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| Russian Ust-Ilimskaya Hydro Project Upgrade Planned |
| | Irkutsk, Russia Russian hydropower generator Irkutskenergo plans to invest about 1 billion rubles (US32.7 million) in the upgrade of the Ust-Ilimskaya hydropower plant in the Irkutsk Region by 2014, wire services reported. |
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| Russian Wind Turbine Production Agreemant Signed |
| | Siemens has signed a partnership agreement for cooperation in the renewable energy sector with the two Russian companies Rostechnologii and RusHydro to produce wind turbine components. |
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| Lukoil and ERG Renew to Jointly Pursue Russion Wind Projects |
| | Russia has great wind power potential. Wind energy, if promoted by the state, can be of good help to oilmen, especially in remote areas, with scarce power supplies. Italian renewable energy company ERG Renew and Russia's Lukoil agreed to look at cooperating on wind energy projects in eastern Europe and Russia, the companies said recently. |
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| Grant Contracts for Biomass Development Awarded |
| | Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI CBC Programme 2007-13 has announced that the first three Grant Contracts within the ENPI CBC were signed on 14th July 2010 in Chust, Ukraine. |
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| Carbon Credits Flow From Bulgarian Wind Farm |
| | Carbon credit from the wind power business, which Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been conducting in Kaliakra, Bulgaria, was recently transferred to Japan. Carbon credit was generated through the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by producing electricity from the wind power plant instead of conventional fossil fuel power plant. The amount credited was for approximately 120,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction achieved by the operation by December 2009. |
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| Azerbaijan Plans 61 Small Hydro Power Plants |
| | The Ministry of Industry & Energy of Azerbaijan and Azerenerji already have a plan for development of small hydroelectric power stations. For the next 5-10 it is planned to build 61 small hydro power stations with overall capacity of 350 MW to generate at least 3.2 bn kWh of power. |
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| Pipistrel Facility Uses Geothermal and PV |
| | In the future, we can expect a rapid increase of energy prices and stricter limitations on energy consumption. Pipistrel d.o.o. Ajdovscina is already aware of this challenge. That is why we built our new research institute with the goal of energetic efficiency and environment conservation in mind. |
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| Georgia May Develop Another 1,800 MW of Hydro Power |
| | Electricity will become Georgia's major export item in four to five years, Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri promulgated in introducing the reshuffled cabinet of ministers and the government’s new action program to the Georgian parliament’s special plenary session on July 2. |
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| Russia/Kazakhstan Reach Credit Agreement for Ekibastus Hydropower Plant -2 |
| | ASTANA, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia, Kazakhstan have signed three agreements on cooperation in nuclear power engineering and on the construction of a hydropower plant. |
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| Ibarske Elektrane Looks to Ibar River for Hydropower |
| | EPS has signed an agreement with Italian company SECI Energia for founding a joint venture called Ibarske Elektrane. In the coming years, they will be building 10 hydroelectric plants along the Ibar River, worth a total of EUR 278mn. |
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| EBRD to Loan $200M for Renewable Energy and Efficiency in Turkey |
| | The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will grant 200 million USD of loan to Turkey to finance industrial energy efficiency, thermal rehabilitation of buildings, small scale renewable investments, including geothermal, solar, biomass and biogas. |
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| Conference: South East Europe Renewable Energy 2010 |
| | From the Conference Organizers: As the liberalisation of Turkey’s energy markets continues, a strong interest from the private sector has developed. Bulgaria is also experiencing a surge of renewable energy development. High feed-in tariffs make for a keen market to invest in; however, regulation must be revised in order for full market deployment of renewables.
Serbia has a very strong potential to develop its renewable energy market and legislation is being adopted to bring attraction to this market. For this reason, Serbia could become a market example for the rest of the Western Balkans to follow.
Join our SEE Renewable 2010 event taking place in Istanbul |
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| TIREC (Turkish International Renewable Energy Congress) September 28th –October 1st in Istanbul |
| | Over a 100 energy leaders have already confirmed they will address TIREC (Turkish International Renewable Energy Congress) September 28th –October 1st in Istanbul at the Grand Cevahir Convention Centre & Hotel.
