Companies invited to take part in interest-free financing program called Energy Efficient Home
Montenegro’s Ministry of Economy has invited suppliers, fitters and contractors in the field of household energy efficiency to apply to take part in its EUR 120,000 program called Energy Efficient Home. The Energy Efficient Home program aims to establish a sustainable mechanism of interest-free financing that will help households switch to biomass (pellet and briquette) […]
EBRD seeks to put investments that bring environmental benefits at heart of its financing, advisory activities
In her first interview since taking the helm of the EBRD’s regional operations in the Western Balkans, Zsuzsanna Hargitai discusses the international finance institution’s green financing and planned projects in the region. She tells Balkan Green Energy News that the EBRD takes seriously non-governmental organizations’ (NGO) recent reports about hydropower plant financing by its financial […]
EBRD looking to employ Principal Fund Manager, Renewable District Energy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is seeking to hire Principal Fund Manager, Renewable District Energy, to be based in Belgrade, Serbia. The deadline to apply is September 19. Reporting to the Deputy Head of Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure and in close collaboration with the respective sector teams, including the Energy Efficiency and Climate Change […]
Government proposes changes to law on renewable energy sources
The Croatian government has adopted a bill on changes and amendments to the law on renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration, which envisages extending the requirement for electricity suppliers to buy electricity produced from renewable energy sources at the regulated price. Electricity suppliers would be required to buy a share expressed as a percentage of […]
3rd Energy Community Summer School kicks off in Split
Forty young women and men, postgraduate students and young professionals from 26 countries gathered in Split, Croatia on August 25, taking part in the official 3rd Energy Community Summer School Kick-off Ceremony. The School will run until September 1 and brings together participants and lecturers from various backgrounds. ORF-EE supports the implementation of the EnC Summer […]
FEIT 1st university school in Macedonia to install rooftop PV systems
The Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (FEIT) is the first university school in Macedonia to have launched electricity production for self-consumption using rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems, according to a statement from the FEIT. Though small, the EUR 27,500 investment in the two rooftop PV systems sends […]
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 […]
ETF team make Serbia proud at world’s largest student competition for energy efficiency solutions
The H-Bridges team of students from the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering (ETF) won 4th place and the Best Education Impact award in the International Future Energy Challenge 2018, the world’s largest student competition in the area of innovative and energy efficiency solutions, held in Beijing from July 18 to 22. The first […]