Radić: Investors in Balkans seek biomass-fuelled boilers
Key pieces of equipment for L’Oréal’s hybrid trigeneration plant near Burgos in Spain have been designed and installed by company Polytechnik from Austria. The system relies on biomass and solar energy to produce steam, hot and cold water and electricity for the French cosmetics manufacturer’s operations. Viktor Radić from Polytechnik told Balkan Green Energy News […]
Elektro Ljubljana’s assembly approves merger with Gen-I
Shareholders of Elektro Ljubljana d.d. endorsed the plan for the merger of its subsidiary Elektro Energija with fellow Gen-I d.o.o., making another step in the creation of the largest electricity trader in the former Yugoslav republic. The 21st regular shareholders’ assembly at the old power station saw representatives of 89.04% of capital. Participants adopted the […]
Piraeus Bank Bulgaria to finance residential energy efficiency
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it is providing a EUR 10 million loan complemented by technical assistance to Piraeus Bank Bulgaria (PBB). The loan is provided under the new extension of the Residential Energy Efficiency Credit Line (REECL), a framework established by the EBRD in 2005. As the partnership continues, PBB […]
BPB Bank enters EBRD’s green energy programme
A new bank in Kosovo* has joined the energy efficiency financing programme of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Under an agreement signed by Suma Chakrabarti, EBRD’s president, and Arton Celina, the chief executive officer of BPB, the bank will receive a EUR 1 million credit line for on-lending to small and medium-sized enterprises […]
Initiative for implementation of photovoltaic systems on rooftops without FITs
The USAID Macedonia Clean Energy Investment Project and the Renewable Energy Association within the Economic Chamber of Macedonia organized a round table on the open issues and possible solutions for implementation of the initiative for placing photovoltaic (PV) systems on the rooftops that will generate electricity without using Feed-in tariff (FiT), due to the high […]
EU finds Croatia infringes rules on waste
The European Commission is requesting Croatia to bring its national law into full conformity with European Union’s rules on waste. The Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) aims to minimize the negative effects of the generation and management of waste on human health and the environment, the press release said and added the aim is also to […]
CEB finances energy efficiency at University of Cyprus
Rolf Wenzel, governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), signed a EUR 32 million loan agreement for the financing of extension and renovation work at the facilities of the University of Cyprus (UCy) in Nicosia. Student intake at the largest academic institution in the island country is expected to increase significantly, the statement […]
Study presented for wastewater treatment plant in Niš
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the European Union Delegation in Serbia and of the Office for European Integration of Serbia attended a presentation of a feasibility study for the project of wastewater collection and treatment in the city of Niš, located in the country’s south. The ministry said the document should […]
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