Balkan region maintaining record high air pollution, doesn’t tackle main sources
Author: Vlatka Matković Puljić, Senior Policy Officer, Health and Energy, Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL) Yet another year, this winter, air pollution hits countries in the Balkan region hard – most of them for many consecutive days struggle with air pollution that is unhealthy to breathe. New World Health Organization (WHO) data[1] shows that Macedonia […]
Tender cancellation affirms view of near-term Turkey renewables slowdown – Fitch Solutions
This article is a reprint of content originally published on fitchsolutions.com on January 17, 2019. The reprint is published with express written consent from Fitch Solutions. Fitch Solutions: Turkey’s decision to delay its 1 gigawatt (GW) solar capacity tender in January affirms our view that growth in the country’s non-hydropower renewables sector will slow over 2019/2020, as projects […]
Political economy of energy transition in Energy Community
Author: Mirza Kušljugić, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tuzla Conventional electric power systems, which are based on the use of fossil fuels, are unsustainable in the long term, primarily due to their adverse climate change impact. For this reason, the collective efforts by the international community formulated in the Paris climate agreement, are aimed at […]
BB Classic Cars unveils Macedonia’s first electric automobile
BB Classic Cars, which restores old timers, has presented Macedonia’s first electric automobile, the converted supermini Fiat 600/Zastava 750, whose internal combustion engine has been replaced with an electric one, local media reported. BB Classic Cars’ electric automobiles, which can develop a maximum speed of 130 kph, have a range of 150 kilometers on a […]
BiH one step closer to developing Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) organized a two-day Workshop on Development of Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP) in Sarajevo. The event took place from 5 to 6 February, 2019 in Hotel Europe. The workshop brought together more than 80 participants, among them members of the Working […]
Top 3 Most Read articles in January
The Top 3 Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in January are in. The list is also available for the Serbian-language version of the website. The list is dominated by interviews this time around. 1 – Tendering ahead for renewable energy projects, premiums in Macedonia The most read article concerns the Government of […]
Resalta and Energetika Ljubljana implementing smart district heating systems pilot project
Resalta, in partnership with Energetika Ljubljana, is implementing a pilot project for smart district heating systems in the city of Ljubljana. The main goal of the project is the inclusion of 4,500 district heating substations into one unified IT system, effectively bringing the entire district heating network under central supervision. As one of the largest […]
Ulcinj Salina – a “birds’ airport”
Author: Jovana Janjušević, Executive Director, Center for Protection and Research of Birds (CZIP) In an attempt to explain, to both domestic and international audience, the significance of Ulcinj Salina, we have tried describing its importance for birds in terms familiar to ordinary people. We compared bird counts produced for scientific purposes with official airport passenger […]