Vienna ranked first among greenest cities in the world
Vienna is the greenest among the 50 most visited cities on the planet, according to the study evaluating the cities’ green and sustainable solutions such as parks, the use of renewable energy sources, public transportation, water consumption, walkability, recycling and air pollution. Resonance Consultancy, which conducted the study, added a green index to its Best […]
Limited natural resources and (over)ambitious economic goals
Author: Danko Kalkan, Green Finance and Environmental Management Expert The large-scale exploitation of natural resources to support economic growth is leading to a bad scenario, with available resources shrinking and becoming more expensive. At the same time, the loss of value of these resources, due to ever-shorter product lifespans and the generation of enormous quantities […]
Shar Planina conservation values
Author: Frosina Pandurska-Dramikjanin, Macedonian Ecological Society Shar Planina is situated in the furthest north-western part of the Republic of North Macedonia and extends into the adjacent territories of Albania and Kosovo*. As part of the Balkan Green Belt, it is an area with exceptionally high biodiversity, represented by a large number of endemic, rare and […]
ENERGY TRANSITION – 3D array is key for tracking trends (part two)
Author: Prof. Nikola Rajaković, School of Electrical Engineering (ETF), University of Belgrade The central trends today in energy can be tracked with a 3D array – decarbonization, decentralization and digitization. The simplified schematic concept makes it possible to explain complex processes more easily, says Professor Nikola Rajaković from the School of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade […]
Priorities in Zagreb city center’s energy transition – Development vision after 2020 earthquake
The Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair at the Department of Energy, Power and Environmental Engineering (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb) and the North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency – REGEA The earthquake on March 22, 2020, caused major damage in the center of the city of Zagreb, mostly as chimneys […]
Smart transformation of coal business into geothermal heating, power system by Spanish Hunosa Grupo
Grupo Hunosa, undergoing a transformation away from coal, its basic activity, used geothermal energy from its former mine to build a 6 MW heating and power system. The project in the north of Spain won the Global District Heating Award. The cooperation between Hulleras del Norte SA and the University of Oviedo in Asturias helped […]
Is PPP an effective tool for implementing energy related projects?
Authors: Andrea Zubović-Devedžić, Partner, and Indir Osmić, Attorney at Law, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz – BiH branch INTRODUCTION Trying to find your way through public-private partnership (PPP) legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) may seem like navigating a maze. With 12 different laws at multiple levels of government, all quite similar yet none the same, the situation […]
Ecosystem services – nature’s contributions to people
In the past decades, and especially after the 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the term ecosystem services has been used in public discourse on an international level for any kind of benefit for people stemming from a sustained process in nature (ecosystems). There are four kinds of ecosystem services: nature’s provisions like food, fuel, genetic resources, […]
