Romania to build waste oil recycling plant on Danube’s shores
Romanian Green Oil and Lubes company will soon have a recycling plant for waste lubricant oil. The goal is to transform oil waste into base oils so it could be reused in the automotive and industrial sector. The 73.000 metric-tonne recycling facility will be built in southern part of Romania, on the shore of the […]
Hrvatski Telekom joins SEE e-chargers network
The leading provider of telecommunications services in Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom, has installed first two fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. This is the beginning of the project that aims to create e-chargers network and help development of green e-mobility corridors in Central and South East Europe (SEE). The installation of these two chargers in Croatia’s capital by Hrvatski […]
Possible introduction of a deposit-refund system in Serbia
Director of the Environmental Protection Agency Filip Radović has announced the introduction of a deposit-refund system in Serbia, which is to help regulate PET, aluminium and glass packaging disposal. “Since the Ministry of Environmental Protection has been finally established, we can now take some major steps and start reconstructing the waste management system by creating a […]
Tender for construction of waste-treatment plant near City of Šibenik
The city-owned company Bikarac published a tender for the design and construction of the waste-treatment plant and related facilities located near City of Šibenik in Croatia. The Bikarac Regional Waste Management Center project is worth HRK 130 million (EUR 17.2 million). Money had been secured from European Union’s Cohesion Fund funds and the Croatian Environmental […]
Urgent meeting in Vienna helped untie energy law knot in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prime ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and Republika Srpska (RS) confirmed that they support draft state Law on Electricity Market and Regulator, and will not condition it with any further amendments. The Energy Community Secretariat followed with an announcement that it would reconsider its request for additional measures against BiH. Both […]
Croatia will build 6.5 MW solar power plant in Cres
Croatia is going to install a 6.5 MW solar power plant in the region of Cres and Lošinj islands, in the northern part of the Adriatic sea. The new plant will cover 17 hectares and produce about 8.5 million kWh of electricity. The amount is sufficient for local households but their energy bills will not […]
Solar plant Gaziantep is now largest operational PV park in Turkey
Solar plant Gaziantep that consists of 25 photovoltaic sub-units, each 1 MW, has been connected to the grid in Islahiye in the Gaziantep southeastern province in Turkey. It is the largest operational solar plant in the country at the moment. Wagner Solar GmbH, Germany’s company, and Turkish INO SOLAR have jointly accomplished installation of 25 […]
GIZ Regional Projects for Energy Efficiency and Biodiversity to launch Interactive Platform
Working on reforms in the areas of energy efficiency, climate change mitigation and biodiversity in South-East Europe, through the Open Regional Funds for SEE-Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) and Biodiveristy (ORF-BD), the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) aims to support sustainable development of the region. Long-term efforts of both regional GIZ projects are directed at providing necessary support […]