Environment and biodiversity working groups meet back to back in Skopje
Conservation of biological diversity is a specific, yet crucial, part of the wider all-encompassing umbrella of environmental protection. With the objective of stepping up cooperation and combining efforts, Biodiversity Task Force members of the six South East European economies met on 29 May to confirm a joint Work Plan and agree on future cooperation, which […]
Regional GIZ Workshop on National Building Renovation Strategy held in Belgrade
Authors: Berina Delalić, GIZ ORF-EE and Svjetlana Đokić, GIZ DKTI Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings in Serbia Acknowledging the partners’ initiative, the German development organization GIZ organized a regional workshop in Belgrade, titled “Steps towards the National Building Renovation Strategy”. GIZ projects “DKTI Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings in Serbia”, “Promotion of Energy Efficiency in […]
HEP gets green light to build HES Kosinj hydropower complex as part of EUR 500 million project
Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has been given a go-ahead by the Environmental Protection and Energy Ministry for a project to build the HES Kosinj hydropower complex, and it plans to launch preparatory works in 2019, local media have reported. The HES Kosinj project envisages the construction of a reservoir with three dams, […]
GIZ and Partners mark World Environment Day in Sarajevo, Subotica and Belgrade
The German development organization GIZ, marked the World Environment Day on June 05 with parallel activities in Sarajevo, Subotica and Belgrade. The focus of this year’s event was on biodiversity, with special focus on protection of bees and pollination, sustainable urban mobility, climate protection, and sustainable use of natural resources, also from the perspective of […]
Participants of the 2018 Energy Community Summer School are selected
The Energy Community Secretariat in consultation with a network of academic and research institutions of the participating countries has selected the participants of the 2018 Energy Community Summer School. Out of a record 269 applications submitted, 241 applicants met the selection criteria, of which the 40 most qualified were selected. Ensuring gender and geographical balance, […]
EU issues two guides to considering environment in renewable energy projects
The European Commission has issued two guidance documents on how energy transmission infrastructure and hydropower can be made to operate in accordance with the requirements of the Habitats and Birds Directives. Two guidance documents have been published as part of the EU Action plan for nature, people and the economy. “Guidance documents offer practical recommendations […]
Adoption of energy sector reform strategy highlighted as priority
Author: Admir Softic, Assistant Minister for Energy in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH All participants of the fourth Energy Summit agreed that the adoption of the Energy Sector Strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a prerequisite for continuing reforms. The Guide for Investors in the Electricity Sector in BiH, as well […]
Slovenia pays EUR 143.5 million in renewable energy subsidies in 2017
Slovenia paid EUR 143.5 million in subsidies to renewable energy producers in 2017, down 2% compared to 2016, the Ministry of Infrastructure said. The subsidized electricity output of a total of 3,864 facilities reached 944.9 GWh last year, a decrease of 6% against 2016. Of the total subsidy amount, the biggest chunk, EUR 70.9 million, […]