Montenegro scraps feed-in tariff surcharge
The Montenegrin government has decided to abolish the surcharge paid by consumers through electricity bills to fund the feed-in tariff scheme for privileged power producers. The funds collected through the surcharge will instead be secured through coal excise duty. Answering MPs questions in the parliament, Prime Minister Duško Marković said the abolition of the surcharge […]
Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund to issue public call for co-financing EV charging stations
Croatia’s Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) will launch the public call on Wednesday, May 8 for co-financing the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, a program with a budget of HRK 5.8 million (about EUR 782,000). Companies, entrepreneurs, municipalities, and non-for-profit organizations will be able to receive up to 40% of eligible […]
Croatia to get its first fast EV chargers along key transport corridors
Croatia will get 5 fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs) along the country’s key transport corridors, the A1 and A6 motorways, by the end of May as part of the NEXT-E project, co-financed by the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). These are the first ever fast EV chargers along Croatia’s motorways connecting the Zagreb – […]
TENDERING: UNDP seeks service providers for development of SECAPs for 37 municipalities, cities in BiH
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has issued a public call for the development of Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) for 37 municipalities and cities. The deadline to submit applications is May 20. The UNDP BiH is seeking service providers for the development of SECAPs for 37 municipalities […]
LM Wind Power hiring 300 as part of Bergama blade plant expansion
Wind turbine blade designer and manufacturer LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, has announced plans to recruit 300 new employees at its Bergama, Turkey plant. LM Wind Power has already hired 40 of the additional 300 employees, who are now undergoing training. The company plans to employ about 200 people in 2019 and […]
Porsche Romania to install 77 EV chargers by 2021
Porsche Romania and its partners plan to invest in charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, including the construction of 77 electric vehicle chargers over the period 2019-2021, local media reported. According to 0-100.ro, the investment in 77 EV chargers could reach EUR 3-5 million. EV chargers will have a power output from 75 kW to 150 […]
Top 3 in April: Renewables’ share of global capacity, Equinor, Bulgaria’s electricity export tariff
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) announcement that total renewable energy generation capacity reached a third of total installed electricity capacity worldwide at the end of 2018 made it to the number one spot on our English-language Top 3 Most Read list for April. The list is also available for our portal’s Serbian/local language version. […]
Macedonian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Foundation has announced six recipients of the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s foremost award for grassroots environmental activists, according to a press release from the foundation. One of the awards has for the first time gone to North Macedonia, to Ana Colovic Lesoska, who has successfully campaigned to halt international lending […]