Hydropower

Earlier this year, EVN and Austria 's Alpine signed a memorandum with Turkish investors for the acquisition of their 30% stake in the project for construction of the 175MW hydropower complex Gorna Arda in south-eastern Bulgaria . ...

We remind that the government decided to grant concessions for some 71 small hydropower plants throughout the country. Authorities believe that the successful implementation of these projects could rise the country's electricity production capacity by ...

General manager of Akenerji, Ahmet Umit Danisman, says that the company's installed capacity is 358 megawatts at present but when the company's 9 hydropower plants and one wind power plants will become operational in 2011, the installed capacity will ...

Russian electric power company Inter RAO UES has received a 50% stake in a joint venture with Kyrgyzstan's Electric Power Grids to build the Kambaratinskaya GES-1 hydropower plant in Kyrgyzstan, the Russian company said in a statement Monday. ...

The company executive also asserts that energy will be the group's second largest business after beverages in the coming years. Ozilhan states that Anadolu Group will also establish two hydropower plants in Turkey and Georgia and already started talks ...

The government aims to curb the country's dependence on water resources for the generation of energy, which causes frequent shortages of supply. About 98% of the domestically produced electricity is generated by the local hydropower plants.

Kulali explains that the installed capacity of thermal and hydropower plants are 12525 and 11674 megawatts, respectively. The share of EUAS in the country's installed capacity is 57.1 and electricity generation by the company's thermal and hydro power ...

The Austrian electricity company EVN and the Norwegian company Statkraft has launched the construction works of three hydropower plants along Devoll River . The project worth EUR 950mn will be implemented in 8 years. The projected output of the 173MW ...

The Ugandan government has committed to doubling its energy output capacity by 2010 which it plans to achieve by exploiting two gas deposits and completing two hydropower dams. Analysts say this should be seen against the backdrop of elections due to ...

Power utility KESH launches energy exports to Kosovo. The import amounted to 38% of the total annual electricity consumption last year. We remind that Albania heavily relies on hydropower resources to generate as much as 98% of the electricity domestically produced.

ISI - Emerging Markets, New York Skundric reiterated that investments in the construction of two wind farms, each worth EUR 200mn should be launched this year as well. The works on the EUR 65.5mn overhaul of the hydropower plant Bajina Basta were launched at a ceremony in Bajina Basta ...

The positive outcome is primary due to the favourable weather conditions allowing the full-scale operation of the hydropower plants which account for some 98% of the country's domestic generation. The electricity export has reached 88.3 GWh in Jan-Feb, ...

Significant investments in energy sector are also expected under the country's strategic partnership agreement with Italy , the minister also said, explaining that it includes investment in the construction of medium-sized hydropower plants. ...

According to head of Italian Institute for Foreign Trade Francesco Vitelli the southern part of the country offers great opportunities for wind power generation, while the hydropower energy production could be further expanded in the northern part. ...

The project estimated at about EUR 200mn was designed to meet energy demands of Turkey with possible direct supplies to large industrial consumers. It started as a joint venture between Bulgaria's National Electricity Company (NEC) and Turkey's ...

Hydropower plant Hidroelektrane na Vrbas, a unit of RS power utility Elektroprivreda RS, boosted its net profit by 132.3% y/y to KM 1.4mn (EUR 0.7mn) in Q1, the company's non-audited results published on the Banja Luka Stock Exchange showed. ...

The new hydropower plant will become operational in 2012. The building plan includes the instalment of the so-called Straflo Matrix, incorporating several small turbines instead of a large one. The new technology is considered to be more efficient and ...

The start of the project has been planned for the beginning of 2010 and by the end of the year the renewable energy generators should be connected to the grid. Elana might also attract a strategic investment partner in the project. The hydropower plant ...