European Commission urges Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus to tackle environmental issues
The European Commission (EC) has requested in its July infringement package from several EU member states in South-East Europe to tackle environmental issues like emissions or waste management, and to apply the EU rules in this regard. The EC requested Romania to tackle emissions from large combustion plants, adding that four industrial plants in the […]
Chinese CWE presents offer for construction of HPP Dabar to Republic of Srpska Government
China International Water & Electric Corporation (CWE) has presented an offer for the construction of the hydro power Dabar (HPP Dabar) in the Republic of Srpska (RS), which contains financial proposal for covering 85 percent of costs. The representatives of the Republic of Srpska and CWE signed in December 2015 the Memorandum of understanding for the […]
WB6 electricity report: Slow progress in establishing day-ahead markets and their coupling
The Western Balkan Six (WB6) countries have been progressing in developing their electricity markets at different pace, while the regional market is still to take shape, the Energy Community Secretariat assessed in its WB6 Electricity Monitoring Report. The report was presented at the WB6 Summit in Trieste on July 12. It analyses progress made at […]
Consortium Suez-Itochu only bidder for Vinča landfill rehabilitation project
One offer from the French-Japanese consortium Suez-Itochu has been received for public-private partnership contract for the rehabilitation of Vinča landfill near Belgrade, the city authorities announced. Opening of the bids for the public-private partnership contract for the treatment and disposal of municipal waste at Vinča landfill was held on July 13, and only one bid […]
Province of Vojvodina encourages public institutions to switch to biomass for heating
The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina has published a call for co-financing of biomass heating projects in the public buildings in this province in northern Serbia. The call is open until July 21, 2017, the Secretariat of Energy, Construction and Transport of Vojvodina announced. The total value of grants is EUR 166,000, while the maximum amount […]
Italians join WB6 initiative for energy market integration
The Italian Ministry of Economic Development has joined the Western Balkan 6 (WB6) regional electricity market integration initiative, becoming thus the thirteenth EU stakeholder to join, the Energy Community announced. The WB6 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on regional electricity market development was signed by Italian Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda on the occasion of […]
EBRD Sustainable Energy Award to cement maker Salonit Anhovo
The Salonit Anhovo cement maker won the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) bronze Sustainable Energy Award for the progress it achieved in using non-hazardous solid recovered waste in its energy mix. Another reason for the award to the Slovenian company is the fact that it lowered its pollution to levels that the cement […]
E.ON and MOL to build 40 charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania
In three years time Romania will have 40 new charging stations for electric vehicles in place thanks to the NEXT-E project, funded by the EU. The stations will be built by the energy supplier E.ON Romania and Hungarian group MOL. The charging stations will be built at Mol’s gas stations on the three main motorways […]