january ISSUE
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Interview

Aleksandra Tomic, President of the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia

Energy development stands above politics

Countries in the region, and generally in Europe, have strained budgets because of economic and political difficulties, so investments in green energy...


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Features

Katarina Uherova Hasbani, Energy Policy and Business Development Consultant, EIR Global and the lead author of REN21 UNECE Renewable Energy Status Report in 2015

Is Energy Community really walking the green path?

Seventeen countries of South East and East Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Russian Federation received less than 1% of global renewable energy investment...


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Christoph S. Henrich, Sustainable Energy Consultant, Istanbul Regional Hub, United Nations Development Programme in Europe and Central Asia

UNDP publishes country snapshots on climate change

The world’s attention in january was on the COP21 climate conference in Paris. Never before have there been so many high-ranking officials in one place...


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Features

Neven Duic, Natasa Markovska, Pavlina Zdraveva, Aleksandar Dedinec

Green jobs potential in Macedonia

The Law on Efficient Use of Energy as the first systematic piece of legislation regulating the energy efficiency was adopted in Serbia in 2013 but became...


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Maja Turkovic, Energy Consultant and co-author of the CISRD study A Roadmap for Deploying Renewable Energy Sources in Serbia and the Regional Perspective

The big green challenge: can we change fast enough?

The great myth is that coal-fired power plants produce cheap electricity. In other words – yes, they do – only because we never pay for its real cost.


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Features

Tatjana Mitevska, M&E, Public Outreach and Gender Specialist, CEI Project and Marija Ignatova Gjosheva, LED Specialist, CEI Project

New Energy Balance methodology – Enhancing Macedonia energy reporting and planning capabilities

Recently, Macedonia improved the quality of its energy balance with introduction of new methodology for energy data collection and processing harmonized with EUROSTAT.


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Serbia

GE promotes advantages of biogas utilization

“We want to identify the waste-to-energy potential in Serbia and the need for energy, but also to define the possible route towards succcesful development of energy...

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Kosovo*

Building energy efficient residential sector with EBRD

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is fostering energy efficiency in the residential sector of Kosovo with an additional EUR 1 million...

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Montenegro

Wood pellet factory opened in Vucje

"The employer created eleven jobs to service a new factory near Niksic in three shifts, Mina-Business reported. The wood pellet production facility on the Vucje plateau is the third of its kind in Montenegro.

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Croatia

First biomass fueled heating plant in Croatia finished

The first municipal heating system on biomass in Croatia was launched in Pokupsko, southeast of capital Zagreb. It was completely financed by European Union’s Instrument for Pre-Accession...

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Slovenia

ELES joins Japanese - Slovenian smart grids project

Within the framework of the partnership between Japan and Slovenia, ELES hosted Masaaki Nomoto, senior representative of Japanese company Hitachi. Chief executive Aleksander...

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BiH

China’s CWE plans to build 159 MW hydropower plant

A memorandum of understanding about the construction of Dabar hydropower system, worth EUR 180 million, was signed in Banja Luka by the Ministry of Industry...

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BiH

GIZ implements eight energy efficiency projects in BIH

As part of the regional project Energy Efficiency in Municipal Associations (EeMA), implemented through the Open Regional Funds for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency...

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Romania

Two solar farms to be built in Vâlcea County in 2016

One photovoltaic facility will be installed in Bujoreni commune and the second in Balcesti’s industrial park next year. The two power plants will thus produce electricity for companies...

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Bulgaria

Sofia overhauls district heating system with EBRD

Toplofikacia Sofia EAD, the single-owned district heating company serving the capital of Bulgaria, intends to use the proceeds of the grant funds provided by the Kozloduy International...

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Cyprus

Employers praise Solar Energy for Everyone scheme

The government’s stimulation programme aimed at installing up to 40 MW of capacity in photovoltaic systems until the end of 2016 earned approval from the Cyprus Employers...

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Turkey

Burdur solar park gets online in record time

Hanwha Q Cells Turkey, branch of photovoltaics provider headquartered in South Korea, said it finished the construction and grid connection of an 8.3 MW solar power plant in the southwestern province...

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Region

Board of AEBIOM joined by officials from Balkans

The General Assembly of the European Biomass Association (AEBIOM), held in Brussels, elected the organization’s leadership. Among the 16 candidates from 14 different countries...

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