Project for hydropower system’s rehabilitation

Natsionalna elektricheska kompania EAD (NEK EAD) intends to use the proceeds of the grant funds provided by the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF), administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development under a grant agreement, and its own financial sources towards the cost of the project for the rehabilitation of hydropower system capacities, […]

News May 29, 2015

National energy strategy vexed in Brussels

„We need a real national program for energy, which would not only stimulate production or subsidize alternative energy, but finance research, training of professionals, production and delivery of services by companies based in Romania,” said Victor Negrescu, member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament. Fourth edition of ‘Romania […]

News May 29, 2015

Hospitals’ makeover brought energy efficiency

Montenegro – Energy Efficiency Project (MEEP), implemented from February 2009 until December 2014, was the first one in the country of its kind and it covered six hospitals, eight schools and a students’ dormitory, the Ministry of Health said. Government of Montenegro borrowed EUR 6.5 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) […]

News May 28, 2015

Project on industrial energy efficiency launched

Regional Environmental Center (REC) brought together industrial companies, governmental institutions, stakeholders, academics and energy efficiency experts, as well as representatives of international organisations, at an event to mark the official launch of the project named ‘Catalysing Market Transformation for Industrial Energy Efficiency and Accelerating Investments in Best Available Practices and Technology’, the aim of which […]

News May 28, 2015

Mecasolar supplies 1 MW in 2-Axis trackers

A new solar project in Miroslava, 400 kilometres north of Bucharest, has been powered with 97 dual axis trackers produced by Mecasolar (Mecanizados Solares SL) from Fustiñana, Spain, the company said in a press release. One of the biggest photovoltaic power plants in the country will be connected to the grid at the end of […]

News May 27, 2015

Energy efficiency measures in Plovdiv kindergartens

The Municipality of Plovdiv intends using part of the proceeds of a grant from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF), administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and its own funds towards the cost of energy efficiency in public buildings, EBRD said. The local authorities invited sealed tenders from contractors for energy […]

News May 26, 2015

KfW to lend EUR 47.5 million for renewable energy projects

Vjekoslav Bevanda, deputy chair of the Council of Ministers and minister of finance and treasury, signed a financial cooperation agreement worth EUR 48 million with Christian Hellbach, ambassador of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bevanda said the deal enables withdrawal of EUR 47.5 million through favourable loans and EUR 500,000 of grant funds, of which […]

News May 26, 2015

EPCG installs submarine power cable in Bay of Kotor

By installing an undersea cable between the capes of Opatovo and Sveta Neđelja in the Bay of Kotor, national energy company EPCG completed an investment worth EUR 250.000. LDU Tivat completed the project of laying the new 35 kV submarine link Opatovo – Sveta Neđelja, around 500 meters long, with the conductor’s cross-section of 240 […]

News May 26, 2015