Energetika Ljubljana adds waste heat from Lek to district heating network
Slovenian pharmaceutical company Lek, part of Novartis, supplies the local utility with excess heat from its production to use it for district heating. Energetika Ljubljana said the project reduces CO2 emissions by 1,000 tons per year on saved fuel. The capital city of Slovenia is benefiting from a new circular economy project. Energetika Ljubljana is […]
Novi Sad’s public heating utility unveils another cogeneration facility
Novi Sad’s district heating operator has put in operation cogeneration facility Jug, with an installed capacity of 4 MW for electricity and 4 MW for heat, ensuring that over 50% of energy for the preparation of hot sanitary water is produced from gas engine waste heat. In this way, public heating utility Novosadska Toplana migrated […]
Eighty Croatian organizations demand green recovery from newly elected lawmakers
Renewable energy sources and investments in knowledge, innovations and people and domestic resources must be the foundation of the Croatian green recovery from the health and economic crisis, according to an initiative that 80 organizations and companies and 550 scientists sent to the country’s authorities. No less than eighty civil society organizations, energy and regional […]
EU lawmakers call for massive renovation of buildings including rooftop solar
A draft report called Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Buildings is scheduled to be put for a vote in September in the European Parliament. Its authors from the competent committee urged for measures against energy poverty and backed the idea for an EU-wide rooftop solar support program. The European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy […]
About the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE)
Regional project: Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Implemented by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Partner Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo*, Macedonia (FYR), Serbia *Croatia (as model country) Area of work: Energy Efficiency and Climate, Sustainable […]
Slovenia helping to bring households out of energy poverty with EU grants
Owners and co-owners of dwellings in Slovenia can apply for grants of up to EUR 9,620 for home makeovers including the installations of solar water heaters and heat pumps, state-backed Eco Fund said as it launched a pilot project against energy poverty. Eco Fund – Eko sklad has issued a public call for donations it […]
EBRD, UniCredit Leasing support Serbian SMEs transition to green economy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Government of Luxembourg are supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Serbia. Financing of EUR 20 million is available through UniCredit Leasing Serbia for investments in climate and green economy projects. GEFF Serbia Leasing is the EBRD’s financing facility of […]
EBRD webinar: Green and resilient go hand in hand in district energy
In most countries where EBRD is active, the pandemic struck when the winter was ending, so the consequences could have been much worse. Experts say green and resilient in district energy are not conflicting options and that focusing on efficiency alone instead of lifting the share of renewables brings the risk of running out of […]