Fool’s Gold: Financial institutions waste billions on coal, undermining climate action
European financial institutions and international investors and banks including BlackRock and Japanese megabanks are keeping Europe’s terminally declining coal industry on life support, handing companies EUR 12 billion in investment, and EUR 9.8 billion in loans and underwriting in less than 1.5 years, according to a new report by Europe Beyond Coal and partners. Such […]
Cyclists ask European Parliament to add bicycle infrastructure, incentives
EU lawmakers and cycling organizations pressed European Parliament President David Sassoli and Secretary-General Klaus Welle to make more room for pedestrians and cyclists and encourage MEPs and employees to avoid using cars for commuting. European capitals and countries are continuing to support bicycle traffic and infrastructure, one of the activities that may also limit the […]
Limit for electric vehicle incentives in Croatia reached in just two minutes
In just two minutes, the Fund for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency received 546 applications from citizens for co-financing of the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles, of which 470 refer to electric vehicles. Croatia’s state fund started receiving applications yesterday at 9 o’clock, and only after two minutes it had to close registration because the requested […]
Carbon prices jump in EU, taking industrial pollution costs to 14-year high
Expenses for greenhouse gas emissions at factories and energy producers briefly surged to a level unseen since 2016. As the EU tightens environmental regulations and polluters are suffering from rising carbon costs, green technologies are becoming more profitable. Uncertainty and the lockdown measures throughout the world to curb the spread of the coronavirus devastated the […]
ERS, EPHZHB agree to extend cooperation on PHE Čapljina
Power utilities Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske and Elektroprivreda HZ HB have agreed to extend their cooperation regarding production in the pumped-storage hydropower plant (PHE) Čapljina. The framework agreement on cooperation between the two companies was signed by Luka Petrović, General Manager of Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), and Marinko Gilja, General Manager of Elektroprivreda HZ HB (EPHZHB). […]
Energy Community urges BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for hydropower
Renewable energy installations of a maximum of 500 kW and demonstration projects are the only ones eligible for feed-in tariffs as state aid, the Energy Community Secretariat told officials in BiH, pointing to continued government support for larger hydropower projects. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina proposed the reduction of feed-in tariffs for renewables, which […]
Slovenia adopts national zoning plan for Rogatec wind farm
The Government of Slovenia has adopted a decision on the implementation of a national zoning plan for the Rogatec wind farm. The decision on the implementation of a national zoning plan for the Rogatec wind farm has been prepared on the initiative of the Ministry of Infrastructure. In October last 2019, the Ministry of the […]
Montenegrin government to grant EPCG concession for HPP Komarnica
The Government of Montenegro has adopted the concession plan for the use of watercourses for the construction of hydropower plants for 2020, which envisages granting only one concession – for the construction of the Komarnica hydropower plant. The power plant should have an installed capacity of 170 MW while the investment is estimated at EUR […]
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