August 20, 2019

by AEA in Energy, Events, News, Partners, Renewable

HYDROPOWER EUROPE seeks input from hydropower stakeholders

HYDROPOWER EUROPE is an EU-funded project that aims to create a Forum gathering all the hydropower stakeholders throughout Europe.

The project is currently undertaking a consultation process directed at collecting input from such stakeholders, with the ultimate goal of achieving a Research and Innovation Agenda (RIA) and a Strategic Industry Roadmap (SIR) for the sector. A vital part of the consultation process will take place at three one-and-a half day regional workshops, organized to discuss regional issues and hydropower challenges in three different climatic regions, with the intervention of expert industry and high-level official speakers. During the events, groups of participants will also lay out analyses for hydropower-related statements and exchange their views on the two main documents (RIA, SIR).

Register now on the Consultation Platform and sign up for the regional workshops (see below for details). Participation is free of charge:

Nordic workshop: 28-29 August 2019 in Lulea, Sweden.
Alpine workshop: 11-12 September 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mediterranean workshop: 30 September – 1 October 2019 in Chania, Greece.

For more details on the HYDROPOWER EUROPE project, visit: www.hydropower-europe.eu

February 14, 2019

by AEA in Energy, Events, News

15th South-East European Exhibitions & Conferences on Energy Efficiency & Renewables, Smart Cities and Save the Planet

EE & RES , Smart Cities and Save the Planet 16-18 April, Sofia, Bulgaria will present intelligent solutions for buildings, infrastructure, transport and mobility, public services; sustainable alternatives for energy production, distribution, storage and saving; waste utilization and recycling. The event is organized by Via Expo and is one of the most important B2B initiatives in South-East Europe that brings novelties to the market, meets buyers and suppliers. The synergy of the good business environment during the show and the numerous promotional services will help the exhibitors get the maximum value out of the participation and to achieve their marketing goals: to enter a new market, to launch innovations, to find local distributors and clients from SEE. For 10 years in a row an Austrian Pavilion will be realized.

Some highlights of the exhibiting companies from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, the Netherlands.

EE & RES

‘In Sofia we will present M7-A03D – it is among the most efficient gas turbine in its power class and has the industry’s lowest level of NOx emissions.’ announces Mr. Cristian Athanasovici, Business Development Manager at Kawasaki Gas Turbine Europe. Herz will draw attention to its latest developments: the first wood chip boiler Herz firematic Condensation 20/35 and Air-to-Air heat pump with inverter technology. Uniconfort product range comprises biomass boilers, cogeneration installations, remote heating systems.

Smart Cities

iSentinel® will be presented for the first time on the Bulgarian market. It is a smart earthquake protection system. The emphasis of Green Embedded Systems participation will be on the latest company development, which is a novelty on the global market – a 60A direct energy meter for home use, with built-in Wi-Fi and with the size of a standard fuse. Innovambiente is a system to manage municipal waste collection processes, from startup to collection monitoring. It will be presented by the Italian company Innova. Intracom Telecom (smart lighting, parking, metering, eHealth), Comicon (building and home automation), VAiOS (video surveillance, alarm systems, access control), National Cluster for Intelligent Transport and Energy Systems (smart systems in transport) etc. have also joined Smart Cities.

Save the Planet

Lindner-Recyclingtech sees a growing potential in the SE European market and has

already realized various projects there. The focus of its participation will be on innovative shredders for the processing of premium SRF and RDF. EREMA has recently presented the new global innovation Vacunite – the company is a leader producer of plastics recycling machines. New additions to the exhibitor line-up include: Hitachi Zosen Inova (waste-to-energy solutions), ELTE GPS (identification tools and weighing systems), Europlast Kunststoffbehälterindustrie (plastic and recycling containers and logistic pallets), M&M Frut (JCO Tracer system), Kahl (wood pelleting plants), etc.

