Banja Luka, EBRD ink heating plant restructuring deal
Mayor of Banja Luka Slobodan Gavranović, director of the local district heating utility Mićo Milovanović and head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s office in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ian Brown signed a mandatory letter on the operational and financial restructuring of Toplana a.d. Banja Luka, news agency Srna reported. The contract also includes investments in […]
HeSaLight donates 20 street lights to Belgrade
The City of Belgrade installed LED lighting in Brankova street in the centre with the help from Danish company HeSaLight from Roskilde. The donation of 20 lamps, worth RSD 2 million (EUR 16,200), will bring down electricity costs by up to 60%, mayor Siniša Mali said at the meeting with the firm’s representatives. He added […]
HEP installs equipment in two cogeneration plants
The installation of major equipment in Hep Group’s first combined heat and power (CHP) plants on forest biomass in Osijek and Sisak is complete. The start of trial operation in the two cogeneration facilities is scheduled for the beginning of next year while they are expected to obtain operating permits in the spring, the Croatian state-owned power utility revealed. The units worth more than EUR 35 […]
Sarajevo’s central municipality refurbishing schools
The Municipality of Centar in Sarajevo said it continues with projects of thermal insulation of schools and kindergartens with façades. After the completion of works in primary school Alija Nametak, preparations at several facilities are underway, according to a statement on the local authority’s website. The value of the project in elementary Musa Ćazim Ćatić is BAM 150,000 (EUR 77,000), […]
EBRD funds clean technology in Tüpraş, Şişecam
A long-term loan agreement of EUR 42 million was signed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and glass producer Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları AŞ (Şişecam), with the aim to finance recycling and energy efficiency. The bank said it will also support the largest resource efficiency program in the Turkish industrial sector to […]
HEP’s cogeneration facility in Zagreb eligible for incentives
Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (HERA) awarded Block L in HEP Group’s TE-TO Zagreb the status of privileged electricity producer last month, Energetika.net reported. This is the Croatian government-owned power utility’s first highly efficient cogeneration unit to receive incentives for power generation. The official rate is HRK 0.53 (EUR 0.07) per kWh. Block L of TE-TO Zagreb, fuelled by […]
Bulgaria in breach of rules on energy consumption
The European Commission said it sent a reasoned opinion to the government in Sofia to request the correct transposition of all the requirements of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2010/31/EU) into national law. Member states of the European Union are required to establish and apply minimum energy performance requirements for new and existing buildings, […]
EBRD sets EUR 100 million for Vakıfbank to on-lend
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it approved EUR 50 million or its equivalent in dollars or Turkish liras to Vakıfbank (Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası t.a.o.) under the Turkey Sustainable Energy Financing Facility 3 (TurSEFF 3). Another EUR 50 million was set under Turkey Sustainable Energy Financing Facility Framework Ext 1 (TurSEFF 2). The […]