EU opens EUR 980 million call for proposals for green energy infrastructure
Third countries can marginally participate in the scheme for smart grids, gas and cross-border carbon dioxide networks and transmission projects for renewables. The European Union is about to complete the spending allocated for the outgoing seven-year budget for energy union infrastructure. The Connecting Europe Facility or CEF is funding a round of projects with major […]
How biodiversity loss is hurting our ability to combat pandemics
The increasing frequency of disease outbreaks is linked to climate change and biodiversity loss. The past 20 years of contained outbreaks may have led to complacency. New technologies offer hope in the search for countermeasures – but protecting the natural world must play a part, too. The frequency of disease outbreaks has been increasing steadily, […]
Coronavirus prompts crisis measures in electric power systems in Balkans
Governments and state-owned operators are imposing constraints and work from home and stepping up hygiene requirements. The coronavirus isn’t affecting the electric power supply for now in the region of Western Balkans. Power producers and distributors in the Balkans have been introducing emergency procedures to contain the fallout from the spread of COVID-19. The coronavirus […]
Romania to build 310 MW in solar power capacity in Oltenia coal pits
The authorities in Bucharest are struggling to keep the coal mining and thermal power plant complex above water. Romania is preparing the ground for four solar power units to be installed in a mine and slag and ash ponds run by state-owned CE Oltenia. Complexului Energetic Oltenia SA has commissioned the study on the upcoming […]
Montenegro close to deal on 100.8 MW commercial wind farm with wpd
Negotiations on the lease in Brajići in the country’s south are said to be 95% complete. Montenegro is hiring German partners to develop the wind farm project on 23 hectares in the mountain above the city of Budva. The contract for an investment of EUR 101.3 million should be signed this month with a German […]
Montenegro to amend Law on Energy to boost renewables, regulate power exchange
A public call was issued for proposals and suggestions to remove obstacles for connecting structures to the grid, for the improvement of conditions for prosumers and to enable trade in electricity. Montenegro last changed its Law on Energy in 2017. The Ministry of Economy in Podgorica is receiving comments, proposals and suggestions until March 26 […]
Serbia to subsidize electric vehicles, hybrids, citing air pollution
The Ministry of Environmental Protection said the Government of Serbia issued a decree on subsidizing the purchases of new all-electric vehicles – including motorcycles and three-wheelers – and hybrids, following a decision in January to fight air pollution. The move is a part of measures to directly support environmentally friendly transportation as well, the statement […]
Romanian manufacturers seen tapping on EU’s high-efficiency CHP subsidies to cut energy costs
Romanian manufacturers are increasingly seeking new solutions to cut electricity costs, including through the European Union’s (EU) subsidies for building high-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) facilities for the production of energy for their own manufacturing activities, according to Business Review, a Romanian business news website. Under the financing axis 6 of its Operational Program for Large Infrastructure […]
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