Efficiency fund covers up to 80% of project value
Energy renewal programmes for residential buildings and family houses included 20,000 households and secured work for construction companies and entrepreneurs, according to assistant environment minister Marija Šćulac Domac, real estate portal Domosfera reported. Croatia will soon publish its energy strategy for a low carbon development, she said at Croenergy 2015 – Sustainable Energy Finance and […]
Locals threaten to block construction of SHPP
A group of citizens from the communities of Jeleč and Miljevina in Foča municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s southeast demanded from the responsible inspection body to halt construction of small hydropower plant (SHPP) Govza 1, Nezavisne novine’s portal said. Local population may organize protests and block works because they endanger their safety, the group said. […]
Flood sparks debate on environmental misconduct
With the Black Sea province of Artvin suffering floods after disastrous rain and landslides that killed eight people, experts believe the many hydroelectric power plants being constructed in the area and clogged culverts triggered the deadly phenomenon, Hürriyet Daily News reported. Disregarding the fragile geology and landslide risk of Turkey’s northern Black Sea region, riverbed […]
Switzerland funds buildings’ renovation at Gorenjska
Four-year project Reeal for energy rehabilitation of public buildings at Gorenjska region, worth EUR 5 million, is being concluded. The municipalities completed the project with help from Switzerland, RTV Slovenia’s English language portal reported. Reeal can be a role model of cooperation with the municipalities where the investments were completed, assuring sustainability and ecologic and […]
Greece, Romania will lead in wind power in Balkans
According to the central or target scenario in the three calculations by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) for the next 15 years, Greece and Romania are predicted to grow their aeolic power capacity to 9 GW and 5 GW, respectively. A report said installations in the European Union can reach the target 320 GW […]
Investing in energy efficiency makes economic sense
Seventy financial institutions from over 20 countries – ranging from regional and microfinance institutions to national and global banks – have vowed to step up financing for energy efficiency and develop business strategies that save energy and reduce carbon emissions, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on its website. They made their pledge […]
Cleanup of idle applications for roof panels lagging
Despite announcing, in early June, that older and still unutilized applications for permits for roof-mounted photovoltaic systems would be shelved and cancelled unless applicants reconfirmed their interest within a month, Hedno, the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator, has yet to take action, according to sources of Energy Press. However, the operator, locally acronymed Deddie, is […]
Turboden supplying CHP unit to chipboard specialist
Starwood Orman Ürünleri Sanayi AŞ ordered a cogeneration plant from turbogenerator developer and producer Turboden, based in Brescia, Italy. The Turkish chipboard manufacturer is going to integrate an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system in its factory in Bursa. The medium-density fiberboard (MDF) plant will benefit from extremely low operation and maintenance costs and limited additional […]