Six bids filed in lead-up to TPP Pljevlja’s overhaul
Six bidders are vying to produce a preliminary design plan for the ecological overhaul of Montenegrin power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore’s (EPCG) thermal power plant (TPP) Pljevlja with an installed capacity of 225 MW. After opening the bids for the job worth EUR 900,000 including VAT, EPCG said that it will start evaluating the offers […]
CLIM@ competition for sustainable future – Call for applications
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) has launched clim@, a new competition for innovative businesses or projects that have the power to change current practices and demonstrate strong positive climate impact. Fostering energy conservation, renewable energy and resource efficiency as keys to a sustainable future, the GGF has opened the call for applications globally for […]
Trivan: Chapter 27 negotiation position in June but no hurry
Serbia’s Minister of Environmental Protection Goran Trivan said the Draft Negotiation Position for Chapter 27: Environment in the pre-accession negotiations with the European Union should be complete by the end of June 2018. The closing of that chapter will require huge investments because of the bad state of the environment in Serbia, he added. Members […]
Romania eyeing security payment for recyclable packaging materials
Romania could introduce a RON 2 (EUR 0.43) security payment for products packaged in recyclable materials if the project of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change gets the green light. The goal of introducing security payments is to improve the waste management in the country. According to the Agerpres report, Romania’s environment minister Gratiela Gavrilescu […]
Agreements signed on financing sustainable development of seven Croatian cities
The Croatian Ministry of Regional Development and European Union Funds said it had secured more than EUR 300 million for the development of the seven biggest urban areas in the country. The agreements on implementing integrated territorial investments (the ITU Mechanism) were signed with representatives of the seven cities with a total of EUR 303.4 […]
Montenegro is one step closer to opening Chapter 27
The European Commission (EC) has accepted Montenegro‘s final negotiating position’s draft for Chapter 27 and said that EC representatives have already been working on their negotiating document. A few days ago, Montenegro also engaged a consultant on this chapter. Montenegro submitted its Draft on January 22nd. The Montenegrin Negotiating team representatives subsequently had a video […]
Energy Community report: Weak sanction regime should be reformed
Reforming the current weak sanction regime under the Energy Community Treaty is seen as an instrument to improve the track record of the Contracting Parties in implementing the Energy Community acquis. The Energy Community Secretariat said this in its latest report Knocking on the EU’s Door through the Energy Community: Integration of Western Balkans into […]
Municipal waste management in Croatia – race against time
Even though the implementation of the Decree on the management of municipal waste was to begin in Croatia on February 1, it has not yet been fully implemented. Some cities have been classifying waste for several years now, while others are not ready yet – Zagreb, for example. The Decree came into force on November […]
