EU approves EUR 128 million for water infrastructure in Croatia
The European Commission has approved an investment of EUR 128 million from the cohesion fund to modernize water supply, wastewater collection and wastewater treatment infrastructures in the urban Croatian area of Split-Solin. The entire project value is estimated at EUR 228 million. Additional funds will be provided by Croatian state institutions. The project includes the […]
Serbia’s budget lowered by EUR 57 million on poor collection of industrial waste fees
Serbia’s state budget revenues came in RSD 6.7 billion or EUR 57 million lower from 2014 to 2018 due to unpaid fees on imported vehicles, products that enter specific waste streams after use, according to the report on industrial waste management produced by the State Audit Institution. The report by the agency known for its […]
GEN-I installs rooftop solar PV plant for Telemach in Slovenia
Slovenian telecommunications company Telemach has officially commissioned a 242 kW rooftop photovoltaic (PV) plant constructed by Slovenian electricity supplier and trader GEN-I. The solar PV plant comprises 866 PV BISOL polycrystalline modules installed on 3,000 square meters at Telemach office building’s roof. Annual production is estimated at 254.1 MWh. The rooftop solar unit will reduce […]
Energy transition is region’s development opportunity, experts say in REPCONS survey
The energy transition is a development opportunity for the region, and the key factors for its implementation will be the European Union’s influence on local politicians as well as the downward trend in costs for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant technology, according to experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. They expressed […]
Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2019
Pollution of air and water, new fossil fuel subsidies together with incentives for renewables and energy market liberalization drew the readers’ biggest interest in the English language section at Balkan Green Energy News this year. Dynamic changes in the regulatory frameworks of the countries comprising the Balkan region, mostly in the sector of renewables but […]
KfW provides EUR 11 million for two regional landfills in Serbian cities
The Serbian government and German development bank KfW have signed financing agreements of EUR 11 million for regional landfills in Kruševac and Vranje, according to the Serbian Ministry for Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure. Serbian Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure Minister Zorana Mihajlović said that out of EUR 11 million, EUR 10 million is a donation for […]
Croatia’s HEP starts construction of 150 MW CCPP unit
State-owned power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has officially started the construction of a new gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCPP) unit at the EL-TO Zagreb combined heat and power (CHP) site. The HRK 900 million (EUR 120.7 million) unit with a power output of 150 MW and heat output of 114 MW is scheduled to […]
ERS ready to lead region’s energy transition
State power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) plans to build 1,000 MW of new renewable energy capacities over the next ten years. With the aim of leading the region’s energy transition, ERS will invest in the construction of solar power plants, wind farms, and hydropower plants, ERS General Manager Luka Petrović has said in an […]