TuReeff contributing to housing market’s overhaul
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it is helping investments in energy efficient and anti-seismic property development through its Turkish Residential Energy Efficiency Financing Facility (TuReeff). The programme combines as much as USD 216 million (EUR 201.6 million) of loans from the EBRD and EUR 50.41 million of grant co-financing from the Clean […]
Works underway to install 3,200 solar panels
The government’s provisional directive on renewables led to increased interest in this segment recently, and a few years ago entrepreneur Azem Bujak and his Bahen gradnja d. o. o. from Sarajevo built the first solar power facility in eastern Bosnia near Goražde, Al Jazeera reports. The investment of BAM 500,000 (EUR 255,650) was implemented in […]
G20 sets frame for joint green energy policy
The Group of Twenty is expected to boost the adaptation and use of clean energy, Turkey’s acting energy minister Ali Rıza Alaboyun told Anadolu Agency. Energy sustainability is one of the key themes for the G20 under the Turkish presidency. Its leaders adopted principles for collaboration, the agency’s Energy Terminal reported. Energy Sustainability Working Group […]
Biomass, biogas CHP projects get grants from GEF
Mining and energy minister Aleksandar Antić signed grant contracts with representatives of six companies for construction of biomass- or biogas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) facilities in the total value of USD 1.6 million (EUR 1.49 million), following a public call by the ministry. It said three facilities will be installed in Bač, and one […]
Ministry forsees EUR 62.37 million more in revenue
Draft budget of the Ministry of Energy for next year provides a good opportunity for undertaking main activities and performing functions, said Bulgarian minister Temenuzhka Petkova at a joint sitting of the parliamentary committee on energy and the committee on overseeing the activity of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), Focus news agency reported. […]
Italian town gives permission for power cable
Italian company Terna, linking the country with Montenegro via an underwater power cable, has previously published scientific studies that showed the project was designed so as to not endanger the environment, which was also recognized by officials of the Italian town of San Giovanni Teatino, who gave the green light to continue with works, Dnevne […]
Procurement of electric buses initiated in Belgrade
Serbian capital’s mayor Siniša Mali announced a public call for procurement of five electric city buses and stated Belgrade will be the first in the region with such vehicles. In his words, the contract may be signed within a month, and the buses should be in operation by the middle of next year, RTS said. […]
Too much power generation – counterproductive
Energy storage must become a priority for Romania, which should rather increase the number of its large users among industrial users than export energy, deputy chairman of Romania’s Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) Emil Calotă said. „It is unacceptable for a country to overgenerate electricity and export it. It is similar to exporting any other raw […]