200,000 more electric vehicle charging stations planned in next 4 years
Romania intends to install 200,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the next four years, as part of efforts to boost its share of renewables for fuels used in road transport, which is at only 1% currently, Minister of Energy Anton Anton has said, Romania’s Business Review has reported. Earlier this year, Romanian renewable energy company […]
Sofia launches work on Green City Action Plan – EBRD
Sofia has started working on its Green City Action Plan (GCAP) to identify environmental challenges and actions to address them, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which is helping the Bulgarian capital produce the GCAP under its Green Cities Framework (GrCF), said in a news release. A coalition of nine doctor and health […]
Number of electric vehicles in Croatia to rise by 64% this year
As a result of the incentives granted by the Croatian Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, the country will get 133 electric and 1 plug-in cars, 224 electric bikes and 56 electric motorcycles in the next six months. The public invitation for individuals, closed just one day after it was opened due to strong interest, […]
Croatia plans to provide EUR 30 million for individuals to install rooftop PV systems
Croatia’s Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF) should invite applications by the end of the year for two rounds of funding to back the installation of rooftop photovoltaic power stations, EPEEF Deputy Director Alenka Košiša Čičin-Šain said. “Two public invitations should be launched by the end of the year for installing rooftop photovoltaic power […]
Bulgaria to set up 10 hydrogen fueling stations by 2025
Ten hydrogen vehicle fueling stations will be installed in Bulgaria by 2025, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Anguel Popov has announced. The construction of the stations is envisaged under the national program for alternative fuel markets. Popov also said that the possible locations for the hydrogen fueling stations are being examined and […]
EUSEW 2018: Presentation of finalists – WiseGRID’s tools for a smarter grid
Winners of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 will be unveiled on June 5. A total of 12 finalists from 10 different EU countries across 4 categories (Consumers, Public Sector, Businesses, and the newly added Young Energy Leaders) are on the shortlist of the year’s most successful projects. The full list of finalists is here, […]
ORF-EE discusses Sustainable Urban Mobility in SEE at the 5th European Conference on SUMPs
The GIZ ORF-EE and representatives of partner cities from South-East Europe (SEE) took part in the 5th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs), which was held from May 14-15 in Nicosia, Cyprus, to discuss sustainable mobility in SEE. In line with the European Commission’s decision to make 2018 the year of multimodality, the […]
Serbia gives up on biannual vehicle inspections for older cars amid pushback
Serbia will amend a law to scrap one of two inspections a year required for vehicles over 15 years of age Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović said amid an uproar over an announcement the rule would start applying nine years since the law was adopted. The biannual vehicle inspections were to be introduced on July 5 […]
