EIB issues first Sustainability Awareness Bond as Bankwatch urges it to shift away from fossil fuels
Just as the European Investment Bank (EIB), heavily present in South-East Europe (SEE), issued its first, EUR 500 million Sustainability Awareness Bond, CEE Bankwatch Network, one of the largest networks of environmental civil society organizations (CSO) in Central and Eastern Europe, unveiled a report calling on the lender to shift away from financing fossil fuels […]
Five EU member states urged to capitalize on building renovation strategies to improve energy efficiency
Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Romania, and Slovenia have only partially met the objectives of Article 4 of the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive, missing the opportunity to deliver an array of benefits through building renovation, according to a report recently published by the Horizon 2020 project EmBuild. “There is clearly a missed opportunity as building renovation has […]
Industry association expects major deployment surge as EU removes trade duties on solar panels from China
Now that the EU’s trade measures on solar panels from China have expired, Brussels-based industry association SolarPower Europe expects a major solar deployment surge across the bloc, based on a 2017 study from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST). Following the European Commission’s decision not to extend the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy […]
EBRD seeks to put investments that bring environmental benefits at heart of its financing, advisory activities
In her first interview since taking the helm of the EBRD’s regional operations in the Western Balkans, Zsuzsanna Hargitai discusses the international finance institution’s green financing and planned projects in the region. She tells Balkan Green Energy News that the EBRD takes seriously non-governmental organizations’ (NGO) recent reports about hydropower plant financing by its financial […]
EBRD looking to employ Principal Fund Manager, Renewable District Energy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is seeking to hire Principal Fund Manager, Renewable District Energy, to be based in Belgrade, Serbia. The deadline to apply is September 19. Reporting to the Deputy Head of Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure and in close collaboration with the respective sector teams, including the Energy Efficiency and Climate Change […]
3rd Energy Community Summer School kicks off in Split
Forty young women and men, postgraduate students and young professionals from 26 countries gathered in Split, Croatia on August 25, taking part in the official 3rd Energy Community Summer School Kick-off Ceremony. The School will run until September 1 and brings together participants and lecturers from various backgrounds. ORF-EE supports the implementation of the EnC Summer […]
NÜWIEL’s electric-powered bike trailer brings sustainable mobility closer to your doorstep
Freight transportation in urban areas accounts for up to 21% of all CO2 emissions, while it is also responsible for noise emissions and traffic congestion. Germany’s NÜWIEL, a finalist of this year’s clim@ competition for startups organized by the Green for Growth Fund (GGF), has a solution. NÜWIEL is a tech startup from Hamburg founded […]
Two more weeks left for comments on EU-backed principles, list of sustainable hydropower projects in Western Balkans
The extended deadline to provide comments on the draft Principles for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western Balkans and on the draft Indicative List of Projects associated with the Regional Strategy for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western Balkans, an EU-funded study, expires on August 31. The draft list contains the existing and potential greenfield hydropower projects that may receive financial […]