KEDS reveals EUR 300 million worth projects for grid
The plan for the elimination of voltage drops until 2025, with extension and reinforcement of the network and cutting technical and commercial losses, is worth EUR 300 million, said George Karagutoff, general director of Kosovo Electricity Distribution and Supply Company JSC. “It is great satisfaction when this vision does big changes for the good for […]
Seventh Zagreb Energy Week
Seventh in a row, Zagreb Energy Week took place from May 9 to May 14 under the slogan „Development we don’t want to stop, but pollution we can!“ Various local and regional stakeholders took part in this event and highlighted once more the importance of energy efficiency and sustainable development. This year’s Zagreb Energy Week […]
Network of Energy Efficient Capital Cities in SEE meets at 7th Zagreb Energy Week
As members of the Network of Energy Efficient Capital Cities in South-East Europe (NEEC SEE), representatives of the cities of Zagreb, Sarajevo, Skopje, Podgorica, Tirana and Freiburg as a model city, gathered at the 7th Energy Week Zagreb. The event was held in form of a working partner meeting and addressed, among other topics, the […]
IFC supports green bond to mobilize private funds
International Finance Corporation, member of the World Bank Group, said it invested USD 50 million (EUR 44.7 million) in a green or sustainable bond issue of the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (TSKB). This is the first such security issued from Turkey in international debt capital markets. The issue size of the bond is EUR […]
Multi-level Governance for Energy Efficiency (multEE) meeting hosted by GIZ
The third Partner and second Advisory Board meetings within the project Facilitating Multi-level Governance for Energy Efficiency (multEE), were held in Sarajevo on April 14 and 15. The gathering included a consortium of multEE project partners from EU and non-EU countries. Both, EU countries and the non-EU countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, […]
Third RENEXPO gathers main players in green economy, energy
Serbia will start building plants for 480 MW of wind power by the end of the year and connect them to the grid by the beginning of 2019, energy minister Aleksandar Antić stated at the opening ceremony of RENEXPO Western Balkans on April 20. The country has adjusted its laws and regulations for investing in […]
Pirot to acquire remote system for heating substations
The district heating plant in Pirot in southeastern Serbia signed a contract with the country’s Ministry of Mining and Energy for installing a Scada system, local media reported. Supervisory control and data acquisition is a computer process of gathering and analyzing real time data. The heating season passed without any bigger problems thanks to a […]
REACH – Reduce Energy use And Change Habits
Project: REACH – Reduce Energy use And Change Habits Duration: The project started in February 2014 and will last for three years Countries and locations: Bulgaria – Plovdiv area, Croatia – Sisak-Moslavina County, Macedonia – Skopje area, Slovenia – Zasavje and Pomurje regions Project partnerships: Lead: Focus – Association for Sustainable Development, Slovenia; Partners: DOOR – Society for […]
