Long-awaited PPA Package finally adopted in Serbia
By Đorđe Popović, Senior Attorney, Petrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Ever since the adoption of the new Energy Law back in 2014, which aimed to harmonize the Serbian energy legislation with the Third EU Package, the Serbian market has been awaiting the adoption of the necessary by-laws to allow for […]
Public Dialogue Initiative on Sustainable Use of Energy in SEE
By Jasna Sekulović, GIZ ORF-EE Project Manager One of the declarative goals of the European Union is reduction of energy consumption by 20% until 2020. Considering that all countries of Southeast Europe (SEE) are signatories of the Energy Community Treaty, which came into force on 1 July 2006, this goal is of national relevance for […]
Streamlining renewable energy investment process in Macedonia
By Darko Janevski, Renewable Energy Specialist, USAID Clean Energy Investment Project implemented by Winrock International What was the situation with the renewable energy investments in 2013? Many renewable energy (RE) investors complained, and donor reports (USAID, IFC) from 2012 and 2013 noted that development of Macedonia’s significant RE resources have been constrained by gaps in the […]
Croatia’s first ethical bank to register in June
By Ivan Szekeres, Project Developer in Green Energy Cooperative and Vanesa Vujanić, Attorney-at-Law and Partner at Vujanić Law Office From June 5 to June 7, the beautiful Croatian town of Split will host the general assembly of FEBEA – European Federation of Alternative and Ethical Banks. This event comes as a consequence of two years of extraordinary effort […]
First licences for electricity trading issued to non-Croatian companies in Croatia
By Vanesa Vujanić, Attorney-at-Law and Partner at Vujanić Law Office Surely, one of the reasons for up to date more timid entrance of foreign electricity trading companies to the Croatian wholesale electricity trading market was a prerequisite for such companies to establish Croatian subsidiary in order to obtain electricity trading license from the relevant authority, i.e., […]
Traditional and emerging models for financing energy efficiency – applicability to the West Balkan Region
By Qendresa Rugova, Burg Capital GmBH, Vienna esa.rugova@burgcapital.com This article is part of a series of two articles on energy efficiency investments. The first article covers investment characteristics from a global perspective while the second part focuses on the traditional and emerging financing models for energy efficiency investments. Global investments in energy efficiency over the […]
New amendments to waste management regulatory framework in Serbia
By Sonja Gitarić, Attorney-at-Law and Đorđe Popović, Senior Attorney, Petrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz For the purpose of opening the EU accession “Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change“ and in accordance with the European Union’s Third Energy Package, Serbia is required to approximate its regulatory framework to the applicable EU […]
Supporting energy efficiency and renewables in Croatia – the role of environmental protection and energy efficiency fund
By Vesna Bukarica, Head of Energy Efficiency Sector at Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, Croatia About the Fund Establishment and obligations The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (the Fund) was established in 2003 under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act and the Energy Act by the special Act on the Environmental Protection and […]