Skopje subsidizing procurement of pellet stoves
The City of Skopje is offering subsidies to its residents for the procurement of pellet stoves, to encourage them to switch to a cleaner, more energy efficient heating solution, according to the text of the public call, available on the Macedonian capital’s website. Eligible to receive the subsidies are residents that are not already connected […]
Croatia fails to protect citizens from industrial waste, EU sends it to Court
The European Commission has decided to send Croatia to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to ensure an adequate level of protection of human health and the environment at Crno brdo site in Biljane Donje, near the town of Benkovac, less than 50 meters from houses. The Commision said that for almost […]
Five companies selected for O2 Challenge projects in Macedonia
Five Macedonian companies have been selected to work on projects aimed at reducing air pollution in urban environments in the country at the O2 Challenge competition, the Macedonian Fund for Innovation and Technological Development said. The best project proposals were made by Eco Solar of Štip, Bizifiaj of Bitola, Technology Park of Tetovo, Technoben Nova […]
Coal-fired power plant Tuzla invested EUR 125 million in ecological projects
Thermal Power Plant (TPP) Tuzla has invested EUR 125 million into ecological projects from 1996 to date. Total investment in the past year amounted to EUR 4.4 million, of which EUR 1.1 million or nearly 25% for environmental projects. “The result of upgrading electro-filter facilities, installing pneumatic ash transport, cooling tower’s overhaul, closing the return […]
Macedonia has activated emergency measures against air-pollution
High concentration of air-pollutants has been gripping several cities in Macedonia in last few days, primarily Skopje, the capital, and Strumica, near the border-crossing with Bulgaria. Due to exceptional air pollution, a number of emergency measures have been activated in an attempt to cope with the consequences. According to local media reports today, the air […]
Reducing air pollution from TPPs in Western Balkans could save thousands of lives
While ministers at the 15th ministerial council meeting of the Energy Community in Kosovo* are expected to adopt new rules for emission limits for coal power plants in the Western Balkans (as part of the transposition of the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive into national law), The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) calls on political leaders […]
Cross-border protocol to finally reduce air pollution in Slavonski Brod
Croatia and Republika Srpska signed a protocol on cooperation under which Bosanski Brod refinery will be connected to Croatian gas system. The agreement should reduce cross-border air-pollution that has been at the center of a dispute between the two countries for a long time. The cooperation agreement was signed the last day of October, Croatian […]
Strengthening regional cooperation towards environmental and health safety
Elizabet Paunović, Head of World Health Organization (WHO)’s European Center for Environment and Health, explains in an interview for the Balkan Green Energy News how air pollution is responsible for various diseases and hundreds of thousands of premature deaths in Europe. Paunović says that WHO’s focus in the region, apart from the air quality, is […]
