Internship Opportunity at Balkan Green Energy News
The Center for Promotion of Sustainable Development (CPOR), a civil society organization, is looking for an Intern for Balkan Green Energy News, the region’s leading sustainable energy and green economy news provider publishing in both English and Serbian, recently selected as one of 42 projects globally – and the only from South-East Europe (SEE) – to compete […]
Revised strategy calls for setting up Timber Exchange
The revised forest and forestry development strategy for 2014-2023, adopted by the Montenegrin government last week, envisages setting up a Timber Exchange. The document is aligned with the new concept of reorganizing the country’s forest concession system. The revised forest and forestry development strategy’s key goal is to improve the condition of all forests in […]
Belgrade seeks bids to build sections of water supply, sewerage networks worth about EUR 1 million
The City of Belgrade has launched tendering for projects to design and build a section of the water supply network in the residential area of Ledine and a portion of the sewerage network on Vinogradska Street in the municipality of New Belgrade, Assistant Mayor Andreja Mladenović has said, noting that the estimated value of the two […]
Montenegro launching Energy Efficient Home program, seeking consultants for MEEP 2
Montenegro’s Ministry of Economy has said that it is launching the Energy Efficient Home program, aimed at cutting household heating costs and improving indoor comfort improvement, reducing CO2 emissions in the household sector, and developing a biomass heating system market in Montenegro. The Energy Efficient Home program entails at “attractive” and sustainable financial mechanism aimed […]
European Commission unveils action plan to develop sustainable and circular bioeconomy
The European Commission has put forward an action plan today to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy, as part of its drive to boost jobs, growth and investment in the EU. It aims to improve and scale up the sustainable use of renewable resources to address global and local challenges such as climate change and […]
EVN Macedonia developing nationwide EV charging network
Power distribution company EVN Macedonia, a subsidiary of Austrian-based EVN Group, is developing a nationwide network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in cooperation with municipalities in Macedonia, according to a news release from the company. Due to the limitations of the current EV technology, battery-powered EV driving is impossible without an EV charging station […]
Akfen secures USD 363 million in lending for USD 530 million renewables project
Akfen Renewable Energy, the renewables arm of Turkey’s Akfen Holding, has secured a total of USD 363 million in lending from six banks for its USD 530 million project to build four new wind farms and nine solar photovoltaic (PV) plants with a combined capacity of 327 MW. Akfen Renewable Energy is providing USD 167 […]
Remondis plans expansion of medical waste treatment facility in Zrenjanin
Remondis Medison in Serbia has acquired a new, 11,000-square meter piece of land in Zrenjanin’s industrial zone to expand its medical waste treatment facility by building a facility for the thermal treatment of expired drugs, the company’s sales director, Miroslav Poznić has said, eKapija reported. In Zrenjanin, Remondis has an infectious waste treatment facility with […]