Pipistrel’s electric aircraft as solution for vertical mobility and greener aviation
Aviation is responsible for more than 2% of global CO2 emissions, which ranks it in the top 10 emitters. At the same time, the cities all around the world are trying to tackle air and noise pollution and massive traffic jams. Couple that with the facts that battery prices are rapidly becoming lower and that […]
Slovenian blockchain-based energy trading platform SunContract to expand to Italy
Slovenian blockchain-powered energy trading platform SunContract has recently entered into a strategic partnership with Italian energy company Tecnoapp. Under a cooperation agreement signed by SunContract and Tecnoapp, the parties are to work on the market expansion of SunContract Energy Marketplace and decentralization of the energy market in Italy. SunContract is an energy trading platform that directly […]
Slovenia plans emergency removal of piled up packaging waste, tomb candles
Slovenia’s Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning has drafted a bill aimed at tackling the problem of piled up packaging waste and tomb candles at waste management utilities by creating a legal basis for the state to cover the costs of their emergency removal, an intervention that will soak nearly EUR 4 million, local […]
E-mobility project proposed to receive EUR 12.9 million CEF grant
A EUR 64.5 million e-mobility project including Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, and Slovakia is proposed to receive a EUR 12.9 million grant under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The MULTI-E: Multiple Urban and Long-distance Transport Initiatives – Electric and CNG project is among 49 projects proposed by the European Commission for EUR 695.1 million in investments in […]
Resalta completes largest public-private partnership for energy efficiency in South-East Europe
The largest public-private partnership (PPP) for energy efficiency in South-East Europe is now operational, with the energy retrofit of 48 public buildings in the City of Ljubljana officially completed, Slovenian energy service company Resalta has announced. The company also said it has signed the second energy retrofit project for 11 buildings worth EUR 4.8 million. […]
Slovenia’s GEN-I installs its 1st solar power system in Croatia
Slovenian electricity and gas trader GEN-I, in cooperation with agricultural cooperative PZ Gospoja owned by the Toljanić family, has installed its first solar power system in Croatia, according to a press release from the company. The 20.52 kW solar power system, worth over HRK 178,000 (around EUR 24,000), has been installed on the grounds of […]
Jure Leben, new environment minister who advocates all-out plastic bag ban
Slovenia’s new minister of the environment and spatial planning Jure Leben is environmental protection expert educated in the U.S. and the UK, who, among other things, advocates a total ban on plastic bags. According to the Slovenian media, the new minister will face many outstanding issues in the sector, including waste packaging, the rehabilitation of polluted areas, […]
HESS publishes 1st contract notice for disputed HPP Mokrice project
State-owned hydropower plant operator Hidroelektrarne na Spodnji Savi (HESS), part of the GEN Group, has launched a contract notice to carry out a negotiated procedure for the first lot of the public procurement to build hydropower plant (HPP) Mokrice, disputed by environmental campaigners. The lot refers to the procurement of turbines, generators, and powerhouse lifting […]