The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency equests proposals for Activities that Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Energy Source. Partner countries currently include:
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

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.

 

oils+fats is an international B2B trade fair that focuses on the production and processing of oils and fats made from renewable resources.

It examines current trends and informs visitors about the latest technological developments, covering everything from raw and auxiliary materials to processing, quality assurance, packaging and logistics. That makes oils+fats the most important industry gathering for decision-makers and experts in the oils and fats industry.

Kyocera Corp said it would invest 55 billion yen ($527 million) to more than double its capacity to make solar power systems by March 2012.  The company plans to invest 45 billion yen to raise production of solar cells at its plant in Shiga Prefecture and will spend the other 10 billion yen to enhance assembly facilities in places such as China and the Czech Republic.  

SWECO continues to expand in Central and Eastern Europe by acquiring the Bulgarian energy and environmental consulting company, ENERGOPROEKT Hydropower ltd., with approximately 100 employees.

 

World Biofuels Forum
June 9-11, Prague, Czech Republic. For more information, visit www.wbfevent.com

 

A wide variety of topics from policy and legal to technology of all renewable energy sources.   

This conference covers all energy technologies including Renewables.

Geothermal heating is being considered by Košice firm Geoterm in Slovenia.

Finnish utility Fortum has signed a deal to buy more than 5 million carbon dioxide (CO2) emission credits from Russian electricity producer TGC-1.

Czech wind power plants produced 125 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity in 2007, 2.5 times more than in 2006, CTK learned from the website of the Energy Regulatory Office (ERU).

The two companies (Dalkia and Praterm) offer a strong business fit. Praterm, whose core business is district heating, recently acquired a Polish company that operates a biomass-fuelled heating plant. This will enable Dalkia to enhance its renewable energies offering for Polish cities, in line with its strategic commitment to developing operations that help to promote the use of renewables.

Advancing development of hydropower as a green alternative to traditional energy sources, world-renowned hydro-energy research organisation Turboinštitut has ordered the most powerful supercomputer in South East Europe.

Eolica Dobrogea and Iberdrola Renewables have wind developments in Romania and Estonia.

Landkom International PLC said it has produced its first biofuel, which it can use to cut the running costs of its fleet of trucks and tractors.

IBERDROLA RENEWABLES has signed a contract with Eolica Dobrogea (Schweiz) AG, a company belonging to the Swiss engineering group NEK and the Romanian company Rokura, to acquire a portfolio of approximately 50 wind projects totalling around 1,600 megawatts (MW), located in the Dobrogea region in eastern Romania.

The Kazakhstan Ministry of Environmental Protection hosted a meeting of specialists regarding small-scale hydro power generation, according to Kazinform.

The petrol and diesel, sold in Bulgaria as of 2008, have to contain 5% biofuel under the renewable energy sources and biofuels act, adopted in 2007. A check up shows that only three petrol filling stations of the Lukoil chain meet the new requirements. All other petrol filling station chains act as they are unaware of the new requirements or have an excuse for not complying with them.

New Member States performed well and increased installed capacity by 60 percent, with Poland, the most successful, reaching a total of 276 MW. The Czech Republic installed 63 MW, its best year ever, and Bulgaria installed 34 MW.

Are investments in solar power plants profitable, how fast do investments return? - Professor Petko Vitanov, chief of the Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, comments on these issues in an interview with the FOCUS News Agency

Irvine, Calif.-based Composite Technology (OTC: CPTC) said today its DeWind subsidiary received a $90 million turbine order from S&M CZ, headquartered in Jevicko, Czech Republic.

Composite Technology said the 40 turbines, ordered without towers, would be used for installation at multiple sites in the Czech Republic.

 

Martinsa Fadesa SA plans to invest 1.6 bln eur over the next five years in its renewable energy company Martinsa Fadesa Renovables, El Economista reported, citing unnamed sources.

The renewables group is planning to build 1,000 megawatts of wind energy in Eastern Europe and Latin America.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska, BiH and Statkraft have yesterday signed an agreement for an extensive collaboration within the energy sector. The first joint project is specified as the development and construction of four hydropower plants in lower Vrbas River, expected to have an annual generation of 450 GWh.

Hungary’s largest biodiesel plant, the joint venture of oil and gas group MOL and Austrian businessman Rudi Roth, has started operating in Komárom (northwest Hungary).

The Trakcja Polska Group, a builder of railway and tramway infrastructure, has announced that it will hold its IPO and debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange within the next few months. The company has already submitted its issue prospectus to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. UniCredit CA IB Polska will serve as broker for the deal.
"We are planning to diversify our activities - we are thinking of the renewable energy and  municipal services markets. In the realization of our strategy we want to make use of funds obtained through this share issue," said Maciej Radziwiłł, acting director of Trakcja Polska.

Two solar power projects in the one to one and a half megawatt ragne are planned for the Kresna-Sandanski region in Pirin in Bulgaria.

Sixty wind turbines have been purchased for EU228M for the Margonin wind farm on Poland.

The new power line with a capacity of 500 megawatts and total length of 145 km will connect Italy's southern port of Brindisi and Albania's Valona, with a 130 km long submarine link.

Moncada, says it is the fifth biggest Italian wind power generator and has a 105 MW installed capacity in the country, plans to build a 500 MW wind park in Albania to export electricity to Italy.

Albania is to host what is expected to become Europe's biggest onshore wind farm when it is completed, according to plans announced by the Italian Moncada construction company.
The project, which has already been approved by the Albanian government, will have a total generating capacity of 500 megawatts, Moncada said.

Ministers Slobodan Samardžić and Aleksandar Popović visited a number of places in Kosovo - Ranilug, Vrbovac, Štrpce and Kosovska Mitrovica.

They announced that serious talks were in progress over the construction of a mini hydro-electric station in the Štrpce region that would produce some 10 million kilowatt hours per year.