Photovoltaics

Around 400 small photovoltaic plants built with EU funding face bankruptcy due to amendments to energy legislation adopted in July, according to reports of the Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association (BPVA).

Industry representatives complained that the legal amendments reduced the price of the energy produced by them by around 80%.

By Aggelos Petropoulos

“Progress Eagle” is the creation of Oscar Vinal.

The plane was designed for improving the physical characteristics of the commercial airplane and reducing the environmental impact.

Greek solar energy company Photovoltaic Energy Systems is preparing to invest in renewable energy in Turkey, a company official said on March 2.

The company will invest in solar projects in a district of the western city of Edirne, which neighbors Greece, said Kalenteridis Evaggelos.

Henry David Thoreau famously wrote of "the sunshine of a winter's day," and now the simple place that inspired him the most is going solar.

Officials are breaking ground on a new visitor's center at Walden Pond State Reservation, and the $8 million complex will feature two decidedly high-tech touches: a solar canopy and a pair of electric vehicle charging stations.

The Netherlands on Nov. 12 unveiled the world's first solar bike path, a revolutionary project to harvest the sun's energy that could eventually also be used on roads.
      
The so-called "SolaRoad" bike path is made of concrete modules each measuring 2.5 by 3.5 metres (eight by 11 feet), embedded with solar panels covered in tempered glass.
      

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court on Thursday revoked the 20% fee levied on the income of photovoltaic plants and wind farms that has spooked investors.

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court (KS) is expected to revoke the 20% fee on the revenues of photovoltaic plants and wind farms.

The fee was introduced by Parliament in the beginning of 2014.

Police have arrested three suspects, aged 41, 45 and 47, and are seeking another three in connection with a scam run by individuals claiming to represent a company investing in photovoltaic energy and asking for start-up capital.

The gang, which was active in Athens, is believed to have made more than 600,000 euros in the phoney investment scheme from at least 17 people.