Electric scooter sharing app Flow to be available in Belgrade in 2020
Romanian electric scooter sharing app Flow will be offered in Belgrade, Serbia in 2020, according to Bogdan Enoiu, managing director of marketing communications agency McCann Erickson Romania and manager of the Flow business, the Romanian media reports. Flow also plans expansion to Croatia and Israel, Enoiu told Profit.ro. The Flow app, whose main competition in Bucharest, Romania […]
Tesla “hoping” to open in Croatia, Serbia in early 2020 – Elon Musk
U.S. automotive and energy company Tesla, Inc. is “hoping to open in Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia & most of Eastern Europe early next year,” its co-founder and CEO Elon Musk has tweeted. “Finally, we will do Nikola Tesla proud by having his cars in his countries of origin!” – according to Musk’s tweet. Hoping to open […]
Call for co-financing rooftop PV systems on individuals’ buildings in Croatia
Croatia’s Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) has invited applications for a total of HRK 20 million (EUR 2.7 million) in funding to back the installation of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems on individuals’ buildings. The public call covers PV systems connected to the grid, as well as off-grid PV systems. Homeowners can receive up […]
Six companies submit applications to install 257 MW of PV plants in Croatia
The construction of seven solar power plants with a combined installed capacity of 257 MW is planned in Croatia, according to applications submitted to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy. The two power plants with a total capacity of 95 MW planned by Croatian power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) alone would increase Croatia’s total installed solar […]
Croatia’s largest integrated solar power plant for self-consumption unveiled
Genera, the Croatian subsidiary of the UK-based veterinary products manufacturer Dechra Pharmaceuticals, has officially opened the country’s largest integrated solar power plant for self-consumption. The integrated solar renewable energy facility, built under a GBP 1.3 million investment partially subsidized by EU funds, features 5,543 rooftop photovoltaic (PV) panels fitted at Genera’s plant in Sveta Nedelja, […]
Croatia issues third public call this summer for geothermal exploration
The Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency (CHA) has announced a public call to select the best bid for geothermal energy exploration in the Križevci exploration area, for the purpose of issuing an extraction license for energy use, the third such invitation issued in as many months. The deadline to submit bids is September 7, 2019, according to […]
Porsche lifts stake in Croatian electric car maker Rimac Automobili to 15.5%
Automotive giant Porsche AG has increased its share in Croatian technology and electric sports car company Rimac Automobili to 15.5%, from 10% it acquired in June last year. In May this year, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation decided to invest EUR 80 million in Rimac Automobili. “As Porsche increases the scale of its […]
Osijek gets EUR 1.77 million for e-mobility project, cycling lane upgrade
The City of Osijek has been handed two contracts on a total of HRK 13.1 million (EUR 1.77 million) in funding for an e-mobility project, which involves setting up a bike-share scheme, and for upgrading two cycling lanes, according to a statement on the city’s website. The e-mobility project involves the procurement of a total […]