PPC secures EUR 160 million for distribution network upgrade, expansion
Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) has secured a EUR 160 million loan, backed by a sovereign guarantee, from the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB). The loan will support PPC’s capital expenditure plan concerning the distribution network, the BSTDB said. The proceeds of the loan will be used to finance PPC’s capital expenditures for […]
Siemens Gamesa unveils world’s first electrothermal energy storage system
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has put into operation the world’s first electrothermal energy storage system (ETES), which makes it possible to store large quantities of energy cost-effectively, decoupling electricity generation and use. The innovative storage technology is key to the next step in the energy transition, according to a press release from the Spain-based wind […]
Barrier analysis and derisking RES in Serbia: Study Results
Author: Maja Turković, expert in sustainable energy & renewables and country partner on WeBET project The Western Balkans Energy Transition Dialogue (WeBET) project, together with the NewClimate Institute, has carried out research on the capital cost challenge for renewables in Serbia. Maja Turković, an expert in sustainable energy & renewables and country partner on the […]
Germany’s ZF still hiring for newly opened EV components plant in Pančevo
German car parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) has unveiled a plant in Pančevo to produce powertrain components for hybrid and electric vehicles (EV), which already employs 300 people, with plans to expand the facilities and create a further 700 jobs by 2021, local media have reported. From the Pančevo plant, ZF will supply Audi, […]
Energy Community, GIZ ORF-EE cooperation produces guidance on consolidation of climate and energy planning
The Energy Community Secretariat has published the paper “Consolidation of climate planning processes in the Energy Community Contracting Parties”, which provides the Contracting Parties with a concise and simple guidance on how they could consolidate their multiple climate change and energy planning processes and international obligations into one single process, ensuring efficiency and alignment. The […]
Independent report: Air pollution caused 136 premature deaths in Tuzla in 2018
Air pollution in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was twice the legal limit on two thirds of monitored days in 2018 and caused over one hundred premature deaths in adults during the year, according to independent new data published today in the report Lifting the Smog by CEE Bankwatch Network, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) […]
Resalta to modernize lighting in 6 outlets of retailer Univerexport
Resalta has signed a contract for the modernization of lighting in six facilities of retailer Univerexport, according to a press release from Resalta. In order to improve energy efficiency, Univerexport, the largest domestically-owned retailer in Serbia, hired Resalta to replace lighting at locations where it had not already switched to LED. Resalta will replace the […]
Bids invited to produce wind resource assessment for Poklečani wind farm
Public power utility Elektroprivreda HZHB (EPHZHB) has invited bids to conduct a wind resource assessment for the Poklečani wind farm in the Posušje municipality, according to a notice on the company’s website. The estimated value of the contract is BAM 22,000 (about EUR 11,250). The deadline to file bids to conduct wind resource assessment for […]
