OSHEE to invest EUR 294 million over five years
Albania’s power distribution network operator OSHEE plans to invest ALL 37.1 billion (around EUR 294.2 million) in the power supply facilities over the next five years. According to the Albanian media, OSHEE’s investment plan has been sent to the Albanian energy regulator, ERE. OSHEE’s representatives expect the investments to produce a financial effect of EUR […]
EPCG’s shareholder assembly backs EUR 55.3 million dividend payment
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore’s (EPCG) shareholder assembly has backed a EUR 55.3 million dividend payment. The dividend will be distributed out of retained earnings, in the gross amount per share of EUR 0.4214. At the 16th regular meeting held in Nikšić, shareholders also adopted financial and consolidated reports for 2017 and the company’s annual report, […]
NÜWIEL’s electric-powered bike trailer brings sustainable mobility closer to your doorstep
Freight transportation in urban areas accounts for up to 21% of all CO2 emissions, while it is also responsible for noise emissions and traffic congestion. Germany’s NÜWIEL, a finalist of this year’s clim@ competition for startups organized by the Green for Growth Fund (GGF), has a solution. NÜWIEL is a tech startup from Hamburg founded […]
Macedonia to launch tendering for establishment of waste management system in East, North-East regions
Macedonia’s Ministry of Finance has announced an intention to launch tendering for the establishment of an integrated and self-sustainable waste management system in the eastern and north-eastern regions of the country in December 2018. The ministry also plans to invite bids for the supervision of works in November 2018. The contract for the establishment of […]
BiH energy strategy should be adopted by end-August – minister
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Mirko Šarović expects the country’s energy strategy to be adopted at the next session of the Council of Ministers of BiH, the Fena news agency reported. It seems that all obstacles have been overcome, the opinions of the entities have been obtained, and […]
Balkan Green Foundation looking to recruit Program Manager for Program Philanthropy for Green Ideas
Balkan Green Foundation is recruiting for the position of Program Manager for the Program Philanthropy for Green Ideas, to be based in Priština in Kosovo*. The Program Manager’s primary responsibility is to oversee, coordinate, and administer all aspects of the Program Philanthropy for Green Ideas in the Western Balkans, including planning, organizing, leading, managing program […]
Slovenia pays EUR 69.4 million in renewable energy, CHP subsidies in H1
Support payments for electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP) amounted to EUR 69.4 million in the first half of 2018, down 11% compared to H1 2017, Slovenian Power Market Operator Borzen said in a report. On June 30, 2018, the feed-in system covered 3,879 power plants with […]
SHPP Mesići-Nova breaks even after 3.5 years of operation
The Mesići-Nova small hydropower plant (SHPP) near Rogatica, with an installed capacity of 5 MW, broke even on the BAM 10 million (EUR 5 million) investment after three and a half years of operation, said Ljubomir Mrda, director of Elektrodistribucija Pale, a subsidiary of power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS). SHPP Mesići-Nova was put into […]