German green expertize presented in Serbian Parlament
Second Parliamentary Forum for Energy Policy was held in the Serbian Assembly on October 14 in the presence of European and German Parliament representatives, who presented the best practices from Germany in the sustainable energy sector. The second meeting in a raw, organized in the form of public hearing, took place only a week after Forum’s founding meeting. MP […]
Republic of Srpska and KfW agreed EUR 60 million credit for Hrgud wind farm
The Government of the Republika Srpska approved EUR 60 million credit by German KfW Development Bank for financing the Hrgud windfarm project, as confirmed by the Ministry of finance. State-owned utility Elektroprivreda (ERS) from Trebinje, received 50 years concession for the construction and operation of the Hrgud wind farm in Berkovići municipality a year ago. Now, […]
Serbia finally starts utilizing its biomass potential thanks to UNDP
The results of the project “Reducing Barriers to Accelerate the Development of Biomass Markets in Serbia”, worth USD 30 million, were presented at the conference held as a side event of the Energy fair 2016, traditional manifestation held every year in Belgrade. The project was delivered by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in partnership with […]
Ministerial Council approves Georgia’s accession to the Energy Community, adopts new environmental legislation
The 14th Energy Community Ministerial Council unanimously approved the accession of the Republic of Georgia to the Energy Community Treaty at its meeting in Sarajevo today, reads the press release published on the organizations website. The Council also took important decisions on expanding the environmental and climate dimension of the Energy Community and adopted a […]
Green Building Expo announced conference program
Organizers of Green Building Expo, that will take place from November 2 to 4 in Belgrade, announced conference program including participants and topics to be presented at the event. Conference partner is United States Green Building Council (USGBC), organization that develops and manages Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification protocol. Keynote speakers will be […]
Finnish green energy companies visiting Belgrade
Companies from Finland presented their products and solutions for renewable energy production from biomass and waste management at the industry seminar held in the Finnish ambassador’s residence in Belgrade. Finland is a country well known for its advanced use of biomass for renewable energy, generated mostly from forestry industry, but also from agriculture. Due to […]
EPCG and EPS discussing plans for HPP Komarnica
In the middle course of the Komarnica valley in Montenegro, a 170 MW hydroelectric power plant (HPP) is planned to be constructed. The new plant is expected to produce around 200 GWh of electricity per year. Representatives of the Montenegrin Electric Power Company (EPCG) discussed the matters with project partners, Electric Power Industry of Serbia […]
Biomass, biogas and geothermal getting EUR 100 million boost
A support programme worth more than EUR 100 million has been drafted for investments in less exploited renewable resources, like biomass, biogas and geothermal, portal Energynomics.ro reported. Romanian Ministry of European Fund said the maximum planned grant per project is EUR 15 million. The funds will be provided from the European Regional Development Fund and cofinanced by the state through […]