EU standards for product design to ease recycling
Amendments to European Union rules in the waste management sector will affect the way products are designed in order to make them more recyclable, reusable and repairable, said Kyriakos Parpounas, general manager of Green Dot (Cyprus) Public Co. Ltd. The head of the package material recycling organisation told Cyprus News Agency there will also be […]
Balkan countries sign up to Sustainability Charter
The six contracting parties from Southeastern Europe agreed on the Sustainability Charter at the Western Balkan 6 Summit in Paris, Energy Community said. Underlining the need to improve the health situation and prosperity in the region, their governments agreed to upgrade the effort to tap into energy savings and renewable energy generation potential, according to […]
Gradual tightening of environmental rules is beneficial
Implementation of targets for separate collection of packaging waste in municipalities is the direction for further development of recycling industry in Serbia, said Mihail Mateski. The general manager of Greentech d.o.o. as well as of Macedonian Grinteh MK d.o.o. told Balkan Green Energy News the measure should be paired with bigger investments in infrastructure for […]
Public Dialogue Initiative on Sustainable Use of Energy in SEE
By Jasna Sekulović, GIZ ORF-EE Project Manager One of the declarative goals of the European Union is reduction of energy consumption by 20% until 2020. Considering that all countries of Southeast Europe (SEE) are signatories of the Energy Community Treaty, which came into force on 1 July 2006, this goal is of national relevance for […]
Energy Community gathers 24 non-governmental organizations
The inaugural Energy Community Civil Society Day brought together 24 organisations from 11 countries at on June 21. Representatives of international financial institutions, academic institutions, government ministries as well as the European Parliament and Commission also took part. The Energy Community (EnC) said the aim of the event, which will be organized on an annual […]
IBEX in talks about coupling with Greece, Romania
Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX), part of state-run Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), is negotiating about the integration with markets in Greece and Romania through coupling, chief executive Konstantin Konstantinov said, Reuters reported on June 16. The bourse’s trade volume is 250 MWh a month on average, much more than Serbian SEEPEX and Croatian CROPEX, the […]
Winners of the EUSEW Awards 2016
The winners of EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) Awards 2016 for innovative energy projects were revealed at the Awards ceremony in Brussels on June 14. For the first time, this included a Citizens’ Award, chosen online by thousands of members of the public. The ceremony marked the end of the first day of 2016 EUSEW Policy […]
Decision makers get acquainted with Pluto initiative
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it presented its innovative financing scheme in support of geothermal energy projects at a three-day IGC Turkey conference. The Pluto initiative, worth USD 125 million (EUR 110 million), provides finance and advice to private developers at exploratory stages in a move to tap Turkey’s significant potential for geothermal energy […]
