EBRD announces tender for Belgrade’s Sava Lake clean-up
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) opened a tender for a project to clean the Sava Lake bed and build a raw water pipeline in Belgrade, Serbia. The EBRD has offered a loan worth EUR 8.5 million for the first tranche of the Belgrade Water project to cover the cost of the primary […]
EU glass recycling at record levels – FEVE
The recycling of glass has reached new, record levels across the European Union in 2014, according to data published by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE). The average rate of glass recycling in all 28 member countries of the European Union (EU) has reached a threshold of 74% for the first time. With 11.6 million […]
European assistance for the residential energy efficiency projects in Croatia
The Croatian Fund for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency (Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost) will offer free legal advice and assistance to residential building managers in the energy efficiency projects. The projects are now financed from the European Union restructuring funds. The first in a series of workshops on energy efficiency was held […]
World Bank supports geothermal energy development in Turkey
The World Bank supports Turkey with USD 289.8 million to encourage private sector investment in geothermal energy development. Geothermal energy projects in Turkey will be supported with an IBRD loan of USD 250 million and a Clean Technology Fund grant of USD 39.8 million, reported Anadolu Agency. The World Bank’s Board of Directors approved a […]
Albania, Germany sign second agreement on 400 kV transmission line to Macedonia
Germany and Albania signed an agreement on the second tranche of loan to finance the building of the 400 kV electric transmission line connecting Albania and Macedonia. The Albanian Minister of Energy and Industry, Damian Gjiknuri, and ambassador of Germany in Tirana, Susanne Schutz, signed the agreement in Tirana last week, completing a financial framework […]
EPS invests EUR 500 million in hydropower
Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) will invest about half a billion euros in the modernisation of hydropower plants (HPPs) by 2025 announced Aleksandar Jakovljević, Director of the EPS Directorate for Strategy. Hydropower plants produce one third of EPS total electricity production. They were built from 26 to 60 years ago, so EPS plans to invest EUR […]
Lignite plant – major cause of massive air pollution in Tuzla
The air pollution in the industrial town of Tuzla, has been above legally allowed limits on 12 out of 20 consecutive days, according to joint measurements performed by CEE Bankwatch Network and the Tuzla-based environmental group Center for Ecology and Energy (Centar za ekologiju i energiju). The town in the north-eastern part of Bosnia and […]
NIS, Betec sign cooperation agreement on geothermal energy
Serbian energy company NIS Gazprom Neft and the Chinese Betec Group Ltd. have signed a co-operation agreement on developing geothermal energy projects in Serbia. The two companies have joined forces to develop geothermal active areas plan to build power plants in northern Serbia “based on the well head power plant technology,” says the NIS statement. The […]