renewable energy sources

The Athens International Airport is now covering two thirds of its electricity needs with solar energy-- a 15.8 MW center has been added to an 8.05 MW solar unit constructed in 2011.

Kalyon Holding's renewable energy branch has actually finished the construction of its 1.35 GW solar energy plant in Karapınar in Central Anatolia. It is just one of the biggest in the world. The Turkish business likewise said it increased the capacity of its solar module factory near Ankara to 2 GW per year.

Statkraft's floating solar plant on the tank of its Banja hydropower plant in Albania has 2 MW in capacity and also consists of four units. It is the only such power plant in Southeastern Europe with the exception of a few pilot projects in Turkey.

Up until Hungary gets access to European funds for grid upgrades, any type of brand-new solar power plants and also small roof systems can only be utilized for own intake. The domestic PV sector is requiring exemptions for locations where the network can absorb more capacity.

NREL choices a modular, economical, build-anywhere particle thermal energy storage technology Energy storage space in sand offers affordable path for trusted electrical power and warm supply in renewable energy era