Sustainable Energy Roadmap for Associations of Municipalities in South-East European Countries

By Dubravka Bošnjak, GIZ Project Manager and Vesna Kolega, Energy Advisor E-mail: bos.dubravka@gmail.com and vesna.kolega@gmail.com Energy Efficiency in Municipal Associations – EeMA The Energy efficiency in Municipal Associations (EeMA) project supports the cooperation between Associations of Municipalities (AoMs) from South-East European (SEE) countries. AoMs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia (FYR) and Kosovo*, have expressed […]

Energy Efficiency February 25, 2016

Understanding energy efficiency investments – a global perspective

By Qendresa Rugova, Burg Capital GmBH, Vienna esa.rugova@burgcapital.com This article is part of a series of two articles on energy efficiency investments covering (1) investment characteristics from a global perspective and (2) existing and emerging financing models for energy efficiency investments and their applicability in the Balkan region. Energy efficiency is an integral part of […]

Features February 25, 2016

BioRES to hold training at RENEXPO in Belgrade

RENEXPO Western Balkans published an invitation for training conference Sustainable Regional Supply Chains for Woody Bioenergy, which is part of BioRES project activities funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. During the course trainers will transfer knowledge and experiences on biomass potentials, methodology of different approaches to stakeholders, and development possibilities. […]

News February 25, 2016

Seabed mapped for Greece-Cyprus power interconnection

Research ship Odin Finder, registered in Italy, finished the reconnaisance mission for the suitable route in the project of submarine cable EuroAsia InterConnector, which is planned to connect Cyprus and Greece, In-Cyprus reported. The exploration and mapping along the 518 kilometres from Vasiliko in Cyprus to the Greek island of Crete and then to the […]

Small hydro facilities under environmental review

National Environment Guard, the National Administration Romanian Waters (ANAR) and the National Agency for Environmental Protection (ANPM) were assigned to check small hydropower plants in the country, according to Cristiana Pașca – Palmer, minister of environment, waters and forests. A total of three hundred facilities were installed with the capacity of a maximum of 10 […]

News February 24, 2016

Links to Sicily, France boosting Terna’s grid system

Italian company Terna SpA, which is connecting that country with Montenegro by an undersea cable, set EUR 900 million for this year’s investments, planned to yield net income of more than EUR 1.5 billion, Dnevne novine newspaper reported. Presenting the strategy through 2019, the enterprise’s Steering Committee revealed a EUR 3.3 billion budget, according to […]

News February 24, 2016

Events on smart cities, green energy scheduled in Sofia

Via Expo announced regional sustainable development will be the dominating theme at exhibitions and a conference from April 5 to April 7 in Sofia’s Inter Expo Center. Smart Cities and the South-East European Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE & RE) will focus on connecting solution providers and their customers and it will […]

News February 23, 2016

Zumtobel moving project bureau to Serbia

Prime minister Aleksandar Vučić met Ulrich Schumacher, chief executive of Zumtobel Group AG, supplier of integral lighting solutions, to discuss further successful cooperation and investment prospects. The Austrian company decided to move its project centre for Central and Eastern Europe from Poland to Serbia. After the first meeting with Schumacher in November, Zumtobel donated advanced […]

News February 23, 2016