Pellet and briquettes for cleaner air in Pljevlja
The Government of Montenegro set EUR 500,000 for environmental action in the northern industrial town of Pljevlja, CdM portal said, adding the municipal authority agreed to buy briquettes and pellet for heating, as mayor Mirko Đačić had announced before. Offers were accepted from Neckom from Nikšić for EUR 164.22 per tonne of pellet and from […]
Public buildings’ overhaul assisted by UNDP
The Canton of Sarajevo signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme to facilitate mutual participation in the funding for an energy efficiency project. Public buildings will undergo refurbishment worth BAM 1.2 million (EUR 614,000), where the regional authority will provide EUR 358,000, and the international organization took on the responsibility for the remainder. […]
Basketball player invests in small hydropower plants
Mirza Teletović and his family recently registered their company Eko-wat in Jablanica with the aim to start an investment of BAM 10 million (USD 5.56 million), portal Klix.ba reported. Salem Dedić, the mayor of the town in Herzegovina region’s north, said the basketball player’s projects received necessary permits and that the construction of two small […]
ENVIROS Ltd. launches operations in Serbia
Consulting company ENVIROS d. o. o. organized the ceremonial launch of its Serbian branch within the premises and with the support of the Embassy of the Czech Republic. Ambassador Ivana Hlavsová commenced the event by welcoming more than 70 guests from governmental organizations and agencies, industrial companies and consulting firms. The ceremony was facilitated by […]
GE promotes advantages of biogas utilization
“We want to identify the waste-to-energy potential in Serbia and the need for energy, but also to define the possible route towards succcesful development of energy generation from biogas in line with the existing conditions and regulations,” said Gaetano Massara, head of GE South East Europe, opening the conference ‘Serbian Biogas Market Trends and Challenges’ […]
Board of AEBIOM joined by officials from Balkans
The General Assembly of the European Biomass Association (AEBIOM), held in Brussels, elected the organization’s leadership. Among the 16 candidates from 14 different countries, four of the elected board members are from Southeastern Europe, namely Romania, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ilias Papageorgiadis, president of the Romanian Association of Biomass and Biogas (Arbio), Marijan Kavran, […]
EBRD provides long-term support for green investments
Businesses in 23 countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo*, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey, benefit from Sustainable Energy Finance Facilities (SEFFs), said the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which initiated the programme. It extends credit lines to local financial institutions for on-lending to their clients from the industrial, commercial, residential and […]
Sofia overhauls district heating system with EBRD
Toplofikacia Sofia EAD, the single-owned district heating company serving the capital of Bulgaria, intends to use the proceeds of the grant funds provided by the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF), administrated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and its own financing for contracts within the Project for Upgrade and Modernization of Sofia […]