Čakovec waste utility acquires third hybrid truck
The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) granted 40% of the funds for the purchase of a hybrid vehicle for the transport of urban waste in Čakovec, town in Croatia’s north. This is the third such truck in Čakom, the local utility company, and it was payed HRK 737,200 (EUR 96,800). Equipped with automatic […]
Balkan countries must manage floods, droughts together
There are cooperation and communication mechanisms missing between neighboring countries, in order to take into account the transboundary nature of flood and drought risk at operational level, says Jelena Peruničić, Senior Manager at the regional German Development Cooperation (GIZ) project Climate Change Adaptation in Western Balkans (CCAWB). There is much to be done at the local […]
Innovations in planning for urban resilience and sustainability: Blue Green Dream
Prof. Čedo Maksimović PhD: Imperial College, London, UK, and Director of the Blue Green Global (BGG-Ltd) company and Blue Green Global Group, E-mail: c.maksimovic@imperial.ac.uk INTRODUCTION This presentation introduces the innovative urban planning method developed by the Blue Green Dream (BGD) project, funded by the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) through its Climate_KiC program in the […]
Is leasing of wind turbines feasible in Serbia?
By Đorđe Popović, Senior Attorney and Marija Marošan, Attorney-at-Law, Petrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz This article deals with one of the hot topics in renewables in Serbia, namely the legal treatment of leasing arrangements, contemplated by a notable number of financial players on the Serbian market for the purposes of […]
EU funds development of hybrid solar cells
A team of scientists from the Ruđer Bošković Institute presented the project ‘Titanium Dioxide Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Cell, the Professional Development of Young Researchers / Postdocs’. The activities are financed by the European Social Fund with HRK 1.9 million (EUR 250,000) from the seven-year period through 2013. The 15-month project lasts until the end of […]
Israel’s Enlight invests in wind power plant
Eurocom Group’s subsidiary Enlight Renewable Energy acquired 90% of the construction project for the wind power plant Lukovac, located nearby the Adriatic port of Split. The Israeli investor will take over for a total of USD 8.3 million (EUR 7.42 million), said a report by Seebiz.eu. The plant has the capacity of 49 MW. Eurocom […]
Agro-biomass stock centre may lure energy investment
The construction of a regional public depository for agricultural residues and pellet is financed by Serbia’s province of Vojvodina with RSD 142 million (EUR 1.15 million). The Municipality of Apatin provided and equipped a nine hectare site in Prigrevica for boxes to stockpile the biomass, according to media reports. Instead of burning the residues or […]
Balkan Energy Leaders conference announced for March
Green World Conferences invited participants to the fourth edition of Balkan Energy Leaders, annual conference and exhibition, which will be held on March 17 and 18 in hotel Crown Plaza Belgrade. The event will expand coverage of the renewable energy deployment opportunities and obstacles that wind, hydro, waste-to-energy, biomass and solar sectors are currently facing in […]