Belgrade landfill operator to apply to get biogas plant into feed-in tariff system
Once it gets the construction permit under the EUR 330 million public-private partnership (PPP) project to remediate the Vinča landfill, Suez Vinča Operator will apply to sell the output of a 3 MW biogas plant under the feed-in tariff system, according to Marko Milačić, managing director of the firm, 100% owned by France’s Suez Groupe. […]
World Cleanup Day to be organized in 194 municipalities in Serbia
Millions of volunteers around the world will unite on September 15 to clean up roads, parks, beaches, forests, and riversides, with the aim of not only moving towards better waste handling, but also raising awareness both locally and globally about the severity of the situation. World Cleanup Day is a civic action empowered by technology […]
Strawberry energy launches crowdfunding campaign
Serbian startup Strawberry energy has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with the aim of expanding the network of its smart benches. Strawberry energy, whose smart benches use exclusively solar energy, is already present with its next-generation urban furniture in London and 29 other cities. The smart solar benches developed by Strawberry energy, whose commercial […]
ETF team make Serbia proud at world’s largest student competition for energy efficiency solutions
The H-Bridges team of students from the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering (ETF) won 4th place and the Best Education Impact award in the International Future Energy Challenge 2018, the world’s largest student competition in the area of innovative and energy efficiency solutions, held in Beijing from July 18 to 22. The first […]
Serbia seeks to privatize district heating operator, hydraulic engineering firm
The Ministry of Economy has invited letters of interest in the privatization of Energetika, which provides district heating services in Kragujevac, the fourth-largest city in Serbia. The letters of interest, which are to contain a proposal of a privatization model, an indicative purchase price, an investment program, a framework business plan, and the number of […]
Opovo contracts installation of four solar bus shelters
The municipality of Opovo has signed an agreement with Subotica-based Aya Bit Solutions to deliver and install four solar-powered bus shelters. The agreement with Aya Bit Solutions, which won a bid for the project co-financed by the province of Vojvodina, is worth RSD 4.95 million (about EUR 42,000), including VAT. The municipality of Opovo is […]
Novi Sad to seek bids to build new pumping station for wastewater system
Tendering for the construction of a new main pumping station for Novi Sad’s wastewater collection system should be launched soon, the daily Večernje Novosti reported, adding that local authorities have secured RSD 860 million (EUR 7.2 million) for the project. The new main pumping station, to be located between the Kvantaška market and the Žeželj […]
EPS to transform to JSC in 2020, tariff review for 2018 to be completed by end-August, Serbia tells IMF
The legal status of public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) will be changed to a joint-stock company in 2020, while a tariff review for 2018 will be completed by the end of August with the assistance of the World Bank, the Serbian authorities wrote in the program statement concerning the new Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) […]