New Energy Community sanctions for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
The Ministerial Conference of the Energy Community will discuss in December a possibility of introducing additional sanctions against Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) because the country keeps failing to meet obligations under the terms of the Treaty of the Energy Community, in the gas sector at the state level in particular. Mirko Šarović, BiH Minister of […]
Serbia and Romania power interconnector near completion
The Resita-Pančevo transmission line construction between Romania and Serbia is getting closer to the end. The role of the interconnection between two countries is of strengthening national electricity systems as well as the South-East European one. Romania’s national electricity transmission company, Transelectrica announced that it completed the crossing of the border to Serbia with the […]
Tirana tests electric buses following introduction of electric taxis
The city authorities in the Albanian capital Tirana have started testing electric buses as part of efforts to lower the level of pollution in the city. The first bus that has being tested is a Polish Solaris Urbino 12 electric, which the Tirana Times newspaper said was given the Bus of the Year 2017 award. […]
Ljubljana ranked in top 100 sustainable world destination
Ljubljana is ranked again in top 100 sustainable world destination. This is the third time that the capital of Slovenia found itself in a prestigious “green” company whose membership is acquired through a competition organized by Green Destinations in cooperation with 20 other international organizations for sustainable development. The first time Ljubljana was included in […]
EBRD to loan EUR 75 million to Turkey for renewables investment
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide EUR 75 million in financing to Turkey Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB), a Turkey-based investment and development bank, for renewable investment. The financing, under Turkey Mid-Size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility III (MidSEFF III) is for on-lending to private sector borrowers for renewable energy and resource efficiency […]
Energy Community 2018 PECI and PMI project submission call
The Energy Community Secretariat has launched a call for the submission of candidate Projects of Energy Community Interest (PECI) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMI) for the 2018 selection process. The call will be open until 15 November 2017 COB, Project promoters are invited to submit candidate projects via project questionnaires to the Energy Community […]
Kosovo* power production to remain heavily dependent on coal
Kosovo* has been facing its most serious energy crisis to date since the summer of 2017 because the government has failed to reach an agreement with residents of the village of Šipitule to buy land to dig coal. Kosovo* has coal reserves estimated at 14 billion tons, the fifth largest in the world but the […]
Climate change impact of diesel cars amounts to 230% that of electric vehicles
Based on the 2015 EU electricity mix, a full electric vehicle (EV) emits around half of the Well to Wheel (WTW) CO2 emissions generated by a conventional car. Expanding the approach to cover the entire life cycle assessment (LCA) performance of EV to include the equipment cycle (batteries, powertrain, glider), the climate change impact of […]
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