IFC to help Kosovo* design, tender its first solar PPP project
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will assist the government, as transaction adviser, in defining the parameters and requirements to design and tender the first solar public-private partnership (PPP) project in Kosovo*, IFC told Balkan Green Energy News. Private partners will participate in the open-bidding, competitive tender where the offered […]
Incinerator discussed as solution for Sarajevo’s waste disposal problem
The construction of a waste incinerator at Butile would cost BAM 240 million (around EUR 122.8 million) and it would provide a long-term solution to the Sarajevo Canton’s waste disposal problem, Prime Minister Edin Forto said at a recently held session of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly. During the debate, building an incinerator was discussed as […]
Fresh protest held in Serbia’s Bor over excessive air pollution
A third protest this year has been held in Bor in eastern Serbia over excessive air pollution that has been intensified since China’s Zijin took over copper miner Rudarsko-Topioničarski Basen (RTB) in late 2018. Since January 2019, Bor has been struggling with excessive air pollution, with sulfur dioxide (SO2) levels topping 2,000 micrograms per cubic […]
High efficiency and adaptive hardware and software – e-drive applicable to any battery and any machine
High-efficiency e-drive with adaptive hardware and software, making it applicable to a wide range of batteries and machines – we are presenting the winning solution developed by the H-Bridges team of students from the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering. Even though the International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) 2019 task was to develop an […]
689,877 MWh in Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovenian power futures traded in Q3
European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) registered 46.4 TWh in Eastern European power futures trading in the third quarter of 2019. The Bulgarian, Serbian and Slovenian contracts contributed 689,877 MWh to the volume, EEX said. On the EEX power derivatives market, futures for Eastern Europe continue their steady growth. In June this year, EEX extended its […]
Terna Energy Finance to launch green bond offer on October 16
Terna Energy Finance, a member of Terna Energy Group, will launch a public offer of a EUR 150 million seven-year bond on October 16. Greece’s first green bond offer will be deemed successful if at least EUR 120 million worth of securities are subscribed. The public offer of the green bond, certified by the Climate […]
North Macedonia’s ESM to subsidize purchase of inverter air conditioners with EUR 10 million
North Macedonia’s state-owned power company Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) has set aside EUR 10 million in subsidies for the purchase of inverter air conditioners as part of the government’s Clean Air Plan, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has announced. ESM has set aside the EUR 10 million for the first program phase, with 10,000 households […]
158 MW Čibuk 1, Serbia’s largest wind farm, officially starts operations
Serbia’s largest wind farm, the 57-turbine Čibuk 1, has officially started operations today following a EUR 300 million investment. The wind farm with a maximum capacity of 158 MW generates power to supply 113,000 households and will displace 370,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. Čibuk 1 is one of the wind farms whose output […]