World Cleanup Day – Come to largest Trash Challenge Serbia action on Saturday at Košutnjak
A cleanup action at Pionirski Grad in Belgrade’s Košutnjak forest, the central event of World Cleanup Day, will be organized on September 21, Ekostar Pak, one of the organizers, said in a press release. Ekostar Pak invites all environmentalists and philanthropists, and all people of good will, to join the cleanup action and to bring […]
Banja Luka to invest EUR 4 million in water supply under Green Cities framework
Banja Luka has secured a EUR 4 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance improvements to the municipal water supply network under lender’s Green Cities framework. The framework represents a strategic approach to address environmental and sustainability concerns through a combination of investments in municipal infrastructure and energy and […]
Greece working on new energy storage support framework
Greece’s energy regulator, RAE, is preparing a new energy storage support framework to foster renewable energy growth, chairman Nikolaos Boulaxis has said at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The new energy storage support framework should be completed by the end of 2019, Boulaxis said, energypress reported. “The future of renewable energy is linked to the ability […]
Ban on imports of used cars with Euro 4 engines slashes polluting vehicles’ sale in BiH
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s decision to ban imports of used cars fitted with a Euro 4 engine has reduced the import of such vehicles, which are major contributors to air pollution. Between June and August this year, 17,239 cars were imported, while in the same period last year the number was 21,764, klix.ba reported. BiH banned […]
European Mobility Week in Western Balkans: #Walk with us – between September 16-22
During the European Mobility Week (EMW), which has started today, on September 16 and will last until September 22, numerous activities will be held in cities of the Western Balkans, including an online conference with participation of the mayors of Belgrade, Podgorica, Priština, Sarajevo, Skopje, and Tirana. The mayors will be discussing about the European […]
Energy transition – A challenge with no historical precedence (part one)
Author: Goran Granić, director of Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar The energy sectors of all countries are facing a great challenge, a transition amid continuous reduction in CO2 emissions, which is a challenge with no historical precedence and which involves all participants in the technological chain of energy management, all citizens, and all economic entities. At […]
Consultant sought to help launch renewable energy auctions in Kosovo*
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invited expressions of interest in providing it with consultancy services in order to support the Government of Kosovo* in developing and implementing a competitive scheme for the award of future support to renewable energy generators. The EBRD previously engaged with the Kosovo* authorities on the development […]
Piraeus Bank joins EUR 650 million EIB green infrastructure investment program
Piraeus Bank has agreed to support a new EUR 650 million infrastructure investment program developed by the Hellenic Ministry of Development and Investments and the European Investment Bank (EIB). Piraeus is the second leading Greek bank to confirm participation with the scheme, after the National Bank of Greece. Piraeus Bank will identify and invest in […]