VIDEO: Update on Slatina biomass cogeneration plant by GGE
The installation of GGE’s largest renewable energy project – a biomass-fueled combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Slatina, Croatia, is in its final stage, Siniša Janjušević, GGE Executive Director for Montenegro and Slatina Project Leader told Balkan Green Energy News. The construction works on the cogeneration plant have begun in September 2017. It is […]
VIDEO: Belgrade partners with BEA global initiative for energy efficiency enhancement
Since the City of Belgrade joined the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA), the efforts to establish prerequisites for implementing policies and programs for energy efficiency have gathered a variety of experts in energy field, across state and city-level public institutions, academia, international organizations and development agencies in charge of or engaged in improving living and working conditions […]
GGE and Petrol completed retrofitting PPP of three courthouses in Slovenia
The energy renovation project of three courthouses in Slovenia – in Celje, Murska Sobota and Slovenj Gradec – has been successfully completed. This Slovenian Ministry of Justice project was conducted within the framework of a public-private partnership (PPP) and carried out by a consortium of GGE and Petrol. The goal of the project was to […]
Sweden provides EUR 4 million for energy efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Government of Sweden is providing EUR 4 million for the continuation of the Green Economic Development project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, aiming to reduce CO2 by 3,900 tons annually and to save the country over BAM 1 million (EUR 500.000) in energy cost. Focusing on promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy in Bosnia and […]
GGF’s new loan to boost energy efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) has provided a EUR 1.5 million senior loan to Microcredit Foundation SUNRISE (MCF Sunrise) Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina to support energy efficiency measures and raise awareness of energy efficiency in the country. GGF and MCF Sunrise support energy efficiency in the microfinance sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the […]
Applications for Energy Community Summer School open until March 31
The third Energy Community Summer School will take place in Split, Croatia, from August 25 to September 1. Application deadline is March 31. No tuition fee is required. The 2018 Summer School’s focus is on energy sectors in transition, in particular in South Eastern and Eastern Europe, The Energy Community – organizer of the event, has […]
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 […]
Nominations for 2018 EU Sustainable Energy Awards are open
The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2018 will take place from June 4 to June 8. Nominations for 2018 EU Sustainable Energy Awards for outstanding and innovative energy projects are open until February 23. The EU Sustainable Energy Week features leading figures and a diverse program of sessions, networking and side-events aimed at discussing and shaping […]