EUSEW 2018: Presentation of finalists – Croatian agency raises the profile of energy transition
Winners of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 will be unveiled on June 5. A total of 12 finalists from 10 different EU countries across 4 categories (Consumers, Public Sector, Businesses, and the newly added Young Energy Leaders) are on the shortlist of the year’s most successful projects. The full list of finalists is here, and […]
Parliamentary Forum for Energy Policy: Political will crucial for energy transition
Members of parliament (MPs) can be generators of political will, which is a prerequisite for energy transition, while the Serbian Parliamentary Energy Policy Forum is an ideal example of good practice in this area, the forum participants said at the fifth meeting. At the 5th meeting of the forum entitled “Energy and Climate Change – […]
Local governments invited to apply for energy efficiency grants
The Serbian Ministry of Mining and Energy has invited local governments to propose projects to be financed from the budget fund for improving energy efficiency in 2018, with up to around EUR 1.06 million (RSD 125 million) in grants envisaged to be disbursed. Of the total budget for energy efficiency projects in 2018, up to […]
Feed-in premiums, auctions seen replacing “obsolete” feed-in tariff model
The feed-in tariff model of incentives for renewable energy production is obsolete, and the next step will be the introduction of feed-in premiums and auctions, said Miloš Banjac, assistant energy minister for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Banjac, however, did not specify which subsidy mechanism will be in place after the existing decree on feed-in […]
New platform launched to improve donor coordination in Energy Community
The Energy Community (EnC) Donor Coordination Platform has been launched by the community’s Secretariat as the first online platform to feature the key donor programs across all the EnC Contracting Parties and observer countries, according to a statement from the Secretariat. The main purpose of the platform, which covers all sectors included in the EnC […]
Croatia launches project to upgrade power grid
The Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy published an advertisement for the direct allocation of a project to introduce advanced IT networks into the distribution system operator (DSO) HEP – ODS company which supplies power to the population and companies across the country. HEP – ODS is subsidiary of the power utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda […]
Informal Green Parliamentary Group established in Montenegro
The School of Democratic Leadership in cooperation with the members of the Montenegrin Parliament established an informal Green Parliamentary Group with the support of the German organization GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH). The aim of this project is to prioritize and put into the focus of decision making process the issues of environmental […]
Albanian MPs, parliamentary staff trained on energy efficiency and climate
An informative seminar was organized at the Albanian Parliament to discuss the role of MPs in drafting and monitoring energy efficiency policies and climate matters, according to a statement from the Academy of Political Studies (ASP), which organized the event in cooperation with the Parliament. The seminar was supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale […]