Zagreb gets first ultra-fast solar car charging station
In front of the City Administration of Zagreb building, on Stjepan Radić Square, HEP Group inaugurated the first ELEN LEAF battery charging station for electric vehicles. It is a prototype of the most advanced charging station for electric cars in Croatia and also the first that is powered by solar energy, the state-controlled utility said. […]
Geothermal energy is underutilized
The Belgrade Chamber of Commerce organized a conference called Geothermal Energy is in Our Backyard, under the auspices of the city’s Secretariat for Energy and the Faculty of Mining and Geology of the University of Belgrade. The event was attended by representatives of local municipalities and many companies and public utilities from Belgrade and Serbia, […]
HRT buys HEP’s green energy again
HEP Group, Croatian government-owned power utility, said it agreed with Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) for the state media system to continue to be a user of electricity supply obtained exclusively from renewable sources. The contract was signed by head of HRT Siniša Kovačić and HEP managing director Perica Jukić. HRT’s electricity from renewable sources is provided […]
ČEZ lauches arbitration proceedings for its investment
Bulgaria’s failure to observe the investment protection provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty was cited by ČEZ Group for its decision to file a request for arbitration with the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). A number of actions of domestic authorities damaged the Czech utility’s companies in Bulgaria, causing the […]
EPBiH to partner Hungarian MVM in green power projects
A memorandum of cooperation will be signed by September between state-owned Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine d. d. (Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina – EPBiH) and MVM Group, headquartered in Hungary. The state-owned company aims to launch joint projects with new partners, according to a statement by the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry (FMERI) […]
Presidential residence to have energy makeover
The proposal for an energy upgrade of the Presidential Palace in Nicosia is advancing on the implementation trajectory. The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) completed the proposal and sent it to environment commissioner Ioanna Panagiotou, who forwarded it to the presidency, Energy News reported. Sources of InBusinessNews revealed the authorities seek the project for the […]
Rehabilitation starts at landfill Teodorovac
Landfill for non-hazardous waste Teodorovac is located close to family houses. The rehabilitation of the facility began, financed by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union and the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU). The project is worth HRK 6.6 million (EUR 881,000). The beneficiary is the Municipality of Đurđenovac in Croatia’s east and […]
Seraw inks contract for radioactive waste repository
Bulgarian State Enterprise Radioactive Waste SE (SERAW) said it signed a EUR 72 million contract to build a radioactive waste disposal facility for its Kozloduy nuclear power plant. It should be completed within 60 months and the repository is to be commissioned in 2021, according to the statement posted on its website. The agreement was […]