Nord Pool, EPEX SPOT interested in strategic partnership with Montenegrin power exchange
Nord Pool and EPEX SPOT are interested in getting stakes in the Montenegrin Power Exchange (MEPX), which is starting preparations for a tendering procedure to select a strategic partner, with plans to launch operations in the third quarter of 2019, the Montenegrin government has said on its website. A document on regional energy market integration […]
Croatia to co-finance installation of EV charging stations in 2018
Croatia’s Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF) plans to co-finance the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in 2018. According to an announcement on the EPEEF’s website, an invitation will be issued soon to local governments and other direct and indirect budget beneficiaries to apply for assistance, and to companies and entrepreneurs to […]
Albanian court upholds annulment of HPP projects
The first-instance Administrative Court in Tirana has upheld the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy’s decision to scrap HP Bigas dhe Veleshnje Energy’s projects to build two HPPs in Albania’s grand Osumi Canyon, a major tourist and rafting attraction. The Albanian investor had contested the ministry’s decision to partially annul a contract on the investment before […]
Opovo contracts installation of four solar bus shelters
The municipality of Opovo has signed an agreement with Subotica-based Aya Bit Solutions to deliver and install four solar-powered bus shelters. The agreement with Aya Bit Solutions, which won a bid for the project co-financed by the province of Vojvodina, is worth RSD 4.95 million (about EUR 42,000), including VAT. The municipality of Opovo is […]
Government proposes changes to law on biofuels, adopts energy efficiency report for 2017
The Croatian government has adopted a bill on changes to the law on biofuels, setting a 7% ceiling for the share of first-generation biofuels in the total direct annual energy consumption in transport by 2020, in line with the EU Directive 2015/1513. Under the bill, the indicative national target of the share of advanced biofuels […]
ORF-EE and Association of Municipalities and Cities of FBiH hold SUM Training in Konjic
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), in collaboration with the Association of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) – Savez općina i gradova FBiH, held a Training on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Konjic on July 19. The meeting brought together representatives of municipalities of FBiH who […]
Slovenia boosts 2018 subsidies to fight climate change
The Slovenian government has adopted a revision of the 2018 budget of Eko Sklad, the public environmental fund managed by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, increasing subsidies planned for 2018 as part of efforts to fight climate change, according to a press release from the government. Eko Sklad can now provide up […]
Serbia preparing project to expand network of EV charging stations – CEH-V director
A major state project is being developed to expand Serbia’s network of electric vehicle charging stations, said Miloš Petrović, director of the Center for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (CEH-V), set up in cooperation with the University of Belgrade Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Serbia needs an estimated 150 EV charging stations, Petrović said, local media reported, […]