Bulgaria’s electric vehicle charging network to be extended
Electric mobility in Bulgaria is gaining momentum. Swiss power and automation company ABB recently announced its plan to further extend the charging station network for electric vehicles in Bulgaria, while the US-based electric car company Open Motors expressed interest to invest in Bulgaria. In partnership with ABB, Bulgaria’s largest electric vehicle (EV) company, eMobility International, […]
New EUR 45 million loan for energy efficiency in Romania’s residential sector
Romanian households owners will be provided with additional EUR 45 million to invest in energy efficiency improvements, such as heating, water, and electricity, as well as additional building enclosures such as walls, windows and roofs, for their homes. Most of Romania’s residential buildings were constructed between 1960 and 1990 with low thermal insulation. “The European […]
Turkey started construction of its first solar module plant
Turkey has marked the end of this year by laying the groundwork for the Renewable Energy Resource Zone (YEKA), the country’s first photovoltaic cell and solar module plant. It should decrease country’s dependency on external energy resources. Commercial operations are expected in the first half of 2019. The Renewable Energy Resource Zone (YEKA) will have the capacity […]
Construction of Trans-Balkan Corridor’s section to start in 2018.
Serbia has been given a grant of EUR 6.6 million by the German development bank KfW to build a section of the Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić said. The Minister said that the construction of the section of the power corridor between the towns of Kraljevo and Kragujevac would […]
Public-Private Partnership: Regional expertise for local projects
Ankica Barbulov, Director at GGE ESCO, spoke about the potentials and importance of public-private partnership (PPP) for municipalities in Serbia and PPP projects that GGE Group has successfully implemented in partnership with several municipalities in the region. Following are excerpts taken from her interview for Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model publication. Total energy saving potential of public […]
Possibilities and effects of using waste materials as energy in cement industry
Author: Prof. Dr Aleksandar Jovović, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Waste is first of all a community and health hazard, and secondarily a resource – the problem needs to be resolved, and the resource used. On the other hand, many analyses have concluded that this century will be a century of cities, which […]
Serbian Government to consider introduction of incentives for electric vehicles
Serbian Government will consider the introduction of incentives for the use of electric vehicles. Establishment of a workgroup with this task is planned for next year and study with a proposal of optimal solutions for 2019. Introduction of incentives is one of the 13 measures defined in the Program for the Implementation of the Energy […]
GIZ ORF-EE to Focus on Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Urban Mobility in SEE
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), active since 2008 in the region, continues to work on strengthening the capacities relevant for the energy efficiency sector of South-East European partner countries by, among others, fostering sector relevant regional cooperation and exchange. Within its new project phase, which was initiated end […]
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