Transforming urban world with green public lighting

EnGoPlanet, a Serbian-American firm headquartered in New York, was recently selected to launch the first street lighting project with pioneering technology that combines kinetic and solar energy. The City of Las Vegas, Nevada, accepted a test installation. Potentially, the solution can be applied on a much greater scale, Petar Mirović, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, […]

Interviews March 30, 2016

Siemens awarded 44 MW wind turbine deal

Power utility Elektroprivreda HZHB signed a contract with German engineering titan Siemens for the delivery and construction of 22 wind turbines worth EUR 72 million. Mesihovina facility, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s southwest, will have a capacity of 44 MW, according to the state-owned hydropower plant operator. It is the smallest of three state-controlled electricity […]

News March 30, 2016

GIZ & SEE associations of municipalities develop lobbying strategy

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Associations of Municipalities (AoMs) from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo* and Macedonia (FYR) are currently in the process of developing a Lobbying and Advocacy Strategy on Energy Efficiency in South-East Europe. Once completed, the strategy will be at the disposal of all AoMs in the region and […]

Šabac aspires to introduce biomass for heating

The use of biomass and the experience of the Austrian town of Güssing were presented in the Center for Professional Development in Šabac. Christian Doczekal (pictured) has spoken about Güssing as an example of successful local community and about models of using of biomass which can be applied in the Serbian city. Slobodan Jerotić, energy manager […]

News March 29, 2016

Greek entrepreneurs sought in relation to waste affair

Cyprus attorney general Costas Clerides ordered European arrest warrants to be issued for construction mogul Leonidas Bobolas and businessman Theofanis Lolos, both from Greece, for suspected involvement in embezzlement in waste management in Marathounda and Koshi. According to Socrates Hasikos, interior minister of Cyprus, the state can officially terminate the contract with Greek company Helector […]

Waste March 28, 2016

Qatari, Turkish firms cooperate for Turkey’s solar power

Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) signed a memorandum of understanding on March 26 with Turkish state energy company Elektrik Üretim AŞ to develop the country’s solar industry. Khalid K. Al Hajri, chairman and chief executive of the Qatari company, and Ali Rıza Alaboyun, deputy minister of energy and natural resources of Turkey, attended the ceremony. With […]

News March 27, 2016

Contract signed for recycling centre in Bajina Bašta

Intergovernmental development organization International Management Group (IMG) will implement the project of the construction of a recycling facility in Bajina Bašta financed by a EUR 175,000 donation from Sweden. The municipality, located in Serbia’s west, provides another EUR 25,000, according to the agreement. Radomir Filipović, head of local authority, said the project covers primary separation […]

Waste March 25, 2016

Ljubljana, European Green Capital, wins another environmental award

Progress in sustainable mobility was the factor that brought the Slovenian capital city the Zlati kamen (Golden rock) award for this year. The national project’s council was also convinced with Ljubljana’s orientation towards development, tourism and environmental projects. The annual recognition is based on local authority’s success in providing conditions for quality of life. This […]