Young, smart, and successful – startup Smart Watering’s solution applied at Serbia’s largest orchard
Serbian startup Smart Watering Solutions, based in Novi Sad, has developed a distributed IoT irrigation management solution, which can be solar-powered and is now used at the biggest orchard in Serbia, and its goal is for the app to cover at least 500 hectares of agricultural land by end-2019. But success didn’t happen overnight, founder […]
Italy’s PLC to acquire 51% of Romania’s Monsson Operation
Italian clean energy group PLC and Romanian renewable energy company Monsson Operation have entered into a strategic partnership, in what will result in PLC becoming the owner of a 51% stake in Monsson Operation by the end of November, the Romanian company has announced. Monsson Operation signed the first part of the M&A procedure, strengthening […]
Fresh tendering planned for development of renewable energy sources – PM
Montenegrin Prime Minister Duško Marković has announced fresh tendering procedures for the leasing of state land intended for the construction of power plants using renewable energy sources, as well as the signing of an agreement for a solar power plant at the location of Briska Gora in the Ulcinj municipality by the end of the […]
SEE parliamentarians join EU peers in exploring prospects of renewables and energy efficiency for prosperity
With the support of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), the largest yet delegation of parliamentarians from South-East Europe (SEE) took part in the Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, held from October 19 to 20 in Vienna. The meeting brought together members of the European Parliament […]
European Parliament votes to ban single-use plastics from 2021
Single-use plastics such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds will be banned in the EU from 2021, with reduction measures agreed for several other items for which no alternative exists under draft plans approved this week by the European Parliament (EP). The MEPs expanded the list of single-use plastics to be banned […]
Hidroelectrica, Verbund sign memorandum of cooperation
The largest electricity producers in Romania and Austria, Hidroelectrica and Verbund, have signed a memorandum of cooperation, Hidroelectrica said on its website. In the memorandum, the parties express their intention to jointly develop projects and implement design, construction, and equipment solutions based on the most modern technologies in the energy sector, according to the press release. […]
Serbian Environmental Protection Agency receives automatic air quality measuring station from CRH Serbia
The Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has received an automatic air quality monitoring station from cement producer CRH Serbia in order to constantly monitor this key environmental indicator air quality in Popovac in the municipality of Paraćin. SEPA and CRH Serbia have recently signed an agreement on establishing cooperation concerning air protection sector. The station enables […]
Fresh source of energy efficiency finance available through cooperation between EBRD, Banca Intesa
Businesses, including energy service companies (ESCO), and municipalities in Serbia have a new source of energy efficiency finance thanks to a EUR 15 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to be on-lent by Banca Intesa, the country’s largest bank, according to news releases from the two financial institutions. Businesses and […]
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