Macedonia opens public debate on draft waste management, waste prevention plans
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has launched a public debate on the draft new national waste management plan, envisaging the formation of the Environment Agency, and the draft waste prevention plan, which calls for bringing additional waste streams under extended producer responsibility (EPR). The implementation of the waste management and waste prevention plans would […]
Energy minister pledges support for ETF students to compete in IFEC final
Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić has met with a delegation of a team of students from the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering (ETF) competing in the International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC), pledging his personal support for the team to take part in the final of the world’s largest student competition […]
Winners of EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 revealed
The winners of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2018 were announced at an Awards Ceremony with the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, in Brussels. The Businesses and Citizen’s awards went to WiseGRID (Valencia, Spain), one of the three finalists, out of 12, Balkan Green Energy News has picked to present in […]
Western Balkans to experience temperature increase of 4C by end of century – study
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) has published a Study on Climate Change in the Western Balkans, showing alarming increase of temperature over the whole territory, with observed temperature increase of 1.2 degrees Celsius in the near future, destined to warm further by 1.7 – 4C and even exceeding 5C by the end of the century, depending […]
Number of electric vehicles in Croatia to rise by 64% this year
As a result of the incentives granted by the Croatian Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, the country will get 133 electric and 1 plug-in cars, 224 electric bikes and 56 electric motorcycles in the next six months. The public invitation for individuals, closed just one day after it was opened due to strong interest, […]
11th SE Europe Energy Dialogue to be held in Thessaloniki on June 26-27
The 11th edition of the SE Europe Energy Dialogue (SEEED), organized by Institute of Energy for South-East (SE) Europe (IENE) and under the auspices of Greece’s Ministry of Environment and Energy, will be held in Thessaloniki on June 26-27. The purpose of this regional forum (Conference Programme and Confirmed Speakers), which is being organized with […]
Germany’s RWE eyes solar project in Croatia through JV with HEP
Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) expects to launch works on the Kosinj hydropower plant by the end of 2018, while it plans a wind and a solar project in 2019, HEP board member Petar Sprčić has told a conference in Zagreb, noting that he cannot reveal the names of the projects in question. […]
Wind farm quota not to be raised, investors to be selected in tenders – PM
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić has said that feed-in quotas for electricity produced by wind farms will not be increased over the coming period, noting that the construction of new wind farms will primarily depend on bids in tenders. Asked whether wind farm projects, which are focused on Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina, will also […]