China wants in on Crete power link, joins Minos solar project
China’s president Xi Jinping left Greece with 16 bilateral deals, after an official three-day visit, where the focus was placed on the most populous country’s massive Belt and Road Initiative for infrastructure, manufacturing and trade across Asia, Africa and Europe. The projects include the interconnection cable which is planned to be installed between Crete and […]
BiH, Serbia unlikely to meet 2020 renewables targets – Energy Community
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia are unlikely to meet the 2020 renewables targets, while the situation in Albania, Kosovo* and North Macedonia remains questionable, the Energy Community Secretariat said. This week, the Energy Community Secretariat hosted three consecutive events on how to boost renewables and facilitate their integration into the energy market to enable the […]
Croatia’ REGEA to help RRA Zlatibor set up Serbia’s first energy agency
The North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency (REGEA) and Regional Development Agency Zlatibor (RRA Zlatibor) in Serbia have signed a memorandum of cooperation that envisages establishing Serbia’s first energy agency, according to a press release from REGEA. With the aim of creating a sustainable and efficient model of energy transition, REGEA and RRA Zlatibor will exchange […]
North Macedonia first to draft strategy in line with national energy, climate plans in Energy Community
North Macedonia’s draft Energy Development Strategy until 2040 is the first to comply with the rules of national energy and climate plans in the Energy Community, the Energy Community Secretariat said following the draft’s presentation. The document is also in line with the five dimensions of the EU Energy Union. The draft is currently under […]
EU supports Serbia in improving environmental standards to benefit people
The EU accession process offers the unique opportunity for Serbia to raise its environmental standards, acquire the latest technologies and ensure a better quality of life for the people, says Ambassador Sem Fabrizi, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia. He tells Balkan Green Energy News that Serbia should increase its resources allocated to environmental […]
Chinese-Montenegrin consortium wins bid for eco-reconstruction of TPP Pljevlja
Chinese-Montenegrin consortium DEC International-Bemax-BB Solar-Permonte has been picked as the best bidder for an environmental reconstruction of thermal power plant TPP Pljevlja, a project that will enable the Pljevlja power generation and coal mining complex to operate for the next 20 to 30 years, according to a statement from state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore […]
Sunny Roofs – Serbia’s first energy cooperative
Citizens of Šabac have founded the first energy cooperative in Serbia, called Sunny Roofs. The cooperative will soon launch a crowdfunding campaign for its first project, the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the roofs of public heating utility Toplana-Šabac. Energy cooperatives have become an increasingly common model for citizens’ involvement in energy transition […]
Croatian e-bike startup Greyp partners with blockchain groups slock.it, Energy Web Foundation
Greyp, a Croatian electric bike manufacturer and mobility tech startup, has joined forces with two blockchain groups, slock.it and the Energy Web Foundation (EWF), to develop an automatic payment system for IoT vehicles, portal tech.eu has reported. Greyp is a sister company of Rimac Automobili. Such payments will begin as machine-to-machine transactions, such as tolls, […]
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