Enel to invest EUR 200 million in digitalisation in Romania
Italian energy company Enel announced plans to invest EUR 200 million in network and equipment digitalisation in Romania, for the 2017-2019 period, according to the newly unveiled business strategy. As a part of a wide corporate changes, Enel Group announced it will invest as much as EUR 4.7 billion in digitalisation of its asset base, […]
Ecopack Bulgaria’s new glass sorting installation launched
The waste recovering company Ecopack Bulgaria began using the new equipment for sorting glass packaging by colour. The new installation, worth 2.5 million levs (EUR 1.28 million) is able to sort through 100 tonnes of glass packaging every day. The equipment was installed in the Ecopack’s facility in the village of Ravno Pole, 10 kilometres […]
European Commission calls member states to comply with directives
A monthly report from the European Commission listed a number of European Union (EU) member states, which will be subject of legal action for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. In the energy and environmental protection sectors, some of the EU country members, followed by Balkan Green Energy News, such as Romania, […]
Green Parliamentary Group renewed in Serbian National Assembly
The work of the informal Green Parliamentary Group was resumed in the National Assembly of Serbia at the initiative of the Centre for Modern Skills (CMV) and the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (BFPE). A total of 25 MPs from from different political organizations joined the group reflecting the diversity of the Assembly with the […]
Real time sun power to energize Serbia
By Mihailo Mihailović, independent energy consultant Decreasing our dependence on “pre-historic” solar energy stored in fossil fuels and utilizing the “real time” sun power is an inevitable task for Serbia to prepare its future energy mix. This November Belgrade was the host of the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion […]
Macedonian government gives subsidies for solar thermal panels to households
Macedonia has granted subsidies for installation of the solar thermal panels to 620 households across the country planned for 2016. The funds worth MKD 6 million (EUR 100,000) were provided by the Ministry of Economy, which gives back to buyers 30% of the money they invested in the equipment. The maximum subsidy per household is set at […]
Slovenia declares drinking water a basic human right in constitution
Slovenian parliament voted for a constitutional amendment to declare the access to drinking water a basic human right. The move has rendered any privatisation of water resources impossible, since the resources will be managed by the state. Slovenian parliament has adopted an amendment to Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia on November 17, which declared water […]
Prince of Jordan interested in investing in solar in BIH
Prince of Jordan Mohammed al-Abbas Bin Ali is interested in investing in solar energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Accompanied by his several advisors and two businessmen from Libya, Mohammed al-Abbas Bin Ali visited Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA), the Agency announced. The Deputy Director of the FIPA Blaženka Mišković and her associates […]
