Applications open for Energy Community Summer School
The application process is underway for the first Energy Community Summer School. The multidisciplinary training programme is aimed at providing highly motivated post-graduate students and young professionals with a strong understanding of the full complexity of the energy sectors as well as giving them a platform for exchange and contribution to the energy debate, the […]
Bitola to get district heating from KfW’s loan
The governments of Macedonia and Germany, local utility ELEM and KfW Development Bank signed agreements for the project of new district heating system for Bitola, Novaci, Mogila and Logovardi. The bank provides a EUR 39 million loan with fixed interest rate of 1.5% for 15 years, including a grace period of four years, according to […]
Energy development stands above politics
Countries in the region, and generally in Europe, have strained budgets because of economic and political difficulties, so investments in green energy can be spurred through public–private partnership, Aleksandra Tomić, President of the Committee on Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy at the National Assembly of Republic Serbia, told Balkan Green Energy News. She […]
Teslianum promotes Energy Development Strategy
Energy innovation center Teslianum is implementing project Scientia – Small Cities Energy Efficient Territorial Innovative Action, funded by the EU through another large project: Advocacy NGOs Networks for Sustainable Use of Energy and Natural Resources in the Western Balkans and Turkey – Etnar. Teslianum has been promoting its publication entitled ‘Energy Efficiency – Multiple Benefits and […]
GIZ implements eight energy efficiency projects in BIH
As part of the regional project Energy Efficiency in Municipal Associations (EeMA), implemented through the Open Regional Funds for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) and Modernization of Municipal Services (ORF-MMS), the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) implemented eight energy efficiency pilot projects across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in November and December. The improvement of energy […]
Kruševac upgrades public lighting helped by GIZ, SKGO
An overhaul of 120 street lights in the centre of Kruševac was completed through the implementation of a pilot project conducted under the regional project Energy Efficiency in Municipal Associations (EeMA), financed by governments of Germany and Switzerland. It was implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) through its Open Regional Funds for South-East Europe […]
Heating plant builds fire in boilers for biomass
District heating in Prijedor, in the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, switched to biomass, as the first fire was lit in the new boilers. “The so-called camp fire was started in one of two boilers, and the second one will be activated in a couple of days. This way the boilers are dried, the temperature […]
Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE)
Project: OPEN REGIONAL FUND FOR SOUTH-EAST EUROPE – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo*, Macedonia (FYR), Serbia, Croatia (as Model country) Duration: 2008-2019 WHO WE ARE The Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) has been […]
