Novi Sad to get its second cogeneration facility
The public heating utility Novosadska Toplana is planning to build a second cogeneration energy plant this summer to produce electricity and heat energy as part of the reconstruction of the TO Jug heat facility with production of heat and electric energy expected in May 2019, Balkan Green Energy News was told by that company. This […]
Aarhus Centers to initiate dialogue between citizens, business, and state on circular economy
Aarhus Centers will foster transition to a circular economy and more efficient use of natural resources by providing a framework for the exchange of information, knowledge, and experience between citizens, decision-makers and the private sector. This is one of the main takeaways from the first national workshop in Belgrade, which marks the launching of a […]
Sombor to get power from biogas produced at waste water processing plant
The local authorities in the Vojvodina town of Sombor are planning to build an electricity production plant using biogas from a wastewater processing plant. The equipment will be bought by mid-2018 and production is due to start in the autumn. The power plant, as newspaper Dnevnik reported, will be built as part of the Interreg IPA […]
How to cut heating bills at retail outlets, without CAPEX expenditure
Seeking to change the heat energy supplier at one of its retail outlets, retailer Mercator-S turned to regional energy services company GGE for expert assistance.The task at hand contained an important element – the project was to be realized with no CAPEX expenditure. The innovative ESCO model of improving energy efficiency, which GGE is successfully […]
Rimac: German company to build factory for electric vehicles in Serbia
Mate Rimac, the founder of Croatia’s electric carmaker Rimac automobili, announced on social networks that a major German automotive company will build a factory for the production of electric vehicles’ engines in Serbia. On his social network account, Rimac wrote that he was recently at the meeting of the board of directors of a major […]
MK Fintel Wind secured loan for Košava wind farm
MK Fintel Wind has announced that it has secured EUR 81.5 million for the completion of Košava Phase 1 wind park near Vršac in Serbia. MK Fintel Wind is owned by Italy’s Fintel Energia Group and Serbia’s MK holding, whose owner is businessman Miodrag Kostić, has already built two wind farms in Serbia. The construction […]
Commission for PPP helping municipalities adopt strategic approach
The protection of the public interest, clear allocation of responsibilities, risk sharing and raising the level of public services’ quality are among the most important tasks of the Commission for Public-Private Partnership (PPP), said Andrijana Jovanović, Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for PPP. In an interview for the Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model […]
VIDEO: Belgrade partners with BEA global initiative for energy efficiency enhancement
Since the City of Belgrade joined the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA), the efforts to establish prerequisites for implementing policies and programs for energy efficiency have gathered a variety of experts in energy field, across state and city-level public institutions, academia, international organizations and development agencies in charge of or engaged in improving living and working conditions […]