New 20 MW biomass plant for district heating in Šabac in 2018
The district heating system in the city of Šabac is to be supplied from a 20 MW biomass plant, said the city’s energy manager Slobodan Jerotić for BGEN. Biomass will replace natural gas, which is three to four times more expensive. The project will be realized as a public-private partnership. District heating company Toplane Šabac […]
FIPA: EUR 10 million investment in Breza municipality
Around EUR 10 million will be invested in the construction of a biomass fuelled combined heat and power plant (CHP) of 1,6 MW and other projects in Breza Municipality, announced the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FIPA). Other projects include the construction of a pellets production line, a tire recycling facility and […]
Danish DONG Energy to stop using coal by 2023
Danish company DONG Energy said it will entirely stop using coal by the year 2023. The company’s power stations will be replacing coal with sustainable biomass. “The future belongs to renewable energy sources, and therefore we’re now converting the last of our coal-fired power stations to sustainable biomass. The decision is in line with our […]
Slovaks to build pellet production plant in Macedonia
The Slovak company Holz-consulting will build a plant for the production of fuel pellet from agricultural and forestry waste in Macedonia. According to Macedonian media, the state-owned forestry company Makedonski šumi has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Slovak pellet and pellet stoves producer Holz-consulting. The Slovak company will invest EUR 10 million in […]
Croatian chamber of agriculture holds seminar on agro-biomass
Croatian chamber of agriculture held a seminar on the topic of “Alternative use of waste and residue from agricultural production for economically justified production of agro pellets”, in cooperation with partners from Serbia, BiH and Czech Republic. If all agro-biomass potentials were used and turned into pellets for heating, between five and 10 thousand people […]
Greek energy companies interested in renewable energy projects
The Serbia-Greece business forum, held yesterday in Belgrade, gathered 59 Greek and about a hundred Serbian companies. During the bilateral meetings session Greek energy companies took active part and expressed great interest in the renewable energy sources sector. PPC Renewables, one of Greece’s biggest power producers from renewable energy, is interested in establishing joint ventures with Serbian companies. This […]
Skopje has the most polluted air of all European cities
Skopje has the highest concentration of fine particles in the air (PM 2.5) of all European cities, according to the latest study by the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Macedonian Institute for Public Health (IPH). The concentration of PM 2.5 is twice higher in Skopje than in Budapest or Bucharest, Europe’s second most polluted cities, […]
Swiss donation for CHP unit in Belgrade suburb Padinska Skela
The Swiss Government will donate EUR 1,2 million and CHF 500.000 to Serbia for the construction of a combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Padinska Skela, which will be fueled by biomass. An annex to the agreement on the construction of the plant was signed by the Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar […]