Aqos developing solar-powered car
A team of designers and entrepreneurs based in Belgrade is working on solutions to reduce the car industry’s share in greenhouse gas emissions. Saša Milovančević, one of the founders and chief executive of Aqos Technologies d.o.o., said a solar film which the startup developed allows for the creation of thematic solar-conventional vehicles which won’t have […]
Zagreb gets first ultra-fast solar car charging station
In front of the City Administration of Zagreb building, on Stjepan Radić Square, HEP Group inaugurated the first ELEN LEAF battery charging station for electric vehicles. It is a prototype of the most advanced charging station for electric cars in Croatia and also the first that is powered by solar energy, the state-controlled utility said. […]
Students present Feitmobile electric kart
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (FEIT) presented the Feitmobile, the prototype of a go-kart which runs on electric power, Emagazin.mk reported. Vice dean Hristina Spasevska said the institution is proud of EL-KA, team of 15 students who collaborated for 10 months in the design of the vehicle. The Feitmobile has an electric engine […]
Plans for Bela Anta wind park undergo public display
The obligatory public display of documents ended after Wellbury-Bela Anta submitted documents for the preparation of detailed regulation infrastructure plan for its wind energy project. Bela Anta power plant is planned for 120 MW, to be installed in Dolovo near the city of Pančevo northeast of Serbia’s capital Belgrade. The next step for the company is to […]
GGF enhances support to Yapı Kredi Leasing
A third senior loan was approved for Turkey’s Yapı Kredi Leasing by the Green for Growth Fund, Southeast Europe (GGF). The institution said it set EUR 20 million for the company’s financing programme for renewable energy production and energy efficient machinery. The subsidiary of Yapı Kredi Bankası holds a strong energy efficiency lending portfolio and […]
IFC helping Albania develop day-ahead power market
International Finance Corporation said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Albania’s Ministry of Energy on establishing a domestic day-ahead electricity market. The member of the World Bank Group will advise the government in order to help enable purchasing electricity from and selling electricity to neighbouring countries. It will increase price transparency, and improve […]
JAC Motors mulls e-car production in Bulgaria
The possibility to build an assembly plant for electric vehicles with locally sourced components is considered by JAC Motors, maker of passenger cars and heavy vehicles. The news was published by Bulgaria’s Ministry of Economy after a meeting with the Chinese company’s officials. JAC sees the Black Sea country as an entry point to European […]
Slovenian capital dedicated the whole of June to energy efficiency
The Dutch city of Nijmegen, chosen to be the 2018 European Green Capital Award, and Ireland’s Galway, which was selected for the 2017 European Green Leaf, were crowned at a ceremony in Ljubljana. The city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands and Sweden’s Umeå also competed to become the green capital, while Cornellà de Llobregat of […]