Western Balkans could attract EUR 2.5 billion in investments to boost energy efficiency
The Western Balkan countries are slow in using their potential in energy efficiency improvement, despite the fact that energy-saving measures could lead to additional investments worth EUR 2.5 billion and lower energy consumption in buildings by 40%, according to the Energy Transition Tracker. The slow pace translates to energy productivity in the range of 20% […]
GGF provides EUR 25 million in green finance to DenizBank in Turkey
A senior loan of EUR 25 million to the new partner in Turkey will increase the uptake of renewable energy, energy efficiency and resource efficiency measures, GGF said. The deal with DenizBank is seen resulting in annual primary energy savings of 58.4 GWh and a CO2 emission reduction of 13,000 tons. The Green for Growth […]
Energy Community Secretariat launches Energy Transition Tracker for Western Balkans
The Energy Community Secretariat has launched today the Energy Transition Tracker in a move which marks the start of monitoring the energy transition process in the Western Balkans. The first report presents the current situation in Albania, BiH, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia regarding emissions, energy market, renewables, energy efficiency and national energy and […]
Energetika Ljubljana adds waste heat from Lek to district heating network
Slovenian pharmaceutical company Lek, part of Novartis, supplies the local utility with excess heat from its production to use it for district heating. Energetika Ljubljana said the project reduces CO2 emissions by 1,000 tons per year on saved fuel. The capital city of Slovenia is benefiting from a new circular economy project. Energetika Ljubljana is […]
Novi Sad’s public heating utility unveils another cogeneration facility
Novi Sad’s district heating operator has put in operation cogeneration facility Jug, with an installed capacity of 4 MW for electricity and 4 MW for heat, ensuring that over 50% of energy for the preparation of hot sanitary water is produced from gas engine waste heat. In this way, public heating utility Novosadska Toplana migrated […]
Eighty Croatian organizations demand green recovery from newly elected lawmakers
Renewable energy sources and investments in knowledge, innovations and people and domestic resources must be the foundation of the Croatian green recovery from the health and economic crisis, according to an initiative that 80 organizations and companies and 550 scientists sent to the country’s authorities. No less than eighty civil society organizations, energy and regional […]
EU lawmakers call for massive renovation of buildings including rooftop solar
A draft report called Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Buildings is scheduled to be put for a vote in September in the European Parliament. Its authors from the competent committee urged for measures against energy poverty and backed the idea for an EU-wide rooftop solar support program. The European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy […]
About the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE)
Regional project: Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Implemented by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Partner Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo*, Macedonia (FYR), Serbia *Croatia (as model country) Area of work: Energy Efficiency and Climate, Sustainable […]