Serbia sees waste from commercial activities rise 3.3% in 2017
Waste generated from commercial activities in Serbia in 2017 increased 3.3% compared to the previous year, to 48.9 million metric tons, the Statistics Office has said in a news release. Of the total, 64.7% was non-hazardous waste and 35.3% hazardous waste. By activity, declines in waste generation were reported by agriculture, 6.3%, mining, 0.8%, water […]
GGF Impact Stories: Greening Serbia’s energy mix
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF), which was initiated as a public-private partnership in December 2009 by German development bank KfW and the European Investment Bank (EIB), surpassed major milestones in 2017, increasing the total financing it has provided to final borrowers to over EUR 600 million across more than 25,000 individual projects. The GGF […]
Vojvodina seeks to incentivize solar energy use in agriculture
The Secretariat for Energy, Construction, and Transport of the province of Vojvodina has invited applications for grants to back projects to use solar energy for irrigation. Registered agricultural producers will be able to compete for a total of RSD 10 million in grants, which can cover up to 80% of investment needed for a single project, but […]
Contractors selected for biomass boiler in Priboj, tendering for district heating plant ahead
After concluding the tendering procedure, the Municipality of Priboj signed a RSD 89.9 million contract on the design, procurement and installation of a biomass boiler with a consortium led by MPP Jedinstvo Sevojno with contractors Viessmann Belgrade and Čip from Prokuplje and Axis Construction Bureau from Novi Sad as a subcontractor. The investment is funded […]
Recyclers, reusable plastic bag producers invited to apply for 2018 subsidies amid calls to boost funding
The Ministry of Environmental Protection has invited recyclers and reusable plastic bag producers to apply for the 2018 subsidies, to be earmarked under the 2019 state budget, which is to be prepared later this year. The recycling subsidies are available to licensed operators of waste reuse and waste treatment facilities, including those using waste as […]
HPP Đerdap 1’s overhaul to be completed in 2021, EPS says following signature with Russian contractor
Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has signed the 10th addendum to an agreement on the revitalization of the Đerdap 1 hydropower plant (HPP) with Russia’s Siloviye Mashiny to complete the largest Serbian HPP’s overhaul, EPS said. The revitalization of the A2 unit of the Đerdap 1 hydropower plant is planned to begin in […]
Roundtable on green building certification: Energy passports to be checked
The drafting of new energy efficiency rulebooks is under way to introduce checks of mandatory energy passports for buildings, representatives of the Ministry of Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure said at a roundtable on green building certification in Serbia. The gathering was organized by the Serbia Green Building Council, whose representatives urged the state to support […]
Erste Bank gets EUR 5 million loan from EBRD to on-lend for home energy efficiency
Erste Bank has become the first Serbian bank to receive financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for home energy efficiency through a RSD 600 million (equivalent to EUR 5 million) loan for on-lending to residential clients. Erste Bank’s home energy efficiency loans are aimed at citizens planning to invest in energy […]