Four cities in region are among 12 European Mobility Week finalists
Rethymno and Karditsa from Greece, Kruševac in Serbia and Turkey’s Ordu are on the list in three out of four categories. The main idea of last year’s action was safe walking and cycling. Kruševac, Rethymno and Wrocław were declared leading big municipalities in European mobility. Four urban areas in Balkan countries entered the selection of […]
TMD Group to produce components for Mitsubishi Motors electric cars
TMD Group will produce components in Bosnia and Herzegovina for electric cars manufactured by Japanese automotive giant Mitsubishi Motors. According to local media, TMD has recently started the construction of a new facility, an investment estimated at BAM 20 million (EUR 10.2 million). Test production at the company’s existing facilities in Gradačac has already begun […]
Master’s students can apply for ESED scholarship of up to USD 21,000 by March 6
In the region tracked by Balkan Green Energy News, excellent students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Turkey and Kosovo* are eligible for the scholarship program. There is one week left for exceptional students from developing countries to apply for the 2020-2021 Education for Sustainable Energy Development (ESED) program. Global Sustainable Electricity […]
VW to test autonomous, electric cars in Thasos as it mulls investment
Volkswagen is working on a study in cooperation with the government in Athens. The first update is expected by April. VW could decide to invest after trying out autonomous driving and other innovative solutions. Germany’s automotive giant aspires to develop a smart island system in the north Aegean. Greece’s government has teamed up with Volkswagen […]
Romania to invest EUR 53 million in charging stations for hybrid, electric vehicles
Romania is launching a EUR 53 million state aid scheme to stimulate investments in charging stations for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs) which will span from 2020 to 2025. The measure is approved by the European Commission under EU state aid rules. Romania currently has more than 150 charging stations for EVs. In 2018, authorities […]
Cyprus expands incentive scheme for electric cars, vehicle replacement
The Council of Ministers intends to increase the EUR 3 million package. Cyprus set aside EUR 5,000 for new electric cars that cost up to EUR 40,000 and EUR 2,000 apiece for those who switch to a new conventional unit and scrap a vehicle older than 15 years. Thousands of drivers applied for a chunk […]
Sarajevo gets EUR 35 million in loans for greener public transport
The Ministry of Finance and Treasury of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EBRD have signed two loan agreements supported under the lender’s Green Cities program for public transport in Sarajevo. The investments will help Sarajevo, one of the cities that have the most polluted air not only in the region but in the entire world, […]
TOGG presents Turkey’s first domestically made electric vehicle
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is about to take the prototype of a compact sports utility vehicle for a spin for the media in Gebze near Istanbul. Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc., founded under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, is developing the first domestically produced car within a planned series of […]