Cyprus completes draft NECP, Greece to focus on fighting energy poverty
Cyprus, one of seven EU member states that have failed to submit their draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP) until 2030 to the European Commission by the December 31, 2018 deadline, has completed the draft, according to Cypriot English-language news outlets. Cyprus’ draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), which the country plans to […]
KESH gets new CEO as sacking continues in Albanian state-owned power sector
Former chief of the Albanian Development Fund (ADF) Benet Beci has been appointed as new general manager of public power utility KESH, after Agron Hetoja was relieved of duty, local media reported. This is the second major change in leadership of the state-owned power utilities following the appointment of the Belinda Balluku as new infrastructure and […]
AirVisual – an app increasingly used in the region to monitor air pollution
Much has been said about the effects – both good and bad – that smart devices have on the quality of life, but one app is certainly helping raise awareness about the quality of air people breathe, and increasingly so in the region. In turn, awareness of the issue is starting to impact the public […]
Federation of BiH to establish energy efficiency agency
The Government of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) will establish an energy efficiency agency after adopting implementing regulations for the Law on Energy Efficiency, local media reported. According to a statement for news agency FENA by Amira Pintul, adviser to the federal minister of energy, mining and industry, the FBiH is successfully fulfilling obligations in […]
Blockchain brings disruption to energy sector
The use of blockchain in the energy sector of Serbia, as well as other countries, would help introduce prosumers – households both producing and consuming electricity and selling surpluses without energy companies as intermediaries. Through the Internet of Things (IoT), it would also enable end consumers to manage their consumption via smart devices and energy […]
Thousands of protesters demand halt of SHPP construction from government, Serbian President
A few thousand citizens from all over Serbia gathered at Belgrade’s Faculty of Philosophy square to rally with a single demand – the immediate halt of the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs). The organizer of the rally, the Defend the Rivers of Mt. Stara Planina movement has submitted a request for the construction of […]
Green Living Concept transforming residential construction
Novi Sad-based Erker Inženjering is providing its tenants with living conditions to be envied. The Green Living Concept was first introduced in the residential building on Vojvode Šupljikca Street in Novi Sad, with the idea to apply it to all of the company’s future projects. Green oases on top of high-rise buildings are no news […]
Work ahead to produce Montenegro’s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Author: Đorđije Vulikić, climate change and sustainable energy consultant The Energy Union strategy is based on the EU’s long-term plan to make energy it uses more secure, affordable, and sustainable. The Energy Union is made up of five mutually supporting dimensions: energy security; the internal energy market; energy efficiency; decarbonization of the economy; and research, […]