Candidates in clim@ green competition come from 60 countries
Grand finalists will present their entries at the GGF Sustainable Future Forum in Frankfurt on June 3. Finance in Motion is responsible for the clim@ contest on behalf of the fund. The European Commission and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development are its sponsors. More than half of applications came from the target […]
Rallies for clean air to be held on Friday in nine Balkan cities
Organizers invited people to gatherings for clean air that are scheduled for 18:00 in Skopje, Belgrade, Prishtina, Prizren, Podujevo, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Zenica and Podgorica. Activists from several countries in former Yugoslavia said demonstrations and other public actions are planned to demand measures for clean air. The gatherings are set for 18:00 on Friday, February […]
Solar power project in Cyprus continues after delay to protect orchids
Arrays of 3.5 MW in total in Larnaca will be for self-consumption, so the system won’t supply to the grid with electricity. The firm is developing a solar power endeavor also in the other airport it operates in Cyprus. It took a full year for Hermes Airports Ltd. to overcome the obstacle the Department of […]
Sokobanja in Serbia to ban new small hydropower plants, wind parks
Activists criticize the investors for diverting almost the entire river flow at two stations in Sokobanja. Several local authorities in Serbia formally banned hydropower projects or are preparing to do so. The police have been summoning petitioners in Prokuplje. Licensing has been suspended in the territory of a town in Serbia dependent on tourism for […]
N. Macedonia is first country in Western Balkans mulling coal phaseout before 2030
North Macedonia’s government has approved the Energy Development Strategy until 2040 which makes it the first country in the Western Balkans to consider a coal phaseout before 2030, Bankwatch said in a press release. Two of the strategy’s scenarios entail a coal exit by 2025, with the third delaying the closure of the Bitola lignite […]
Montenegro adopts bylaw to introduce emission credits system
The new scheme, required under EU rules, is designed to limit operations of industrial and energy facilities that contribute to climate change. Montenegro has regulated the system of auctions and the trade in emission credits. Following the adoption of the Law on Protection from the Negative Impacts of Climate Change, the government in Podgorica has […]
REGEA Director Julije Domac to advise new Croatian president on energy, climate
Julije Domac, Director of the North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency (REGEA), became the special adviser on energy and climate to new Croatian President Zoran Milanović. He is also the president of the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment – FEDARENE from 2013. Our future must be green – or we […]
Poland seeks alternatives for last coal thermal power plant project
The European Green Deal and the European Investment Bank’s exit from fossil fuel projects prompted the suspension after 5% of the unit was completed. Two government-controlled enterprises have legal challenges and are burdened with emission expenses. Coal is now less likely to be used in thermal power plant Ostrołęka C if works continue. State-owned electricity […]