Firms in North Macedonia seek partners from region for O2 Challenge
Micro, small and medium-sized firms in North Macedonia can apply alone or in groups for the O2 Challenge, ideally involving partners from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo* or Albania. Eligible endeavors lower emissions and help the adaptation to climate change. Marketable and innovative processes, services, products, methodologies and activities dealing with the environmental impact […]
Smart transformation of coal business into geothermal heating, power system by Spanish Hunosa Grupo
Grupo Hunosa, undergoing a transformation away from coal, its basic activity, used geothermal energy from its former mine to build a 6 MW heating and power system. The project in the north of Spain won the Global District Heating Award. The cooperation between Hulleras del Norte SA and the University of Oviedo in Asturias helped […]
Verbund discontinues last coal-fired energy plant in Austria; eyes hydrogen
Government-owned Verbund switched the Mellach coal-fired heat and power unit to a backup role, ending all regular electricity supply from the fossil fuel to the grid in Austria as it studies applications for green hydrogen. As high temperatures shortened the heating season, the Mellach cogeneration facility, which covered most of the district heating in Graz, […]
5 ways lobbyists are using COVID-19 to weaken EU environmental laws
Are EU environmental laws and the European Green Deal really at stake because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Lobby groups in Brussels are doing their best to diminish them, Anton Lazarus, Communications Manager at European Environmental Bureau (EEB), says in his article and lists five examples of how corporate lobbyists asked for the suspension of crucial […]
Ecosystem services – nature’s contributions to people
In the past decades, and especially after the 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the term ecosystem services has been used in public discourse on an international level for any kind of benefit for people stemming from a sustained process in nature (ecosystems). There are four kinds of ecosystem services: nature’s provisions like food, fuel, genetic resources, […]
Electricity prices to dive 30% in the region – analyst
Electricity prices in the region could fall 30%, said Nickolay Kiskinov, managing partner at Bulgaria-based Vladimirov Kiskinov Attorneys-at-law. The current electricity prices at the power exchange in Bulgaria are mostly similar to those in the European western markets where, after the initial collapse, prospects are beginning to change due to expectations of economic recovery, he said […]
Officials, CEOs, NGOs call for green revival from COVID-19 in EU
An ad-hoc group is pressuring the EU to stay on track with its environmentally friendly economic measures. Heads of companies, business associations and think tanks joined ministers and members of the European Parliament calling on decision makers in Brussels to make sure the revival from the COVID-19 downturn is green. The European Commission reacted to […]
Coronavirus puts medical, infectious waste in security spotlight
The pandemic will change much of the world even if we exclude the heavy blow it inflicted on the economy. It is time for a new approach to various segments of life. The coronavirus and future crises warrant much more careful handling of medical and infectious waste. The latest information shows Serbia and other countries […]
