New timeframe for Energy Community 2030 energy, climate targets
Targets for 2030 in energy efficiency, renewables and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the Energy Community contracting parties should be adopted by mid-2021, the European Commission has announced, after the previously set deadline – November 2019, wasn’t met. According to the Energy Community Secretariat, at a meeting of the Energy and Climate Technical […]
50. International HVAC&R Congress and Exhibition to be held in Belgrade
For half a century, the International HVAC&R Congress and Exhibition has been organized by the Serbian HVAC&R Society, which operates within the Union of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers and Technicians of Serbia (SMEITS). The 50th event in a row will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, on December 4-6 at the Sava Center. The program of […]
Priboj in Serbia covers 80% of residential building refurbishment
Saša Vasilić, deputy mayor of the Municipality of Priboj, said the local authorities provided RSD 10 million (EUR 85,000) for energy efficiency measures in residential structures. Five buildings are being renewed in the old part of the town of the same name, where subsidies account for 80%, he noted. The official from southwestern Serbia stressed […]
40 buildings in BiH to be energy-renovated with EUR 19.5 million grant
The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has adopted draft agreements between the German development bank KfW and relevant institutions of Republika Srpska and the Federation of BiH on a EUR 19.5 million grant for the energy renovation of buildings. The grant will be implemented through KfW via financing agreements to be signed […]
Conference on renewable energy sources in district heating and cooling to be held in Belgrade on December 5-6
Regional conference Renewable Energy Sources in District Heating and Cooling Systems, organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Federal Ministry of Finance of Austria, in partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), will be held in Belgrade on December 5-6. The conference takes place at Sava Center as part […]
EIB adopts new energy lending policy, to stop financing fossil fuel projects from end-2021
The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Board of Directors has agreed on a new energy lending policy which envisages that the bank will stop financing fossil fuel projects from the end of 2021. The EIB will no longer consider new financing for unabated, fossil fuel energy projects, including gas, from the end of 2021 onwards, the […]
North Macedonia first to draft strategy in line with national energy, climate plans in Energy Community
North Macedonia’s draft Energy Development Strategy until 2040 is the first to comply with the rules of national energy and climate plans in the Energy Community, the Energy Community Secretariat said following the draft’s presentation. The document is also in line with the five dimensions of the EU Energy Union. The draft is currently under […]
Croatia’s proposed energy strategy envisages raising renewables’ share to 36.4% by 2030
The Croatian government has sent to parliament a proposal of the country’s energy sector development strategy until 2030, with projections until 2050, which envisages increasing renewables’ share in gross final energy consumption to 36.4% by 2030. Presenting the proposal of the strategy, Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav Ćorić said that renewables’ share is […]