TIREC is fully supported by the Turkish Government as they look to develop their energy autonomy and develop beyond being seen as just a pipeline country. “Turkey has some tremendous natural renewable energy resources” explained Fatih Aydin, Congress Director. “rich wind resources both onshore and offshore, an excellent solar map and a huge hinterland of underused arable land will enable the development of a domestic bioenergy industry and a wider bioeconomy. Since we launched the event we have been overwhelmed by the interest shown by energy executives in Turkey and also other countries. |
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| SIA Sveaskog Baltfor to Develop Latvian Biofuel Business |
| | Sveaskog’s subsidiary in Latvia, SIA Sveaskog Baltfor, is to develop its handling of biofuels. The company previously only bought timber, pulpwood and biofuel but it will now start up its own production, investing in its own facilities. |
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| IFC to Invest €25M in Green for Growth Fund Southeast Europe |
| | IFC, a member of the World Bank Group , will invest up to €25 million in the Green for Growth Fund Southeast Europe to stimulate financing of sustainable energy projects within the region. The fund will have a significant developmental impact in promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy and expanding lending to households, small and medium enterprises, renewable energy projects, energy service companies, and municipalities. Its investments initially are targeted to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey. |
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| Bulgarian Wind Energy Association Formed |
| | The Bulgarian energy forum website with news, analyses and comments announced that a new “Bulgarian Wind Energy Association” was founded recently. |
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| Poland Approves E-10 and B-7 Biofuel Blends |
| | The government on June 22 approved the introduction of E-10 and B-7 blends on the Polish market for transportation fuels. So far, a maximum of 5% of biofuel was allowed in the general fuel pool. |
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| Geothermal Greenhouse Planned for Turkey |
| | Agribusiness Turawell plans to build a HUF 5 billion greenhouse heated with geothermal energy, the managing director of Sugar Holding, which is financing the project, told MTI on Saturday. |
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| DTEK (Ukraine) Considers Wind Expansion |
| | Ukraine's biggest power producer, DTEK, hopes to increase exports of electricity to Europe from its coal-fired plants and wind turbines, Chief Operating Officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov said on Friday. |
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| POWER AND LIGHTING – POWER TAJIKISTAN 2010 |
| | 14-16 October 2010 Dushanbe, Tajikistan State Complex "Kohi Borbad” In the framework of international exhibition "Tajikistan Infrastructure-2010" |
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| ENER-G Launches CHP Partnership in Latvia |
| | Global sustainable power business ENER-G has further expanded its cogeneration operations in Eastern Europe after completing a partnership deal with Latvian engineering business Vega 1.
The agreement involves Vega 1 joining ENER-G's Cogen Partners network which delivers small-scale 4kW to 10MW combined heat and power (CHP) solutions to customers around the world. It extends the operation of ENER-G’s Eastern European businesses based in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Lithuania. The units can be powered by natural gas, biogas, diesel, propane or biodiesel. |
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| Eesti Energia Considering Several Wind Farms |
| | Eesti Energia AS will build a wind farm in northeastern Estonia for about 60 million euros as the largest Baltic utility seeks to diversify power sources. |
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| Valbona River Hydro Tenders |
| | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy (METE) announces the invitation for participation in the competition procedure for obtaining the concession permit for the building of Hydro Power Plants on the river of Valbona, Tropoja District. |
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| Equipment for Ilisu Hydropower Station, Turkey |
| | International technology Group ANDRITZ will supply electromechanical equipment with a total value of approximately 340 MEUR as part of the construction of the Ilisu hydropower station in Turkey. |
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| 39 Biogas Plants Planned for Belarus |
| | The Council of Ministers directed earlier this month that 39 biogas power plants with a total capacity of 40.4 megawatts should be put into operation in Belarus by 2012. |
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| Montenegro Plans Tender for 10 New Hydro-Power, Wind Power Plants |
| | The Montenegrin government will announce in September the tender for the construction of at least ten new small hydropower plants on rivers and other watercourses in the north of Montenegro, said Minister of Economy Branko Vujovic. |
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| Bulgaria: Mayor Discusses Wind Power and Municipalities |
| | Investments in wind power generators are a great way to support smaller municipalities around Bulgaria, according to Tsonko Tsonev, mayor of the Black Sea town of Kavarna. |
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| Emerson Wins contract to Modernize 100 Hydroelectric Generating Units in Ukraine |
| | Emerson Process Management has been awarded a $28 million contract to control, protect and monitor 100 hydro units of the Dnipro hydroelectric complex for OJSC UkrHydroEnergo (UHE) – the main hydropower generating company of Ukraine. The contract award was announced at PowerGen Europe, the largest power generation event in Europe. |
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| Report: Ukraine PV Capacity to be 157 MW by 2015, 91% Annual Growth |
| | Market analysts GlobalData have released a report entitled "Ukraine Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015" analysing the growth and evolution of the Ukraine solar PV power market up to 2009 and giving historical and forecast statistics for the period 2001-2015. Globadata predicts that rapid industrialisation will drive installed PV capacity to 157 MW by 2015. |
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| Solar Thin Films Subsidiary to Provide Solar Modules in Ukraine |
| | BudaSolar Technologies, a planned subsidiary of Solar Thin Films, which develops and manufactures equipment for the production of photovoltaic modules, has signed a contract with Misto Services, to provide 18MW per year of tandem thin layer silicon solar module process line in the Ukraine. |
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