PPC Renewables to add 1.5 GW in solar including on former coal mines
The Regulatory Authority for Energy revealed Greece’s dominant power producer is already taking steps in line with its recently published five-year plan. PPC Renewables SA, tasked with Public Power Corp. SA’s envisaged energy transition, filed applications for photovoltaic units with a total capacity of 1.5 GW. The ambition is to add 1 GW by 2024 […]
Public consultations on low carbon development strategy last until late January
The Government of Serbia said it started the public consultation process for the proposition of the strategy of low carbon development with an action plan as well as for the draft report on the strategic assessment of the impact of the proposition on the environment. Following a meeting of the cabinet’s Committee on the Economy […]
Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2019
Pollution of air and water, new fossil fuel subsidies together with incentives for renewables and energy market liberalization drew the readers’ biggest interest in the English language section at Balkan Green Energy News this year. Dynamic changes in the regulatory frameworks of the countries comprising the Balkan region, mostly in the sector of renewables but […]
KfW provides EUR 11 million for two regional landfills in Serbian cities
The Serbian government and German development bank KfW have signed financing agreements of EUR 11 million for regional landfills in Kruševac and Vranje, according to the Serbian Ministry for Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure. Serbian Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure Minister Zorana Mihajlović said that out of EUR 11 million, EUR 10 million is a donation for […]
Lluka: Case for TPP Kosova e Re to be presented in Vienna on January 17
Amid looming deadlines in the controversial project for the construction of a coal-fired power plant, Kosovo* is preparing for a hearing with the Secretariat of the Energy Community. The international body has challenged state aid to the Kosova e Re facility. The representatives of the government will present their case on January 17 in Vienna, […]
Single-use packaging, plastics banned in state institutions of North Macedonia
The Government of North Macedonia has approved the initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning to ban single-use packaging and plastics. Minister Naser Nuredini said that the ban would come into force on January 1, 2020. It means that in the next public procurement of the Government of North Macedonia, plastic bottles will […]
Sofia upgrading air pollution response system, may restrict traffic
The center of Bulgaria’s capital city has good air quality for the first time since the beginning of December, according to data from Air Visual. After spiking to as much as 170 points on a daily scale, the US AQI measure finally fell slightly below 50 by noon, though the second half of the day […]
Biodiversity Task Force of South East Europe’s role amid changing context of nature conservation
Alongside many activities within the regional projects in the field of environment, biodiversity and climate change Germany’s development cooperation fosters the collaboration in a new format in the Western Balkan. Under the auspices of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Working Group on Environment, the Biodiversity Task Force of South East Europe (BDTF SEE) was established […]