Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE)
Project: OPEN REGIONAL FUND FOR SOUTH-EAST EUROPE – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo*, Macedonia (FYR), Serbia, Croatia (as Model country) Duration: 2008-2019 WHO WE ARE The Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) has been […]
Belgrade’s power distribution replacing 20,000 meters
The procedure of receiving offers is being completed on November 26 for the installation of 20,000 power meters in Belgrade through a public call. EPS distribucija, the public operator, changed the terms since publishing the need for 25,000 single- and three-phase devices, while Feman d. o. o. from Jagodina, one of the potential bidders, filed […]
GIZ implements four energy efficiency pilot projects
Within the regional project ‘Energy Efficiency in Municipal Associations’, German Development Cooperation – GIZ has implemented four pilot projects in cooperation with the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro. In Berane, a heating boiler fuelled by wood pellets has been procured and installed, and the heating system was repaired in the daily care centre for children […]
Croatia Residential Energy Financing Facility
A board decision is expected from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for senior loans for a total amount of up to EUR 60 million to financial institutions operating in Croatia, which will lend the funds to individuals or vendors for energy efficiency projects in the residential sector. Significant challenges remain with respect to […]
Heating on biomass employs domestic resources
Gradiška municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina utilizes biomass for district heating since last year through a concession, proving that the technology increases energy independence, stimulates employment and attracts investment, while cutting carbon dioxide emissions, participants at a regional workshop learned, Euractiv.rs reported. The event named ‘How to Strengthen the Usage of Bioenergy in the Balkans […]
Co-funding for solar systems in summer pasture lands
After the deadline has been postponed by three days, invitation was closed for offers in a public procurement for purchase and installation of photovoltaic panels and equipment in summer pasture lands, according to the Directorate for Energy Efficiency. Montenegro’s Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have continued with the implementation […]
Future of energy comes from two workshop projects
Naser Miftari, high school teacher from Kumanovo in Macedonia, and his former student Bujar Dalipi, who studies applied sciences in the capital of Albania, invested two years of hard work in two endeavours, called Drita (Light) and BuNa, for which they were awarded. The duo feels these projects are the future of energy, a report […]
Environment commissioner seeks green Christmas
All local authorities received a letter, urging them to go green this Christmas, from the national environment commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou, Cyprus Mail reported. She said local self-government in Cyprus needs to keep energy-wasting decorations to a minimum. “Due to the economic crisis, thousands of our fellow citizens are deprived of the essentials and are experiencing […]
