Nevesinje moves closer to 52 MW Grebak, 49.5 MW Trusina wind farm projects
The municipality of Nevesinje is closer to the realization of two wind farm projects – Trusina and Grebak – according to announcements on the municipality’s website. Zlatko Mandžuka, top man of Nevesinje-registered energy firm Eol Prvi, said that he expects the construction permit to be issued and a wind turbine purchase agreement signed with Denmark’s […]
Government proposes changes to law on biofuels, adopts energy efficiency report for 2017
The Croatian government has adopted a bill on changes to the law on biofuels, setting a 7% ceiling for the share of first-generation biofuels in the total direct annual energy consumption in transport by 2020, in line with the EU Directive 2015/1513. Under the bill, the indicative national target of the share of advanced biofuels […]
EPS reports net profit of EUR 28.8 million, distribution subsidiary EUR 20.3 million in 2017
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) made a net profit of around RSD 3.4 billion (about EUR 28.8 million) in 2017, according to the unconsolidated audited financial report posted on the company’s website. In 2017, EPS bought RSD 11.4 billion (some EUR 96.6 million) worth of electricity on the domestic market, about RSD 5.9 billion […]
From Seattle to Tirana, global fight against plastic pollution gathers steam
From individual initiatives to cities and corporations banning plastic straws, the global anti-plastic movement is gaining momentum. It was three years ago that Christine Figgener, marine biologist at Texas A&M University, posted a graphic video of a sea turtle in distress as her team extracted a plastic straw stuck in its nose. Little did she […]
Bids for two wastewater treatment plants to be sought as construction of four EU-funded facilities wraps up
The Macedonian Finance Ministry should invite bids by the end of 2018 for the construction of wastewater treatment plants in the municipalities of Bitola and Tetovo, Finance Minister Dragan Tevdoski has said, local media reported. A wastewater treatment plant was unveiled in the municipality of Radoviš earlier this week under a project worth EUR 6 […]
Tendering ahead to remediate Sovjak toxic waste dump under EUR 50 million project
The Sovjak pit, a natural sinkhole in the karst rock holding around 150,000 cubic meters of hazardous waste dumped by the local oil industry and other companies until 1990, is a step closer to remediation after the Croatian state bodies signed an agreement securing EU funding for the project worth some EUR 50 million. The […]
GGF Impact Stories: Improving energy efficiency in Montenegro
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF), which was initiated as a public-private partnership in December 2009 by German development bank KfW and the European Investment Bank (EIB), surpassed major milestones in 2017, increasing the total financing it has provided to final borrowers to over EUR 600 million across more than 25,000 individual projects. The GGF […]
Slovenia boosts 2018 subsidies to fight climate change
The Slovenian government has adopted a revision of the 2018 budget of Eko Sklad, the public environmental fund managed by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, increasing subsidies planned for 2018 as part of efforts to fight climate change, according to a press release from the government. Eko Sklad can now provide up […]