Energy Community Summer School in Czechia open for applications
The Masaryk University Centre in Telč will host the fifth annual Energy Community Summer School. The international institution called on postgraduate students, researchers from all energy-related disciplines and young people working in governmental institutions, companies, think tanks and the civil society sector to apply for the lectures and social and cultural activities. The event is […]
Belgrade sees EUR 6.5 billion in investments lowering pollution
Deputy mayor Goran Vesić has laid out a five-year plan to combat pollution in Serbia’s capital. Together with investments by the country’s government and other partners, spending in Belgrade comes in at EUR 6.5 billion. The sum for combating pollution includes EUR 3.86 billion projected for the first two lines of the city train, which […]
Startup iCat delivers third solar boat to Croatian national park
Mljet National Park now has three vessels for tourist rounds that don’t need fuel, where a photovoltaic system and batteries eliminate the need to charge during the summer. A Zagreb-based firm manufactures the solar boat with the help of a program funded by the EU. Diesel fuel is out in Mljet National Park, which received […]
Global climate A-List this year includes 179 companies
Carbon Disclosure Project or CDP, a global non-profit organization, has published its 17th A-List, with 179 companies graded according to corporate transparency and action on climate change. The ranking was released on the eve of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. Over 8,400 companies with over 50% of global market capitalization disclosed environmental […]
Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Kosovo* still short on 2020 renewable energy targets
Five countries from the region – Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Kosovo* – have not yet reached their 2020 renewable energy targets. Greece managed to get to its threshold, according to the latest Eurostat data, for 2018. Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and Romania reached in 2015 their national targets for the share of renewable energy in […]
Serbian government adopts Chapter 27 negotiating position
The Government of Serbia has adopted the negotiating position for Chapter 27 – environment and climate change and sent it to the European Commission in Brussels. It is an opportunity to open another chapter in 2020 as part of the EU accession process, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The negotiating position for Chapter […]
Strabag, EPBiH both seek damages in arbitration over HPP Vranduk
Anonymous insiders from Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine revealed Strabag from Austria is seeking EUR 20.5 million for a hydropower project that essentially failed in 2016, Dnevni avaz wrote. News on the process initiated at the International Court of Arbitration in Brussels has been withheld for a while. At the same time, the utility based in […]
CROPEX sells largest number of guarantees of origin so far
Croatian power exchange CROPEX said it has held its fourth auction of guarantees of origin (GO), selling 274,482. It is the highest number so far. In the first auction, CROPEX sold 263,889 GOs and the tally was 194,049 in the second one, followed by 166,779 in the next round. At the fourth auction of GOs […]