The Conferences will highlight new trends and good practices that can be successfully implemented in SE Europe. Intelligent Solutions for the Buildings, Environment, Transport & Mobility, Smart Governance, Sustainable Technologies & Funding, Bioenergy, Circular Economy will be among the topics.

If you want to be a part of the SE European market – register your interest here

Brochure

RE, Smart Cities Brochure Save the Planet Post Event Report 2018

For more info – www.viaexpo.com

February 15, 2013

by AEA in Energy, Publication, Renewable

Climate characteristics of Albania

Albania is one of the Mediterranean countries. The geographic position of Albania gives to this country a Mediterranean climate, which is characterized by a wet and soft winter and a hot and dry summer. The climate regime of Albania is influenced by the frequency of occasional atmospheric systems, which are mainly the depressions coming from North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea including the anti-cyclones coming from Siberia and Azores, as well. One of the main other factors that influence the climate conditions of a certain region is the closeness to the sea (IHM 1978).

As far as the Albanian territory is concerned, it has been noticed that there is a considerable increase from the sea level and removal towards the inner part of the territory. The inner part of the country is basically mountainous. The influences of the before-mentioned factors have brought out a great number of indicators and climate parameters in different regions of Albania.

As mentioned, the territory of Albania is divided in four main climate areas. Whole its elements are basically stable. These areas are name as following: The Field Mediterranean Area, The Hilly Mediterranean Area, The Pre-mountainous Mediterranean Area and Mountainous Mediterranean Area.

Figure 2 Mean average air temperature in the main cities of Albania for the period 1961 – 2000.

Air Temperature

The distribution of the temperatures in Albania presents a considerable variability. The annual average temperature is 8-9 ⁰C in the mountainous area up to 17 ⁰C in the seaside south-west area. During the year, the curb of the temperatures in the whole country is quite regular with a maximum in the summer months and the minimum in the winter months, as presented in the Figure 2. The period of the average of these calculations is during the years 1961-2000 .

The Annex A shows some tables with average middle monthly temperatures in the main cities for a period of 40 years. Some graphics that indicate the annual progress of the air temperature for the last 10 years are presented, as well. It is very interesting to analyze the data given in Annex A. It results that the variability of the temperatures in July (the highest) and January (the lowest) is lower than the one in the stations within the country. Concretely, in Vlora this difference is approximately 15 ⁰C, in Kukes approximately 21.5 ⁰C. This fact confirms the influence of the seaside in the territories around it. This influence does not allow a decrease of the air temperature during winter and a high increase during summer.

Figure 3 Daily mean average solar radiation for the 3 meteorological stations in Albania

Solar radiation

Figure 3 presents the daily mean average solar radiation according to the months for 3 main meteorological stations in Albania. It shows, as well, the existence of huge differences between the different seasons and stations in the country. According to these data, Peshkopia station, located in North-East shows a difference from a minimum of 1,5 kWh/m² in December to a maximum of 6.25 kWh/m² in July. The same phenomenon happens in the other stations as well (EEC 2005).

The ratio between the month of the highest solar radiation and the one of the minimal solar radiation varies from the smallest values of 4 for the stations of Erseka and Saranda to the values of 5 kWh/m² for Fier and Peshkopi. Annex A includes a detailed table with data for each station.

Figure 4 Average quantity of the monthly falls in the main cities of Albania during period of
1961 – 2000

Rain falls

The rainfalls in Albania have a Mediterranean regime. They are mainly active during winter months (65-75 % of the annual quantity) and less during the summer ones. Albania is characterized from a huge variation as far as the territorial distribution is concerned. The annual amount varies from 650 mm in the South-East to 2800 mm in the Alps of Albania. The average amount of falls for the whole territory is approximately 1400 mm annually. This is an indicator for a huge slack of falls, which can be used for energy. Below there is a graphic of the average amount of falls for the period of 40 years: 1961 – 2000. Compared to the temperatures, the falls’ regime in the last 10 years can be easily distinguished from previous one. The detail amount on the falls in the last 10 years is enclosed in Annex A.