Energy Progress Report: SDG7 is not to be reached by 2030
Despite accelerated progress over the past decade, the world will fall short of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 unless efforts are scaled up significantly, Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report reveals. It was released today by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), […]
HEP preparing construction of 30 MW wind farm Zelovo
State power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) plans to build wind farm Zelovo, with an installed capacity of up to 30 MW, in the Splitsko-Dalmatinska County, on the slopes of Mount Svilaja. Two weeks ago, HEP put in operation its first wind farm, called Korlat, but Zelovo would be its first independently developed wind project given […]
Join RESponsible island prize competition
The European Commission has launched the second edition of the RESponsible island prize competition, rewarding achievements in local renewable energy production for electricity, heating, cooling and transportation on islands. The title is inspired by RES (short for Renewables) and “responsible” to highlight the citizens in the center of the energy system. Within this context, the […]
Beo Čista Energija starts drawing EUR 290 million loan for Vinča landfill project
Beo Čista Energija, the joint-venture for the implementation of Belgrade’s Vinča landfill project, has achieved financial close for a EUR 290 million loan to build and operate a 103 MW energy-from-waste facility and a demolition waste recycling unit, allowing the closure of one of the largest dumpsites still active in Europe. The company formed by […]
Slovenian government is taking rights from environmental NGOs
In the shadow of coronavirus, the new Slovenian government is taking rights from environmental and nature conservation non-governmental organizations (NGOs), according to green law NGO network Justice and Environment (J&E). According to the organization, anti-coronavirus provisions in Slovenia, which set out to disable environmental and nature protection NGOs in the procedures involving integrated building permits […]
Deadline extended to apply for Climate-KIC Pioneers into Practice
EIT Climate-KIC, a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), has extended the application deadlines to June 1 for Pioneers into Practice and to June 16 for Hosts, due to the circumstances caused by a coronavirus. Pioneers into Practice is the leading professional mobility program focused on climate change for students, postgraduates, and professionals. We invite aspiring […]
NGOs file lawsuits against small hydropower plants on Neretva, Neretvica rivers
Non-governmental organizations have filed or drafted lawsuits against the competent ministries in the Federation of BiH and the Republic of Srpska, the entities comprising Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), for non-compliance with law in the procedure of approving the construction of five small hydropower plants (SHPPs). BiH also made news a few weeks ago when, despite […]
GEN-I reports record net profit of EUR 15.3 million in 2019
GEN-I Group has reported a record net profit of EUR 15.3 million for 2019. Its electricity sales also reached an all time high – 83.4 TWh. Net profit increased by 18.4% on an annual basis while the value of power it sold increased by 6.7%, the energy firm’s annual report 2019 reads. The company has […]