technology | Primorje d.d., Slovenia's largest general construction group, operates 35 Cat machines and undertakes major projects both in Slovenia and throughout Central Europe. Last year, needing to grade and pave an artificial lake under construction in the north-east of the country, Primorje turned to the local Cat® dealer Teknox Group for the most cost-effective solution. | |
| Slovenian PV Maker Bisol Expands | Slovenian producer of photovoltaic modules BISOL, d.o.o
is expanding its sales network with a daughter company in Belgium. Direct presence on
Belgian market is very important due to the high market share. BISOL wants to help Belgian
partners to further increase their domestic market share and ensure stable sales growth
together with them. | |
| BiG>East Biogas Mobilization Campaign | 20 October, 2009, Athens, Greece | |
| Biogas Power Plant in Slovenia to Use Innovative GE Technology | GE Energy and energy developer ECOS Ltd. have announced they plan to demonstrate an innovative, industrial waste-heat recovery system that will dramatically increase the efficiency and output of a 7.2 megawatt (MW) biogas power plant in the eastern Slovenia town of Lendava, near the border with Hungary.
GE’s new pilot Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste-heat recovery system for gas engines is designed to make onsite power plants that use natural gas, landfill gas and other waste gases more cost-attractive to build as countries install more cogeneration and renewable energy capacity to enhance energy security and lower regional emissions.
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| More on Slovenian Investment in Macedonian Hydro | Slovenia-based Riko has quite an ambitious plan of participation in several energy and environment projects in Macedonia. | |
| Report From Moscow Energy Trade Fair | Even though the effects of the global financial and economic crisis have affected the Russian construction industry significantly, interest in innovative building and energy technology was unabated at SHK MOSCOW 2009, 13th International Industrial and Technology Trade Fair for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Refrigeration, Building Automation, Sanitation and Renewable Energies. A total of 11,300 trade visitors from the CIS and neighboring countries attended Russia’s leading event for this industry and 200 exhibitors from 19 countries showcased their products on 107,600 square feet of exhibit space.
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| Slovenian Group to Build Albanian Hydropower | A Slovenian consortium will build several hydro electric power plants on the river of Shala in northern Albania. As part of the EUR 145m project, the Interenergo consortium will also operate the power plants in the next 35 years, the consortium wrote in a press release on Thursday.
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| EBRD, Energy Community to Host Regional Energy Forum in Sarajevo | “Investing in electricity generation and renewable energy” 30-31 March 2009, Holiday Inn Hotel, Sarajevo
The EBRD and the Energy Community will host a Regional Energy Forum in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 March 2009, which will focus on investment opportunities in electricity generation and renewable energy. | |
| IC 2008 Energy Conference - Slovenia | IC 2008 Energy Conference, 6 - 7 November 2008, Kempinski Palace Hotel, Portorož, Slovenia - The Slovenia Times, the only Slovenian English-language newspaper, and Energetika.NET, business energy news, are organizing a conference on investment opportunities in the energy sector in Western Balkan.
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| Geothermal Heating Planned in Slovakia | Geothermal heating is being considered by Košice firm Geoterm in Slovenia. | |
| Report From Biofuel Conference Held in Bulgaria | In the second of a series of workshops for biofuel end-users, the Biofuel Cities European Partnership brought together 35 stakeholders from Central and Eastern Europe in Sofia, Bulgaria in December 2007. On the agenda was a discussion of biofuels for transport and a reflection on the challenges facing biofuel end-users in the region, such as overly bureaucratic procedures, lack of institutional support and security of feedstock supply. | |
| Program Encourages Renewable Energy and Entrepreneurship | The European Commission's Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) was presented Wednesday in Skopje.
Macedonian Economy Minister Vera Rafajlovska and the EU Ambassador Erwan Fouere made introductory address at today's presentation of the CIP. The programme will run from 2007 to 2013.
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| Slovenia and Croatia Cooperate on Hydro Development | Talks are under way between investors and the power grid operators in Slovenia and Croatia on the construction of a chain of hydroelectric power stations on the lower Sava, Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak confirmed | |