Applications for EUSEW 2019 Sustainable Energy Awards due by February 4
Nominations for this year’s edition of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards can be submitted online until February 4, 2019. The awards are part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), organized by the European Commission (Directorate General for Energy and EASME), which will take place from June 17 to June 21. EUSEW is the biggest […]
Government of Macedonia announces tendering for solar power plants, wind farm
The Government of Macedonia has announced tendering for the construction of solar power plants with a combined capacity of 200 MW in February, and for premiums for a 50 MW wind farm by the end of the year, while state power utility ELEM has secured financing for the construction of a 10 MW Oslomej solar […]
EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator invites innovators, startups to apply
Europe’s largest cleantech accelerator, EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator, has invited innovators with disruptive ideas to counter climate change to apply by January 27. EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator is looking for an early-stage startup (up to five years since incorporation and minimum two founders) or teams that want to create a startup based around new technology or service […]
Enlight Renewable Energy’s Kovačica wind farm starts trial production
The 104.5 MW Kovačica wind farm, operated by Israel’s Enlight Renewable Energy, has started trial production and is expected to be fully operational in the second quarter of the year, the company said. The company owns 3 wind farms in the region, in Croatia (Lukovac), Serbia (Kovačica), and Kosovo*. The Kovačica wind farm, Enlight’s largest project in […]
CEDIS signs EUR 22 million agreement to upgrade distribution network
Montenegrin distribution system operator (DSO) Crnogorski elektrodistributivni sistem (CEDIS) and the consortium of Montenegrin companies Mezon, Electro Team and Ramel have signed a EUR 22.4 million Framework Agreement for a project to revitalize the medium and low voltage distribution network. The Framework Agreement was signed for a period of 24 months, the company said on […]
Tendering: City of Belgrade’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
The City of Belgrade has announced tendering for the development of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP), with the deadline for the submission of bids set at January 24, 2019. The Secretariat for Public Transport said in the tendering documentation that the SUMP must transform a traditional, passenger car-oriented transport system into a transport system adapted […]
Water is and should remain a public good – citizens’ initiatives
The privatization of drinking water sources in Serbia – and the region – has proceeded fairly unnoticed and under the radar. By contrast, the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs), especially in protected areas, has caused a revolt in parts of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania, while the response of Serbian citizens to the […]
HEP receives 6 offers for Orlec Trinket solar power plant
Two Chinese companies – Dongfang Electric International Corporation and Chinapower Sepco1 – are among 6 companies that expressed interest to build the 6.5 MW Orlec Trinket solar power plant on the Cres island, in what would be the largest solar power plant in Croatia, local media reported. According to the Chinese Southeast European Business Association (CSEBA), […]
