EBRD holds launch event for Green Economy Financing Facility in Serbia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) today hosted the launch event for the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) in Serbia, the fourth and largest Western Balkan market where the GEFF, aimed at providing financing for energy efficiency improvements to households through a network of partner banks, has been rolled out to date. The […]
EBRD starts consultations on its draft energy sector strategy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching public consultations on the draft of its upcoming Energy Sector Strategy (ESS), which will guide the Bank’s operations in the sector for the next five years, the international financial institution said in a press release. The current EBRD Energy Sector Strategy came into force in […]
Cycling tour organized under auspices of GIZ ORF-EE in light of the European Mobility Week
As part of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), the cycling club TREK Team Sarajevo organized a cycling tour in the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on September 22. The event was held in light of the European Mobility Week and was supported by the Sarajevo City […]
GIZ ORF-EE helps MPs from region jointly address urban mobility
Building on the multiannual successful cooperation with parliamentarians from South-East Europe in areas of climate change and energy efficiency, the GIZ Open Regional Fund for SEE – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) has recently started a sub-project “Competence development of parliamentarians from South-East Europe on sustainable urban mobility topics,” which aims to extend competence development for members […]
Croatia offers farmers EUR 20.2 million in renewables grants
Croatia’s Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development (APPRRR) has invited applications for renewables grants to co-finance agricultural producers’ investments aimed at improving energy efficiency, according to an invitation available on the agency’s website. The renewables grants can be used to develop facilities for the production of electricity and/or heat energy from renewable energy […]
EBRD providing up to EUR 5.1 million to UniCredit in Serbia to on-lend for energy efficiency, renewables projects
The EBRD is providing a loan of up to RSD 600 million (equivalent to EUR 5.1 million) to UniCredit, the second-largest bank in Serbia, to enhance its financing of the green economy, according to a news release from the EBRD. The loan comes under the EBRD’s EUR 85 million Green Economy Financing Facility for the […]
Evaluation of energy performance of buildings in Albania from the perspective of energy poverty
Author: Lira Hakani, EDEN Center, Tirana, Albania In an op-ed for Balkan Green Energy News, Lira Hakani of the Environmental Center for Development, Education and Networking (EDEN Center) presents the key findings of the Evaluation of Energy Performance of Buildings from the Perspective of Energy Poverty. This evaluation report, the first of its kind in […]
Five EU member states urged to capitalize on building renovation strategies to improve energy efficiency
Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Romania, and Slovenia have only partially met the objectives of Article 4 of the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive, missing the opportunity to deliver an array of benefits through building renovation, according to a report recently published by the Horizon 2020 project EmBuild. “There is clearly a missed opportunity as building renovation has […]