EBRD sets EUR 500 million more for green energy
At a high-level conference in Istanbul, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development revealed it will finance sustainable energy in Turkey with an additional EUR 500 million. Under the Mid-size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (MidSEFF), now totalling EUR 1.5 billion, funds are provided to Turkish banks in the form of loans and capital market instruments for on-lending to private […]
IBEX gets first industrial consumer of power on board
Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) said it admitted the first final industrial consumer of electricity among its members. The unnamed company is allowed to buy electricity for own consumption from the power exchange. The day-ahead market launched trading on January 19 and ten days later it became the 25th full member of Europex association. In […]
Forest biomass use included in Austrian-backed projects
Macedonia is launching projects in the forest sector with the support of Austria, aiming at sustainable management and environmental protection, Macedonian Information Agency said. Žarko Karadžovski, head of enterprise Makedonski šumi (Macedonian Forests), which is implementing the projects, said a strategy on the usage of forest biomass as a renewable energy source is incorporated in […]
Rental property energy certificates to be abolished
Lovro Kuščević, new minister of construction and physical planning, said on state television HRT he decided to annul the rule rental property needs an energy certificate, after consulting the Ministry of Tourism and many experts. Energy legislation, which came into effect on January 1, obligates those who rent or lease out accommodation in Croatia to […]
Locals oppose hydropower plant projects
No to hydropower plants on Nera river – villagers of Prigor in the Romanian county of Caraș-Severin remained determined after meeting investors on February 16, Moj kraj portal from the Serbian city of Pančevo reported. The locals were supported by environmentalist associations from Serbia and Romania as well as people from the academic community. The […]
Permits for 200 kW in solar applied for from Tešanj
Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina published a notice with a list of nine new requests for issuance of energy permits for the construction of new and reconstruction of existing solar power plants, five of which are from Tešanj, a municipality located in the entity’s north. TIK d. […]
Inventor designs hydraulic ram irrigation pump
An innovator from Belgrade, capital of Serbia, created his own environmentally friendly water pump which he says consumes no energy, has no engine and works without electricity. The system is intended for irrigation, Miloš Jakovljević told Tanjug agency, adding only 3% of agricultural land in the country is covered, while advanced states have 68%. The […]
Brodarevo hydro projects study back in procedure
Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Serbia renewed the procedure for the permit to Canadian company Renewable Energy Ventures d. o. o. (REV) for hydroelectric power plant projects close to the border with Montenegro. Non-governmental organization Euromost said both governments are obligated under the Espoo Environmental Impact Assessment Convention to exchange information and monitor […]