GGE and Petrol completed retrofitting PPP of three courthouses in Slovenia
The energy renovation project of three courthouses in Slovenia – in Celje, Murska Sobota and Slovenj Gradec – has been successfully completed. This Slovenian Ministry of Justice project was conducted within the framework of a public-private partnership (PPP) and carried out by a consortium of GGE and Petrol. The goal of the project was to […]
Republika Srpska adopts new law on waste management
The Republika Srpska parliament adopted a law on amendments to the law on waste management. The law was adopted under emergency proceedings. The goal of the law is to set norms for coefficients and goals in calculating fees for the polluters who dump packaging waste. The fees will be collected from whoever dumps the waste […]
Network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania and Croatia
The Romanian renewable energy company Renovatio and Croatia’s telecommunications services provider Hrvatski Telekom said that they will install the first 23 fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania by the end of 2018 marking the start of a project to set up a network of 69 fast charging stations and 4 ultra-fast charging stations in the […]
Hidroelectrica launches tender for retrofitting of HPP Vidraru
Romania’s Hidroelectrica has launched the international public tender for the refurbishment of the hydro-power plant Vidraru. The estimated value of the project is EUR 78.98 million (without VAT), to which can be added maximum EUR 1.75 million of unanticipated expenses. The largest energy producer in Romania said it its statement, published by Romanian media, that the […]
Sweden provides EUR 4 million for energy efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Government of Sweden is providing EUR 4 million for the continuation of the Green Economic Development project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, aiming to reduce CO2 by 3,900 tons annually and to save the country over BAM 1 million (EUR 500.000) in energy cost. Focusing on promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy in Bosnia and […]
GGF’s new loan to boost energy efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) has provided a EUR 1.5 million senior loan to Microcredit Foundation SUNRISE (MCF Sunrise) Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina to support energy efficiency measures and raise awareness of energy efficiency in the country. GGF and MCF Sunrise support energy efficiency in the microfinance sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the […]
CLIM@ competition for sustainable future – Call for applications
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) has launched clim@, a new competition for innovative businesses or projects that have the power to change current practices and demonstrate strong positive climate impact. Fostering energy conservation, renewable energy and resource efficiency as keys to a sustainable future, the GGF has opened the call for applications globally for […]
Trivan: Chapter 27 negotiation position in June but no hurry
Serbia’s Minister of Environmental Protection Goran Trivan said the Draft Negotiation Position for Chapter 27: Environment in the pre-accession negotiations with the European Union should be complete by the end of June 2018. The closing of that chapter will require huge investments because of the bad state of the environment in Serbia, he added. Members […]