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 […]
Belgrade plans to compete for European Green Capital Award
Belgrade will apply for the European Green Capital Award, Mayor Zoran Radojičić said following the signature of a letter of cooperation concerning the transfer of know-how between Belgrade and Ljubljana, which was named the European Green Capital 2016. Radojičić signed the letter of cooperation with Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković during a two-day visit to the […]
Slovenia pays EUR 69.4 million in renewable energy, CHP subsidies in H1
Support payments for electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP) amounted to EUR 69.4 million in the first half of 2018, down 11% compared to H1 2017, Slovenian Power Market Operator Borzen said in a report. On June 30, 2018, the feed-in system covered 3,879 power plants with […]
Slovenia’s Riko to build EUR 10 million solar power plant in Ukraine
Slovenian engineering company Riko will build a 10.6 MW solar power plant near Zhytomyr in northern Ukraine, local media reported. The company won a tender for the EUR 10 million project. The contract on the construction of the solar power plant was signed by Zhytomyr Mayor Serhiy Sukhomlin and Riko CEO Janez Škrabec. The Slovenian […]
