EBRD, FAO produce study on use of animal waste
A study on the possibilities to utilize animal by-products was presented in Belgrade at the meeting of working groups for meat and milk, within a project of public–private political dialogue. It is implemented in Serbia by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which financed the […]
Rehabilitation starts at landfill Teodorovac
Landfill for non-hazardous waste Teodorovac is located close to family houses. The rehabilitation of the facility began, financed by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union and the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU). The project is worth HRK 6.6 million (EUR 881,000). The beneficiary is the Municipality of Đurđenovac in Croatia’s east and […]
Seraw inks contract for radioactive waste repository
Bulgarian State Enterprise Radioactive Waste SE (SERAW) said it signed a EUR 72 million contract to build a radioactive waste disposal facility for its Kozloduy nuclear power plant. It should be completed within 60 months and the repository is to be commissioned in 2021, according to the statement posted on its website. The agreement was […]
Court cancels environmental permit for small hydro facility
Environmental group Zeleni Neretva said that after a three-year process, the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo issued a judgment which cancelled ecological permits for the construction of hydropower plant Dindo on the river Ljuta. Environmental permits for this one and two other power plants on the Ljuta – Memiškovići and Donje Luko, were issued in May […]
Montenegro presents energy efficiency action plan
The third energy efficiency action plan (EEAP), for 2016-2018, was prepared by the Ministry of Economy and adopted by the government on June 30. The plan was presented in the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro at the meeting of the Coordination Committee for Energy Efficiency and the Environment. The document complies with the requirements of […]
Newsweek Green Rankings sets Ball at position 24
Branislav Savić, head of Ball Packaging Europe Belgrade Ltd., said Ball Corporation gives great significance to environmental protection as its responsibility. The international packaging business came in 24th at 2016 Newsweek Green Rankings, published last month. The magazine’s annual chart assesses the overall environmental performance of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the United States […]
Schneider Electric appoints new director for four markets
Schneider Electric, energy management and automation corporation based in France, said it decided to name Ionuţ Farcaş the new regional director for Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, and Kosovo. He will succeed Christophe de Lafarge, who becomes vice president for Southeast Europe and will be responsible for the affiliate business department. Farkaş has been a part of […]
Summer school on renewables’ role in local development
The Regional Education and Information Centre (REIC) issued an invitation for its twelfth summer school in Fojnica, west of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo. This time the subject is ‘Renewable energy sources as driving force for local development’. Targeted participants are final year master students, PhD students and young professionals dealing with energy issues from […]