Consultant needed for municipal energy efficiency
The Ministry of Economy announced a public invitation for consulting services for the establishment of a framework for improving energy efficiency in the units of local self-government. The project filed under 01-2404/6 is worth an estimated EUR 35,000, value-added tax included, and the deadline for applications is November 30. The invitation is published on the […]
HEP to start construction of woodchip-fired CHP unit in Osijek
A building permit for a woodchip-fired combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Osijek was secured by HEP Group, a state-owned energy utility, SeeNews reported. The company plans to launch construction works in December, the Croatian Ministry of Economy said. Trial should start in early 2017 with the EUR 16.25 million power plant seen fully […]
Reservoir adds capital for HPP Brodarevo
A non-brokered private placement financing of CAD 1 million (EUR 700,000) was completed by Reservoir Capital Corp. The company said EUR 0.35 units are comprised of one common share and one half of one share purchase warrant. Each entitles the holder to purchase one common share for EUR 0.53 for a period of five years, […]
Building Energy to start biomass power project
The construction of a biomass power plant in Kruševac was announced by Building Energy from Italy and the City of Kruševac in central Serbia. First such project combining electric and thermal energy in the country will have an installed capacity of respectively 4.8 MW and 20 MW and will generate 38.4 GWh of electric power […]
Workshop held about one stop shops for green energy
With support from the Repower-Kosovo* project, funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a workshop was organized on the establishment of a one stop shop to support the development of renewable energy sources projects, Ministry of Economic Development reported on its website. The event was held with the aim to present main challenges […]
Renexpo brings 70 exhibitors from 17 countries
At the two-day Second International Trade Fair and Conferences on Renewables and Energy Efficiency, 70 exhibitors from 17 countries presented their business programmes, products and services. Renexpo event in Sarajevo gathered experts, investors, representatives of international institutions, engineers, government and local officials, news portal Novo vrijeme said. „Renexpo fairs and conferences are business-to-business (B2B) and […]
Moderate progress made in tackling climate change
While primary consumption of energy stood in 2013 at its level from the early 1990s, renewables have increased their share in final energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions decreased over the same time period, Eurostat said in a special report on the occasion of the publication of the 2015 Energy, Transport and Environment statistical book […]
World Bank praises government for energy reforms
The World Bank has considered the reform in the energy sector in Albania as positive. This declaration was made by Ellen Goldstein, the head of the World Bank’s Southeast European office, in a meeting in Tirana with the Albanian energy minister Damian Gjiknuri, Independent Balkan News Agency reported. According to the ministry’s press release, Goldstein […]