Energy policy key to climate change mitigation

“This is perhaps the last opportunity for our generation to reach an agreement on climate change and sustainable development in order to preserve the planet and the quality of life,” Vuk Jeremić, president of Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), said at a public debate on climate change and energy in the residence […]

Norwegian funding supports selective waste collection

A EUR 4 million project designed to collect recyclable waste from households was implemented by Total Waste Management, part of recycling Green Group and a provider of integrated waste management solutions, and co-financed with grants of EUR 1.4 million from the Government of Norway, The Diplomat magazine’s portal said in a report. Smart collection infrastructure […]

Call for concession for waste management centre

Bidders can send propositions by September 25 for the construction of a waste management centre and for the method of processing and gathering for the city of Niš and seven surrounding municipalities. Regional development agency Jug manages the project and its chief Bojan Avramović said 70 hectares in Kereš location in Doljevac municipality were provided, […]

Energo-Zelena gets permit six months after ending operations

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit has been given to Energo-Zelena d. o. o., a rendering plant for the treatment of hazardous animal by-products, which ceased its operations last year. The company based in Inđija, 40 kilometers northeast of Serbia’s capital Belgrade, received the certificate from the Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning, Construction and […]

Alterenergy board and steering committee meeting

Eight partnership meetings were already held within the Alterenergy strategic project. The last project management board and steering committee met in Ioannina on May 4 and 5, Alter-energy.eu website reported. Alterenergy has been launched in September 2011 to promote sustainability in 60 selected small Adriatic communities with less than 10.000 inhabitants. The Alterenergy partners have […]

Government cancels contracts for 30 hydro plants

Licenses for the construction and use of 30 power plants throughout Albania were cancelled by the country’s government for their „failure to meet obligations,“ after members of the European Parliament called on it to reconsider the plans. Prime minister Edi Rama’s cabinet earlier scrapped several such systems that were approved in the last meetings of […]