Limassol announces two projects to encourage recycling, composting

The Limassol municipality, which has very low recycling rates, has announced two new projects to encourage recycling and composting, Mayor Nicos Nicolaides has announced, the media in Cyprus reported. One of the two projects is Benefit As you Save (BAS), a pilot project aimed at addressing the very low recycling rates in Limassol, where an […]

Waste July 24, 2019

China’s AVIC offers to finance, build HPP Buk Bijela, 4 small hydropower plants

China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Corporation (AVIC) has expressed interest in the construction of three large hydropower plants (HPPs) – Buk Bijela, Foča, and Paunci – and four small hydropower plants (SHPPs), the Ministry of Energy and Mining said on its website. Energy and Mining Minister Petar Đokic met with potential partners from China – […]

Pig farm’s wastewater treatment plant protecting Zasavica special nature reserve

An algae-based biological wastewater treatment plant has been commissioned at the Milovan Ivanković pig farm in Zasavica near Sremska Mitrovica. The facility has been built to help protect the Zasavica special nature reserve, among other reasons. The wastewater treatment facility at the Milovan Ivanković farm near the Zasavica special nature reserve has been built using […]

Croatia’s HEP installs 5 new EV chargers at tourist destinations

Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has installed 5 new EV chargers at tourism points in Dalmatia, according to a press release from the company. After enabling electric vehicle (EV) drivers earlier this month to travel from borders to the coast, HEP has now unveiled 5 new EV chargers in towns along Croatia’s coast […]

Investment in HPP Komarnica to reach EUR 238 million – study

The value of investment in the construction of the Komarnica hydropower plant (HPP) in Montenegro is estimated at EUR 237.9 million, according to the concept of the detailed spatial plan for the multipurpose water reservoir on the Komarnica river. The proposed installed capacity of HPP Komarnica is 168 MW and the estimated annual electricity production […]

IMF calls for raising electricity tariffs in Serbia

Electricity tariffs in Serbia have not changed in two years and should be raised, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Belgrade Sebastian Sosa has told a news conference, local media reported. Electricity tariffs in Serbia should at least be adjusted for inflation, Sosa said, also noting that the country will have to transition to […]