Call for applications: renewables included in IPARD II in Turkey
Turkish renewable energy sector is one of the sectors to be financially supported by the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (ARDSI) under the Farm Diversification and Business Development Measure. The online applications are open until March 12, while the submission of applications could be made until March 15. Renewable energy investments are included as […]
Horizon 2020 call for smart cities and energy systems, renewable fuels projects
The European Union published calls under the 2018-2020 Horizon Work Programme for project proposals focusing on smart cities, smart energy systems or renewable fuels with the deadline for submissions expiring on April 5, 2018. Among other countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, and Serbia are also eligible for funding. […]
Pilot project for collecting used cooking oil in Croatia
Croatian oil and gas company INA launched pilot project for collecting waste cooking oil on 30 retail locations in this country. Company, owned by Hungarian MOL, is trying to collect used oil which is important raw material, Total Croatia portal reported. Recycled oil can be used for production of biofuels, soap, detergents and synthetic rubber. […]
Slovenian government imposes biofuels component as mandatory in fossil fuels
The Slovenian government has issued a Decree ordering fuel retailers to include biofuel components in fossil fuels as of July 1 aiming to further promote green energy consumption and sustaining development. The new obligation is for diesel fuel and 95 octane gasoline and is introduced under changes to the Decree on renewable energy sources in traffic […]
Macedonian villages experiment with straw pellet heating
By Goce Trpkovski Farmers will be able to calculate through specially developed software whether it pays off for them to use straw pellets for their own heating, or it would be better for them to just turn their excess straw into pellets and sell them to others. Three of the environmental problems of rural Macedonia […]
Croatia enacted law on establishment of alternative fuels infrastructure
The Croatian Parliament adopted the Law on the establishment of alternative fuels infrastructure. By the adoption of the law, the provisions of the European Union (EU) Directive which sets a framework of measures for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure are transposed into the Croatian legislation. The main objective of the adoption of the law […]
EU’s ambitious goals in the 2030 energy strategy package
The European Commission has presented an ambitious energy strategy, dubbed “Clean Energy for All Europeans” with plans to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by at least 40% before 2030. The proposed legislation covers energy efficiency, renewable energy, the design of the electricity market, security of electricity supply and governance rules for the Energy Union, and a strategy […]
Heating market emerging, but needs policy support
In the Balkan countries and in Turkey the energy policy is focused on fossil and nuclear energy sources rather than on renewables, says Heinz Kopetz, president of the World Bioenergy Association (WBA)
