Bulgarian Finance Facility Energy Efficiency Window for SMEs (SMEFF-EE) closed
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), KfW development bank from Germany and Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) e. a. d. (RBB) successfully closed an EU grant-supported Finance Facility Energy Efficiency Window for SMEs (SMEFF-EE) based in Bulgaria. Econoler said it had been hired to support RBB and the applying SMEs in identifying, developing and implementing energy efficiency […]
Turkey increases incentives for renewable energy
As it relies more on local resources to generate electricity, Turkey’s government expands incentives that cover renewable energy investments, the country’s Investment Support and Promotion Agency said on its website. According to a recent legislative amendment, the manufacturing of equipment such as turbines, generators and wind blades will be considered priority investments and will be […]
Video game presents SEE 2050 Energy Model
As the climate talks were beginning in Paris, a group of civil society organisations under SEE SEP programme launched a video game version of the South East Europe (SEE) 2050 Energy Model. The organisations argue that the countries in the region can have a cleaner, fairer and more efficient energy system, resilient to future climate […]
Liberalization leads to power price increases
Energy minister Temenuzhka Petkova stated the forthcoming energy market opening in Bulgaria is likely to lead to higher tariffs for electricity, Novinite agency reported. In an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), she said the power price hike could be expected immediately after liberalization in the beginning of next year. Petkova didn’t give any […]
First biomass fueled heating plant in Croatia finished
The first municipal heating system on biomass in Croatia was launched in Pokupsko, southeast of capital Zagreb. It was completely financed by European Union’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance in Rural Development (Ipard), local portal Kronike Velike Gorice reported. The system has a capacity of 1.1 MW, and thirty users were connected through individual substations worth […]
Study on renewable energy policy presented by CIRSD
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) released a study on renewable energy policy in Serbia and the Western Balkans. The study, entitled ’A Roadmap for Deploying Renewable Energy Sources in Serbia and the Regional Perspective,’ was presented before an audience of more than 200 experts, university professors, representatives of the diplomatic corps, […]
Employers praise Solar Energy for Everyone scheme
The government’s stimulation programme aimed at installing up to 40 MW of capacity in photovoltaic systems until the end of 2016 earned approval from the Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB). Half of the quota in the scheme called ’Solar Energy for Everyone’ is for users’ own needs, the organization stressed. Employers underscored new measures […]
Hydro project endangers Danube salmon’s habitat
Kelag, an Austrian–German energy company, is building hydropower station Medna, endangering a globally threatened fish species, non-governmental organizations and scientists said. The investor is about to destroy one of the most important river sections for the endangered Danube salmon or huchen (Hucho hucho) in Europe, according to a joint press release by Riverwatch, EuroNatur, Center […]