Bids invited to produce wind resource assessment for Poklečani wind farm
Public power utility Elektroprivreda HZHB (EPHZHB) has invited bids to conduct a wind resource assessment for the Poklečani wind farm in the Posušje municipality, according to a notice on the company’s website. The estimated value of the contract is BAM 22,000 (about EUR 11,250). The deadline to file bids to conduct wind resource assessment for […]
KOSTT completes works on 110/10(20) kV Ilirida substation
Kosovo’s* transmission system operator (TSO) KOSTT has completed works on the 110/10(20) kV Ilirida substation with 110 kV underground transmission lines, according to a press release from KOSTT. The Ilirida substation has been built as part of a EUR 5.4 million project implemented in three lots, KOSTT said. The ceremony was attended by representatives of […]
21 Romanian cities to purchase 596 electric buses
Romania’s Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MDRAP) has launched tendering for the procurement of 131 electric buses for seven cities, including Iasi, Sibiu, Sighetu Marmatiei, Slatina, Suceava, Tirgu Mures, and Pitesti. In addition to this purchase, other Romanian cities have also launched tendering to buy 465 electric buses, Economica.net reported. In total, 21 […]
EU NECPs: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Cyprus, others need to step up renewables ambition
The European Commission has released an assessment of the EU member states’ first-ever draft integrated national energy and climate plans (NECPs), urging them to step up ambition to implement the Paris Agreement and reach the agreed EU 2030 energy and climate targets. The European Commission’s assessment is that EU member states’ draft integrated national energy […]
BiH, Kosovo*, Serbia pay EUR 444 million in coal subsidies, EUR 147 million for renewables – report
The three most coal-intensive Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and Serbia – paid a total of EUR 444 million in direct subsidies to coal, while their incentives for production from renewables reached EUR 147 million during the period 2015-2017. The total sum of direct subsidies in all Contracting Parties, including […]
CEZ agrees to sell Bulgarian assets to Eurohold for EUR 335 million
Czech energy company CEZ Group has signed a contract today with holding company Eurohold Bulgaria for the sale of its assets in Bulgaria. Eurohold will pay EUR 335 million for CEZ’s Bulgarian assets, according to press releases from the two companies. The contract on the sale of CEZ’s assets in Bulgaria to Eurohold is subject […]
Germany’s DBU offering environmental protection, nature conservation fellowships
The German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, DBU) is offering fellowships for university graduates from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. The DBU awards up to 60 fellowships per year for advanced qualification in all fields of environmental protection and nature conservation. Highly […]
Nearly 200 families hit by pollution from Veliki Crljeni open-pit coal mine
Residents of Veliki Crljeni, a suburban settlement only 50 kilometers from the center of Belgrade, again wrote to the Serbian President and the Prime Minister over the past week, demanding that institutions and the state, the owner of power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), resolve the pollution problem that has been plaguing them for more than […]
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