Sisak-Moslavina County plans photovoltaic plant
High electricity costs brought about an initiative in a regional authority to invest in a solar power facility to cover the needs of its 200 buildings
Municipalities closer to introducing energy management
After preparatory activities conducted from 2009 with the help of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), an introductory seminar on the establishment of energy management systems (EMS) in municipalities was held in Belgrade. The Ministry of Mining and Energy and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presented project ‘Removing Barriers to Promote and Support EMS […]
GE focuses on efficient, responsible power consumption
Installing any more power production capacity in Romania has no ground, according to Cristian Colţeanu, GE’s president and chief executive for Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova. In remarks made on April 6, he pointed out consumption tops electricity generation and that electrical energy is exported. Colţeanu was quoted by Nine o’Clock portal saying the important segment […]
Green Group installs smart recycling station Sigurec at Cora
Retailer Cora Romania partnered with recycler Green Group to launch its automated waste collection unit Sigurec at the parking lot of Lujerului hypermarket. All recyclable waste from home can be brought: from plastic packaging, glass containers or aluminium cans, to paper, cardboard, electronics, to lamps, light bulbs and batteries, an article in The Diplomat explains. […]
Factory Vektra Jakić adds pellet production
Hafsa al-Ulama (pictured left), ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, and Petar Ivanović (pictured right), Montenegro’s minister of agriculture and rural development, attended the launch of a pellet manufacturing facility in a wood processing complex in Pljevlja on April 6. Dragan Brković (middle), chief executive of company Vektra Jakić d.o.o., said the new system’s development lasted four […]
Sweden funding environmental projects in Serbia
After the meeting held between Christer Asp, Ambassador of Sweden to Serbia and Aleksandar Vučić, the Prime Minister of Serbia, the Embassy of Sweden said four environmental protection agreements in the pipeline, to be implemented by Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, are worth EUR 9.5 million. Ambassador Christer Asp stated the projects, which […]
Zagreb abandons possibility to build incinerator
The City of Zagreb will find an optimal solution for waste management in cooperation with citizens and the Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, stated Milan Bandić, mayor of the capital of Croatia, and Slaven Dobrović, minister, after the first meeting of the working group for the adoption of an action plan. The goal is […]
Kaufland breaks ground for car charging network
Ten stores of the largest Romanian retailer will be the basis for the country’s free public network of charging stations for electric vehicles. Kaufland, owned by Schwarz Gruppe GmbH, opened the first unit at Barbu Văcărescu in Bucharest, where its headquarters are, and plans to increase the number to ten by the end of the […]
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