December 2017 - ESC Adriatic

Dec302017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

Albania’s OSHEE buys 4,712 MWh of electricity for Jan delivery, Source by SeeNews, 29 December 2017

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Albania’s OSHEE buys 4,712 MWh of electricity for Jan delivery, Source by SeeNews, 29 December 2017 TIRANA (Albania), December 29 (SeeNews) – Albanian power distributor OSHEE said it purchased a total of 4,712 MWh of electricity worth 259,530 euro ($309,700), to be delivered in two lots in January. OSHEE announced and concluded the auction on December 28, the company said in a report late on Thursday. A total of seven domestic and foreign power suppliers participated in the auction, of which OSHEE picked only HSE d.o.o. Ljubljana. The average price achieved in the auction was 52.70 euro/MWh for the first lot (0:00 - 24:00 hours) and 64 euro/MWh for the second lot (7:00 - 23:00 hours). ($ = 0.83792 euro) PublishedDec 29, 2017 12:41 CEST Source: Albania’s OSHEE buys 4,712…

Dec292017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

Tariff discounts of up to 70% by new electricity subsidies program, EnergyPress, 29 Dec 2017

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Greece: Tariff discounts of up to 70% offered by new electricity subsidies program, source EnergyPress, 29 December 2017 The energy ministry has announced a revised Social Residential Tariff (KOT) program offering low-income households electricity tariff discounts of as much as 70 percent. The ministry, in a statement released yesterday, described the initiative as “yet another intervention aiming to tackle energy poverty, especially for the country’s most vulnerable citizens.” Two categories have been established for the new program. One will include households eligible for social solidarity welfare funds (KEA), to be offered electricity tariff discounts of 7.5 cents per KWh, reducing the regular rate of approximately 13 cents per KWh to 5 cents per KWh, a 70 percent discount. The second category, to group households eligible for the government’s recently announced social dividends,…

Dec292017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

Romania, World: Transestern Power Trust has bought the OMV Dorobantu Wind Park in Dobrogea

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Transestern Power Trust has bought the OMV Dorobantu Wind Park in Dobrogea, Source by World Energy Magazine Transeastern Power Trust has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 45 MW wind farm located in the Dobrogea Region, Romania (the “OMV Wind Project”) by acquiring the outstanding balance of shareholder loans and the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of OMV Petrom Wind Power SRL from OMV Petrom SA. The acquisition was completed using $23 million of short-term bridge financing and EUR2.8 million from the vendor of the OMV Wind Project, which will be repaid out of the proceeds of the previously announced $40 million private placement scheduled to close in the first week of January. Mr. J. Colter Eadie, Chief Executive Officer of Transeastern, commented “as…

Dec292017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

Swiss quality and precision on the rooftop of the world, source PV Europe, on 28 December 2017

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Swiss quality and precision on the rooftop of the world, source PV Europe, on 28 December 2017 Anyone planning or installing PV knows Meteonorm: the software for irradiation data that is part of most software applications used for sizing generators – Part Two of our insight report. Meteotest Staff members of Meteotest climbed on the rooftop of the world: Mount Everest in the Himalaya. The first version of Meteonorm was released in 1985. The first digital version was created between 1993 and 1995, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for Energy. This then became the standard in the PV industry and is now used in all simulations of solar generators. Most systems used for planning and simulations have a kernel that comes from Meteonorm, which Meteotest is administering as a…

Dec282017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

Oxford PV granted financing for perovskite serial production, Pv Europe, 28 December 2017

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Oxford PV granted financing for perovskite serial production, Source: Pv Europe, 28 December 2017 Oxford PV granted European Investment Bank (EIB) funding to support the commercialisation of its disruptive perovskite on silicon tandem solar cell technology. Oxford PV wants to manufacture tandem cells made of crystalline silicon and a Persowskit layer in series. Oxford PV received an EU bank financing of €15m, to support the transfer of its disruptive perovskite on silicon tandem solar cell technology from lab scale to commercialisation. The European Investment Bank (EIB) funding, awarded to Oxford PV Germany GmbH, is the first financing in Germany under the InnovFin - EU Finance for Innovators’ Energy Demonstrator Projects’, with the financial backing of the European Union under Horizon 2010 Financial Instruments - aimed at supporting European innovators such…

