SeeNews Renewables
by Mariyana Yaneva
The number of renewable energy projects grew by 40% over the first ten month of 2016, data released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance shows.
Partly thanks to this growth, electricity generation in the country rose 2.3% year-on-year from January till October, with independent power generation rising by 3.6% on the year.
At the same time generation by the national power and water utility ONEE fell by 2.2%
Energy consumption rose by 2.1% after growing by 2% over the same period a year earlier.
Mariyana is a founding member of the SeeNews Renewables team. With nine years of professional experience in renewables she has built strong expertise in the wind industry and French-speaking markets.