Cogeneration plant on woodchips, pellets inaugurated in Županja
GEEN Holding AS has said it formally launched its second combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Croatia. The biomass unit in Županja has the capacity of 4.9 MW for electricity and it is equivalent to the Benkovac project, finished last year. The heating portion comes in at 8.5 MW and a maximum of 10 […]
Decarbonization is next step in development of district heating, cooling systems
The use of renewable energy sources in district heating and cooling systems can substitute fossil fuels without increasing prices for customers, while bringing benefits in environmental protection. Solar thermal projects, geothermal energy, heat pumps, waste heat and biomass are currently the most common models for increasing the share of renewables, while the use of electricity […]
Priboj in Serbia covers 80% of residential building refurbishment
Saša Vasilić, deputy mayor of the Municipality of Priboj, said the local authorities provided RSD 10 million (EUR 85,000) for energy efficiency measures in residential structures. Five buildings are being renewed in the old part of the town of the same name, where subsidies account for 80%, he noted. The official from southwestern Serbia stressed […]
Four systemic Greek banks join EUR 650 million sustainable infrastructure program – EIB
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has confirmed in a press release involvement of four systemic Greek banks in a new EUR 650 million green infrastructure investment program. Confirmation of the involvement of the four systemic Greek banks – Alpha Bank, Eurobank, National Bank of Greece, and Piraeus Bank – will enable EUR 650 million for […]
Contracts signed to finance switching two Serbian heating plants to biomass
Heating plants in six municipalities in Serbia will receive EUR 26.7 million to switch from fossil fuels – coal and heating oil – to biomass, the Ministry of Mining and Energy said on its website. The first two municipalities to get new heating plants will be Priboj and Mali Zvornik, by the of 2022. The […]
Piraeus Bank joins EUR 650 million EIB green infrastructure investment program
Piraeus Bank has agreed to support a new EUR 650 million infrastructure investment program developed by the Hellenic Ministry of Development and Investments and the European Investment Bank (EIB). Piraeus is the second leading Greek bank to confirm participation with the scheme, after the National Bank of Greece. Piraeus Bank will identify and invest in […]
5 MWe biomass cogeneration plant officially opened in the city of Slatina
Resalta, the energy efficiency and renewable energy company, marked the opening of the Slatina biomass cogeneration plant in Croatia this week. The 5 MWe plant is one of the major renewable energy projects in that part of the country and produces enough electricity to power 500 households, according to a press release from Resalta. Resalta, […]
Eco Fund expands biomass heating grants program to entire Slovenia, cuts EV subsidies
Slovenia’s Environmental Public Fund (Eco Fund or Eko Sklad) has issued a new call for grants to vulnerable citizens for the replacement of old heating devices in residential buildings with new, energy-efficient wood biomass heating, while extending the program to the entire country, according to an announcement on the website of the Ministry of Environment […]
