BPB Bank enters EBRD’s green energy programme
A new bank in Kosovo* has joined the energy efficiency financing programme of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Under an agreement signed by Suma Chakrabarti, EBRD’s president, and Arton Celina, the chief executive officer of BPB, the bank will receive a EUR 1 million credit line for on-lending to small and medium-sized enterprises […]
Initiative for implementation of photovoltaic systems on rooftops without FITs
The USAID Macedonia Clean Energy Investment Project and the Renewable Energy Association within the Economic Chamber of Macedonia organized a round table on the open issues and possible solutions for implementation of the initiative for placing photovoltaic (PV) systems on the rooftops that will generate electricity without using Feed-in tariff (FiT), due to the high […]
EU finds Croatia infringes rules on waste
The European Commission is requesting Croatia to bring its national law into full conformity with European Union’s rules on waste. The Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) aims to minimize the negative effects of the generation and management of waste on human health and the environment, the press release said and added the aim is also to […]
CEB finances energy efficiency at University of Cyprus
Rolf Wenzel, governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), signed a EUR 32 million loan agreement for the financing of extension and renovation work at the facilities of the University of Cyprus (UCy) in Nicosia. Student intake at the largest academic institution in the island country is expected to increase significantly, the statement […]
Study presented for wastewater treatment plant in Niš
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the European Union Delegation in Serbia and of the Office for European Integration of Serbia attended a presentation of a feasibility study for the project of wastewater collection and treatment in the city of Niš, located in the country’s south. The ministry said the document should […]
Project of using cogeneration from biomass presented in BiH
The project of energy efficiency by using cogeneration from biomass is worth about EUR 150 million to be invested in 40 municipalities, said Gordan Milinić, head of Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Speaking about the presentation of the project held in Sarajevo, he stressed it will create new jobs and improve the […]
Green fund seeks approval for greater deficit
As the previous government planned tenders and public calls for energy renovation of houses and buildings unrealistically and in a financially unsustainable way, the budget of the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) for this year and next was burdened with HRK 750 million (EUR 100 million) of obligations which are difficult to settle, […]
Probation starts for biological purifier in Prud
Mayor of Metković Katarina Ujdur and minister of environment and nature Slaven Dobrović launched a six-month probationary period for a biological wastewater treatment facility in the village of Prud, which will protect the Norina well from which much of the valley of the Neretva river and the islands of Pelješac, Korčula, Mljet and Lastovo are […]