Electric vehicles in Serbia – Slovenia as a role-model, Croatia bad example
Serbia records neither incentives nor necessary infrastructure for electric vehicles. Private sector’s initiatives could be a game-changer. Number of charging stations on the rise in Southeastern Europe The Faculty of mechanical engineering in Belgrade has presented this week a supercharger for electric cars as part of European project Green Balkanika. The project should provide necessary infrastructure for […]
ELEM to expand its Bogdanci wind farm for additional 13.8 MW
It took only 16 wind turbines to cover about 2 percent of Macedonia’s production of electricity, so plans are underway for further expansion of wind power projects. Standing tall on the hills just east of the major border crossing between Macedonia and Greece, greeting the travelers on the E-75, are the only 16 wind turbines […]
SEE capital cities agree to join forces for sustainable urban mobility
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency organized the Meeting on sustainable urban mobility in Berlin, Germany from April 25 to 26. It featured an official signing of the Letter of intent on sustainable urban mobility by representatives of SEE capital cities. The meeting brought together mayors and city representatives from South-East […]
Incentives of EUR 13 million set for green projects
Eco Fund, controlled by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of Slovenia, placed an invitation for applications by citizens interested in installing autonomous devices for power supply on roofs. The solar panels financed by a total of EUR 3 million can be mounted on objects with a building permit or adjacent simple facilities […]
Minister Antić inaugurates RENEXPO WATER & ENERGY 2017 in Belgrade
Minister of mining and energy Aleksandar Antić inaugurated 4th RENEXPO WATER & ENERGY international fair. Antić said that Serbia has been investing EUR 10 million for energy efficiency refurbishment of 54 public buildings so far. The fair is organized by REECO Group, the branch of German company specialized in promotion of sustainable energy and environmental […]
EBRD and the Green Economy Transition: a strategy for sustainable investments in Serbia
By Ana Bachurova, EBRD Energy Efficiency and Climate Change team and Daniel Berg, EBRD Director for Serbia The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was the first international financial institution whose charter was explicitly “green” – that is, environmentally friendly. In Serbia, the EBRD investments in green projects account for more than EUR 800 […]
HPP Trebješnica (HET) rolling out generator, turbine refurbishment
A 50-year old hydropower system in Bosnia and Herzegovina needs EUR 10 million for a major overhaul that would extend its operations for another generation with improved performances. In the words of Ilija Tamindžija, executive manager for production and technical works in ZP Hidroelektrane na Trebišnjici a.d. (HET), the funds would be used to refurbish […]
Podgorica to get electricity fueled by biogas from waste
The municipal operator of the landfill in Montenegro’s capital city initiated the construction of the Balkan nation’s first power plant that will run on biogas from waste. Deponija d.o.o.’s head Arsenije Boljević told Anadolu Agency said methane has been burned for the past decade in Podgorica and not utilized. The plan is to tap the […]