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 generation from biogas in line with the existing conditions and regulations,” said Gaetano Massara, head of GE South East Europe, opening the conference ‘Serbian Biogas Market Trends and Challenges’ […]
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, four of the elected board members are from Southeastern Europe, namely Romania, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ilias Papageorgiadis, president of the Romanian Association of Biomass and Biogas (Arbio), Marijan Kavran, […]
EBRD provides long-term support for green investments
Businesses in 23 countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo*, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey, benefit from Sustainable Energy Finance Facilities (SEFFs), said the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which initiated the programme. It extends credit lines to local financial institutions for on-lending to their clients from the industrial, commercial, residential and […]
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, Energy and Mining of the Republic of Srpska and the China International Water & Energy Corporation (CWE). Minister Petar Đokić said the company will be able to participate in the […]
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 Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF), administrated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and its own financing for contracts within the Project for Upgrade and Modernization of Sofia […]
Enel sets EUR 630 million for investment by 2019
In late November, a financing programme for energy distribution networks in Romania was announced by Italian-based company Enel SpA to be implemented by 2019, according to a report published on the Diplomat’s portal. The company’s aim is to increase its customer base from 2.7 million to 2.9 million consumers. “Through the investment we have made […]
International initiative for hazardous waste management
While developed countries in the European Union, such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark, recycle more than 80% of construction waste, none is recycled in Serbia. There are big amounts of construction waste in urban areas endangering the population’s safety, as it is not being dumped adequately, but thrown around settlements and in water streams, […]
EBRD linking Albanian and Macedonian energy markets to EU
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is boosting the regional integration of energy markets in the Western Balkans. The institution said it is providing a loan of up to EUR 37 million for the construction of the first electricity interconnector between Albania and Macedonia and the introduction of grid efficiency improvements to the infrastructure […]
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