Small portion of public funds dedicated to upgrading buildings in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
Only 3 percent of the public funds that could be used to support energy-efficiency investments in the Central, Eastern and South-East Europe are dedicated to upgrading buildings. This shows that buildings are not considered to be critical energy infrastructure, although they can help reduce energy dependency and have other positive impacts, the Buildings Performance Institute […]
Exploring regional and SEE economies’ Assessments of BIMR Baseline
Prepared by Azra Velagić-Hajrudinović and Jelena Peruničić, GIZ ORF-BD Biodiversity Information Management and Reporting (BIMR) project ORF-BD conducted several assessments on biodiversity information management and reporting in the past year. The Assessments encompassed six assessments for the economies in SEE region and a regional overview, and were published in May. The focus of the research […]
Vinča PPP signed to solve biggest environmental problem in Serbia, region
Following an international tender, an agreement on a public private partnership (PPP) was signed by the Belgrade city authorities and a consortium of the French Suez groupe and Japanese Itochu I-Environment to implement a 25-year project to develop a system to treat municipal waste of Belgrade. The agreement calls for closing and remediation of one […]
Court unblocks A2A shares in Montenegrin power company EPCG
The High Court in Podgorica has decided to unblock shares of Italian company A2A in Montenegrin power company, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG). The court previously blocked the shares of A2A over a proceeding against several former EPCG managers. Montenegrin media reported that the chamber presided over by the president of the Higher Court in Podgorica, […]
65 CSO projects selected for co-financing by Ministry of Environmental Protection – BGEN one of winning projects
A total of 65 out of more than 200 submitted projects have been selected at a public call for co-financing of civil society projects in the field of environmental protection in Serbia in 2017, the Ministry of Environmental Protection announced. Among the selected projects is the Balkan Green Energy News portal, fastest growing sustainable energy […]
Central and South-Eastern European countries expand cooperation in energy sector
Central and South-Eastern European countries, including 9 EU Member States and 8 Energy Community Contracting Parties, have expanded their cooperation in the field of energy under the CESEC initiative to include electricity, energy efficiency and renewable energy. To that end, a memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday at the ministerial meeting in Bucharest. Ministers of […]
Update: Building Efficiency Accelerator regional workshop held in Belgrade
Updated on November 7, 2017. A regional workshop dedicated to accelerating building efficiency has been held in Belgrade. The workshop has provided experts and representatives of several European cities participating at the project with an opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge gained. The Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) project is a part of the UN’s Sustainable […]
Funds allocated for use of renewables to heat water in public buildings in Vojvodina
A total of 11 towns and municipalities in the Serbian northern province of Vojvodina were awarded funding to co-finance projects introducing the use of biomass and solar power for heating water in public buildings. The contracts for the co-financing of the projects were awarded under two competitions for those renewable energy sources and were signed […]