Market moves more towards solar power
Despite having made significant steps towards an accelerated development of its energy market, Romania still has a long road ahead, especially when it comes to establishing a more predictable legal framework, according to an analysis on the Business Review’s portal. Legislation has been harmonised with the European Union’s framework in the field. Some of the […]
TuReeff contributing to housing market’s overhaul
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it is helping investments in energy efficient and anti-seismic property development through its Turkish Residential Energy Efficiency Financing Facility (TuReeff). The programme combines as much as USD 216 million (EUR 201.6 million) of loans from the EBRD and EUR 50.41 million of grant co-financing from the Clean […]
Works underway to install 3,200 solar panels
The government’s provisional directive on renewables led to increased interest in this segment recently, and a few years ago entrepreneur Azem Bujak and his Bahen gradnja d. o. o. from Sarajevo built the first solar power facility in eastern Bosnia near Goražde, Al Jazeera reports. The investment of BAM 500,000 (EUR 255,650) was implemented in […]
Society must know climate change intensifies
The global average temperature has increased over the past 100 years by 0.85 degrees Celsius, and ocean levels rose by 20 centimeters, which seems to be a little, but it is not, says Roxana Bojariu, a specialist with the National Meteorology Administration (ANM) and expert in the Intergovernmental Climate Change Panel, agency Act Media reported. […]
G20 sets frame for joint green energy policy
The Group of Twenty is expected to boost the adaptation and use of clean energy, Turkey’s acting energy minister Ali Rıza Alaboyun told Anadolu Agency. Energy sustainability is one of the key themes for the G20 under the Turkish presidency. Its leaders adopted principles for collaboration, the agency’s Energy Terminal reported. Energy Sustainability Working Group […]
Srpska regulating waste management with new law
A by-law was outlined, determining the documents needed for applications to import, export and transport waste through the Republic of Srpska. Suggestions will be received by November 28. The deadline for suggestions for the draft bill on waste management has finished, according to data on the website of the entity’s government, so the document is […]
Biomass, biogas CHP projects get grants from GEF
Mining and energy minister Aleksandar Antić signed grant contracts with representatives of six companies for construction of biomass- or biogas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) facilities in the total value of USD 1.6 million (EUR 1.49 million), following a public call by the ministry. It said three facilities will be installed in Bač, and one […]
Ministry forsees EUR 62.37 million more in revenue
Draft budget of the Ministry of Energy for next year provides a good opportunity for undertaking main activities and performing functions, said Bulgarian minister Temenuzhka Petkova at a joint sitting of the parliamentary committee on energy and the committee on overseeing the activity of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), Focus news agency reported. […]