Parliamentary Forum: Serbia to avoid mistakes made in Germany’s energy transition
Germany has paid a great amount of money for renewable energy subsidies and this mistake should be avoided by Serbia. A good policy is also to invest in greening existing power plants to reduce CO2 emissions, Tomas Helm of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation said yesterday at the third meeting of the Serbian Parliamentary Energy Policy Forum […]
29 Serbian municipalities signed MoU to improve energy efficiency
Representatives of 29 municipalities in Serbia and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at improving energy efficiency and exploiting the potential of biomass for energy production in local communities. The signed document is to provide assistance to local governments to develop energy efficiency programs, monitor energy consumption and […]
Belgrade Mayor signs contracts with Chinese companies to build waste water plant and heating pipeline
Belgrade Mayor Siniša Mali signed contracts with two Chinese companies to build a heating pipeline from Obrenovac to Novi Beograd and a wastewater processing plant. The contracts with the CMEC (China Machinery Engineering Corporation) and Power Construction Corporation of China were signed during the 16+1 (China and 16 countries of central and eastern Europe) 2017 […]
Croatia’s HEP to supply two Serbia’s cities with electricity
Croatian public utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP) should start supplying electricity to the Serbian city of Valjevo for public lighting and traffic lights by the end of November, while supplies to another Serbian city, Kraljevo, are at the moment uncertain due to the city’s debt to the previous supplier, Serbia’s public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS). […]
GCF climate project to support EUR 100 million worth investments in Serbia
Green Climate Fund (GCF) – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) programme is expected to support around USD 100 million worth of investment opportunities in high-performance energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in Serbia, the Bank told the Balkan Green Energy News portal. The EBRD and GCF co-financed USD 1.4 billion worth programme to […]
Public Call for innovative solutions and ideas in fight against climate change
The United Nations Development Program UNDP, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, announced a Public Call to local governments, public and private companies, civil society organizations and scientific research institutions to develop and propose innovative ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and start the […]
Chinese company interested in building 60 MW wind park in Nova Crnja
The Municipality of Nova Crnja is negotiating with Chinese investors on the construction of a 60 MW wind farm, said the Mayor of Nova Crnja Municipality Pera Milankov. He said that the Municipality has 1,000 hectares for the construction of wind, solar or biogas power plants. “Thanks to this fact, our municipality is unique in Serbia. […]
EBRD seeks consultant for Tranche 2 of Belgrade Water Project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invited expressions of interest from consultants to support the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) for Tranche 2 of Belgrade Water project. The overall objective is to facilitate implementation of the project by rendering assistance, including design, all aspects of procurement and disbursement, and environmental and social (E&S) requirements. […]