Green power capacity falls 9.5% in four months

Romania saw the production capacity for electricity from renewable sources decrease by 9.5% or 489 MW this year through the end of April, to 4.65 GW, data centralized by power grid operator Transelectrica show. A report by Act Media said wind farms had 2.93 GW, photovoltaic facilities had 1.31 GW, while there was 313 MW installed […]

ENEF’s consortium selected for public lighting in Žabalj

The Municipality of Žabalj awarded a public–private partnership (PPP) for the reconstruction of the street lighting system in four settlements to a group of companies led by ENEF energetska efikasnost d.o.o. from Novi Sad. Participants in the project in the area in Serbia’s north are Elios SRB d.o.o. from Novi Sad, U Light Kft from […]

Gradual tightening of environmental rules is beneficial

Implementation of targets for separate collection of packaging waste in municipalities is the direction for further development of recycling industry in Serbia, said Mihail Mateski. The general manager of Greentech d.o.o. as well as of Macedonian Grinteh MK d.o.o. told Balkan Green Energy News the measure should be paired with bigger investments in infrastructure for […]

Long-awaited PPA Package finally adopted in Serbia

By Đorđe Popović, Senior Attorney, Petrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Ever since the adoption of the new Energy Law back in 2014, which aimed to harmonize the Serbian energy legislation with the Third EU Package, the Serbian market has been awaiting the adoption of the necessary by-laws to allow for […]

Features June 30, 2016

Pokupsko Municipality – Winner of EUSEW 2016 Public Sector Award

Project summary The Municipality of Pokupsko is located in North-Western part of Croatia near the river Kupa. Surrounded by forests and hills, approximately 2.500 inhabitants in 14 settlements are living in harmony with nature. Even though the municipality has a rather limited own budget, it is developing in a most sustainable way possible and can […]

Energy Efficiency June 29, 2016

Public Dialogue Initiative on Sustainable Use of Energy in SEE

By Jasna Sekulović, GIZ ORF-EE Project Manager  One of the declarative goals of the European Union is reduction of energy consumption by 20% until 2020. Considering that all countries of Southeast Europe (SEE) are signatories of the Energy Community Treaty, which came into force on 1 July 2006, this goal is of national relevance for […]

Energy efficiency is the best energy resource

Political will is the first of necessary requirements to reach the maximum use of domestic and sustainable energy resources, according to Konstantin Dimitrov, award-winning inventor, scholar and researcher in areas of energy and energy efficiency, with over 470 papers published in Macedonia and abroad. He told Balkan Green Energy News it is crucial to bring […]

IFC assisting in waste sector, sustainable cities

A roundtable brought together international and local waste management companies, the nation’s metropolitan municipalities and the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization to help Turkey’s cities become more sustainable and combat the challenges of rapid urbanization. The event was organized by the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. Turkey’s population of 75 million produces […]

Waste June 28, 2016