Vinča PPP signed to solve biggest environmental problem in Serbia, region
Following an international tender, an agreement on a public private partnership (PPP) was signed by the Belgrade city authorities and a consortium of the French Suez groupe and Japanese Itochu I-Environment to implement a 25-year project to develop a system to treat municipal waste of Belgrade. The agreement calls for closing and remediation of one […]
Court unblocks A2A shares in Montenegrin power company EPCG
The High Court in Podgorica has decided to unblock shares of Italian company A2A in Montenegrin power company, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG). The court previously blocked the shares of A2A over a proceeding against several former EPCG managers. Montenegrin media reported that the chamber presided over by the president of the Higher Court in Podgorica, […]
65 CSO projects selected for co-financing by Ministry of Environmental Protection – BGEN one of winning projects
A total of 65 out of more than 200 submitted projects have been selected at a public call for co-financing of civil society projects in the field of environmental protection in Serbia in 2017, the Ministry of Environmental Protection announced. Among the selected projects is the Balkan Green Energy News portal, fastest growing sustainable energy […]
Central and South-Eastern European countries expand cooperation in energy sector
Central and South-Eastern European countries, including 9 EU Member States and 8 Energy Community Contracting Parties, have expanded their cooperation in the field of energy under the CESEC initiative to include electricity, energy efficiency and renewable energy. To that end, a memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday at the ministerial meeting in Bucharest. Ministers of […]
Update: Building Efficiency Accelerator regional workshop held in Belgrade
Updated on November 7, 2017. A regional workshop dedicated to accelerating building efficiency has been held in Belgrade. The workshop has provided experts and representatives of several European cities participating at the project with an opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge gained. The Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) project is a part of the UN’s Sustainable […]
Funds allocated for use of renewables to heat water in public buildings in Vojvodina
A total of 11 towns and municipalities in the Serbian northern province of Vojvodina were awarded funding to co-finance projects introducing the use of biomass and solar power for heating water in public buildings. The contracts for the co-financing of the projects were awarded under two competitions for those renewable energy sources and were signed […]
Green building concept has important role in climate change adaptation, Belgrade conference conveys
Green building concept has important role in climate change adaptation, as buildings account for more than 30 percent of CO2 emissions in the world, the Going net zero conference, held today in Belgrade, was told. Serbia is committed to the sustainable development of housing and the improvement of energy efficiency, Serbian officials said at the […]
Croatian Fermopromet opened biogas power plant in Bačka Topola
The Croatian company Fermopromet opened a 2 MW biogas power plant outside the town of Bačka Topola in Vojvodina in the presence of Serbian Mining and Energy Minister Aleksandar Antić. The electricity production facility will produce power using byproducts from the company’s own agricultural production and waste generated by local industrial facilities. Serbian media reported […]
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