FBiH government proposes bill to strengthen polluter pays principle
The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has proposed a bill seeking to strengthen the polluter pays principle and more clearly define the energy efficiency activities of the Environmental Protection Fund, including by renaming it the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund. The polluter pays principle envisaged under the bill on the […]
Zsuzsanna Hargitai starts as new EBRD director for Western Balkans
Zsuzsanna Hargitai has taken over as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) new director for the Western Balkans. Based in Belgrade, she will also head the EBRD’s operations in Serbia. In Serbia, Zsuzsanna Hargitai will succeed Daniel Berg, who is leaving the EBRD after almost 25 years of distinguished service, according to a […]
Energy Community’s Secretariat sends draft climate change law to ministry
The Energy Community’s Secretariat has submitted to the Kosovo* ministry of environment a draft new climate change law, according to a statement from the Secretariat. This new climate change law would be transposing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the Recommendation of the Ministerial Council […]
Turkey seeks to integrate energy storage into planned solar projects
The Turkish energy ministry has hired DNV GL, a Norway-based global quality assurance and risk management firm, to conduct a feasibility study on combined solar and energy storage solutions, seeking to determine whether the integration of energy storage in the future solar auctions has the potential to further cut energy costs, news agencies have reported, […]
Winners of EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 revealed
The winners of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 were announced at an Awards Ceremony with the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, in Brussels. The Businesses and Citizen’s awards went to WiseGRID (Valencia, Spain), one of the three finalists, out of 12, Balkan Green Energy News has picked to present in […]
11th SE Europe Energy Dialogue to be held in Thessaloniki on June 26-27
The 11th edition of the SE Europe Energy Dialogue (SEEED), organized by Institute of Energy for South-East (SE) Europe (IENE) and under the auspices of Greece’s Ministry of Environment and Energy, will be held in Thessaloniki on June 26-27. The purpose of this regional forum (Conference Programme and Confirmed Speakers), which is being organized with […]
Germany’s RWE eyes solar project in Croatia through JV with HEP
Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) expects to launch works on the Kosinj hydropower plant by the end of 2018, while it plans a wind and a solar project in 2019, HEP board member Petar Sprčić has told a conference in Zagreb, noting that he cannot reveal the names of the projects in question. […]
Wind farm quota not to be raised, investors to be selected in tenders – PM
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić has said that feed-in quotas for electricity produced by wind farms will not be increased over the coming period, noting that the construction of new wind farms will primarily depend on bids in tenders. Asked whether wind farm projects, which are focused on Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina, will also […]