One thousand projects are just the start

By Josué Tanaka,  the EBRD’s managing director for Operational Strategy and Planning, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is looking ahead to an ambitious future and back at the achievements of the recent past as we boost our contribution to global efforts to combat climate change. We have just […]

Features October 26, 2015

LED lighting, solar-powered irrigation funds granted

Provincial Secretariat for Energy and Mineral Resources of Vojvodina said it decided on applications for grants to co-finance projects for utilizing solar energy in irrigation systems and for energy efficient lighting in municipalities and cities. The funds for irrigation are intended for registered farms in Serbia’s northern province and can be used for purchasing new solar-powered […]

News October 26, 2015

Pirot upgrades energy efficiency assisted by GIZ

First step towards the improvement of energy efficiency is the analysis of the residential buildings and defining which measures are needed. Head of the Municipality of Pirot Vladan Vasić signed a memorandum of understanding with Renate Schindlbeck, team leader of GIZ’s project Energy Efficiency in Buildings. The document marked the beginning of cooperation towards the […]

BDI-designed biodiesel plant may get funding from EIB

The European Investment Bank said it is considering financing a multifeedstock biodiesel plant developed by Biom d. o. o. from Zagreb. The planned facility of 100,000 tonnes (30 million gallons per year) could receive EUR 38 million. The plant will be built by Austria-based BDI – BioEnergy International AG. The bank said the overall cost […]

News October 26, 2015

CIS thin-film solar plant goes online in Kayseri

Turkey saw its first utility-scale photovoltaic facility in the technology of copper, indium and selenide (CIS) commissioned in August, industry sources reported. The Ege Sarıoğlan GES system in Kayseri province in the central part of the country was mounted with thin film–based panels in three months. The project was spearheaded by Istanbul-based Smart Energy Group, […]

Renewables October 25, 2015

Kostt choosing consultant firm for lines, substations

The deadline expired for expressions of interest in the selection of implementation consultant for a project by Kostt (Transmission, System and Market Operator Jsc) in Prishtina/Priština. The company intends using the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for financing. The proposed project has a total estimated cost of about […]

News October 23, 2015

Belgrade adopts plan for adaptation to climate change

The assembly of Serbia’s capital city approved the Assessment of Vulnerability to Climate Change and the Action Plan for Adaptation. Nataša Đokić, assistant to the environment secretary of Belgrade, said the document is strategic, and a first step for the establishment of a system for future events, the city’s official website reported. „Climate change is […]

Slavonija DI commissions biomass CHP plant in Osijek

After two months of operation, a combined heat and power system of 8 MW and 4.6 MW, respectively, was opened in eastern Croatia, portal Vecernji.hr reported. The facility worth EUR 17 million was installed in Osijek by Slavonija DI d. o. o., flooring and veneer industry headquartered in Slavonski Brod. The plant has twenty employees […]

News October 23, 2015