Dec272017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

Solar irradiation data for all European regions, published by Pv Europe, 16th December 2017

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Solar irradiation data for all European regions, published by Pv Europe, 16th December 2017 Matti Lehtonen Pv Europe and Swiss data specialist Meteotest offer an interactive map of Europe for solar planners and installers. This service gives you the monthly sum data of solar irradiation in your region. You can zoom in or out, jump across the continent to another region where maybe you or your solar business partners are working. Or want to work. How was the solar irradiation the recent month or the months before in southern Finland (as shown here), France or southern Spain? Our free map gives you an rough value. The colourful map is always up-to-date, and the colours give you a rough value for the sum data of the recent month – or the…

Dec252017 by Mario MaggiNo Comments

A simple and cheap solution to afford to do thermography without opening cabinet doors by AXU

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Advantages of using thermal imagers to routinely check temperatures in plants and locate hot-spots that may lead to a premature failure or fire are well known. LookIR infrared window panels allow accurate temperature measurements to be taken during normal operation, without opening cabinet doors. Plastic infrared inspection windows are available from AXU in Italy to lower the costs of making routine thermal imaging inspections of transformer boxes and other electrical equipments. Most process engineers are familiar with the advantages of using thermal imagers or infrared thermometers to routinely check temperatures in plants, and locate hot-spots that may lead to a premature failure or fire. Usually, making a thermal inspection of an electrical cabinet requires opening doors, modifying the actual temperatures that exists in its normal operating state. Furthermore, internal inspections…

Dec232017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

Season’s Greetings from ACERC! Gëzuar Festat nga ACERC! Buone feste da ACERC! 23 Dec 2017

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Season's Greetings from ACERC! Gëzuar Festat nga ACERC! Buone feste da ACERC! Season's Greetings! Dear Friends, Wherever you are, enjoy the warmth and love of family and friends. We wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2018! Visit us at the Official Website of Acerc | Albanian Energy Market - AEM Group in LinkedIn. As in previous years, we want to invite to donate to charity the money saved from printing and sending conventional greetings cards. Gëzuar Festat nga ACERC! Te dashur miq, urojme që te kaloni festen e krishtlindjeve dhe te fund vitit ne ngrohtësinë dhe dashurinë e familjes dhe miqve. ACERC ju uron të gjithë një 2018 të lumtur dhe të begatë! Na vizitoni ne Faqen Zyrtare te Acerc | Albanian Energy Market - AEM Si në vitet e…

Dec222017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

International Solar Energy Conference CISOLAR 2018, Kyiv, Ukraine

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7th International Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition of Central and Eastern Europe - CISOLAR 2018, International Exhibition Center (ACCO), on 11-13 April 2018, KYIV, Ukraine The 7th International Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition of Central and Eastern Europe, CISOLAR-2018 KYIV, the largest regional business event, devoted to solar energy industry, will take place at the ACCO International Exhibition Centre on April 11-13, 2018. CISOLAR is the main event of the solar energy market in Central and Eastern Europe, where leading players traditionally present the latest technologies and solutions for the solar power industry, as well as share experience of implementing the most successful PV projects. CISOLAR is a global branch community, whose participants are united with the common interest to build and develop a successful renewable energy business and a…

Dec202017 by ESC AdriaticNo Comments

PP adopts report highlighting importance to enhance energy security, ECS on 20th Dec. 2017

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Parliamentary Plenum adopts report highlighting importance of cross-border cooperation and acquis implementation to enhance security of energy supply, Ecs 20 December 2017 Yesterday, the Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum adopted the first ever report, the focus of which was security of energy supply. The report was co-drafted by Mr Lev Pidlisetskyi, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, and Mr Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament. Efficient cross-border cooperation among Contracting Parties as well as EU Member States and complete compliance with the acquis was deemed essential for successfully ensuring security of energy supply. The plenum also expressed concerns regarding the outdated legislation on security of gas and electricity supply currently applicable in the Energy Community. In addition, Members of Parliament underlined that activities in the field of renewable energy sources, applying…