Tendering: City of Belgrade’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
The City of Belgrade has announced tendering for the development of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP), with the deadline for the submission of bids set at January 24, 2019. The Secretariat for Public Transport said in the tendering documentation that the SUMP must transform a traditional, passenger car-oriented transport system into a transport system adapted […]
4th Meeting of the Green Club of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH
Supporting the work of the Green Club of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), GIZ ORF-EE partner – School of Political Studies from BiH, in collaboration with the GIZ Open Regional Fund for SEE-Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), organized from 14 to 15 December the 4th Meeting of the Green Club of BiH. The meeting […]
With 5G rollout around the corner, Serbia readies to test driverless cars on the highway, in cross-border traffic
Serbia has joined a European project to establish 5G corridors to test driverless cars. In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News, Irini Reljin, assistant minister for electronic communications and postal services at the Ministry of Trade, Tourism, and Telecommunications and a professor at the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering, discusses why the […]
EIB supports Rimac Automobili with EUR 30 million loan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Croatia’s Rimac Automobili have signed a EUR 30 million loan for investment in research and development of electric vehicles (EVs) and related components, the EIB said in a press release. According to the EIB, the financing will allow the innovative car company to further develop its electric driving technologies. […]
HEP commissions another EV charging station, brings overall number to over 50
Croatian power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has commissioned an ELEN electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Viškovo. Two vehicles can be charged simultaneously at the EV charging point, HEP said in a news release. The ELEN EV charging station in Viškovo has been set up based on an agreement with the municipality of Viškovo, which […]
World’s first bike path made from recycled plastic opens in Netherlands
The world’s first PlasticRoad bike path opened recently in Zwolle, the Netherlands. Made from recycled plastic, the PlasticRoad is a completely circular product, with a significantly smaller carbon footprint than traditional road structures thanks to the longer lifespan and the reduction of transport movements involved in its construction, according to developers – Dutch firms KWS […]
President Rumen Radev vetoes higher taxes for older cars sought over air pollution
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has vetoed changes to the corporate income tax law introducing higher taxes on older cars in a push to tackle air pollution in the country. According to the presidential office’s press release, higher levies would not have the desired environmental impact. In 2017, Bulgaria was the first country to be sentenced […]
UNDP financing Sarajevo – Smart City Initiative to help improve environmental public services
The City of Sarajevo and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) officially launching cooperation under the Sarajevo – Smart City Initiative. The project will support identification and piloting of technology-based solutions that help improve public services such as those in the area of air […]
