Issuing body in Federation of BiH seeks projects with NGOs

Operator za OIEiEK, authority for renewable energy sources and efficient cogeneration, said last week it aims to participate in projects with non-governmental organisations and foreign partners such as the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in raising public awareness about the […]

HEP installs equipment in two cogeneration plants

The installation of major equipment in Hep Group’s first combined heat and power (CHP) plants on forest biomass in Osijek and Sisak is complete. The start of trial operation in the two cogeneration facilities is scheduled for the beginning of next year while they are expected to obtain operating permits in the spring, the Croatian state-owned power utility revealed. The units worth more than EUR 35 […]

Radić: Investors in Balkans seek biomass-fuelled boilers

Key pieces of equipment for L’Oréal’s hybrid trigeneration plant near Burgos in Spain have been designed and installed by company Polytechnik from Austria. The system relies on biomass and solar energy to produce steam, hot and cold water and electricity for the French cosmetics manufacturer’s operations. Viktor Radić from Polytechnik told Balkan Green Energy News […]

Pokupsko Municipality – Winner of EUSEW 2016 Public Sector Award

Project summary The Municipality of Pokupsko is located in North-Western part of Croatia near the river Kupa. Surrounded by forests and hills, approximately 2.500 inhabitants in 14 settlements are living in harmony with nature. Even though the municipality has a rather limited own budget, it is developing in a most sustainable way possible and can […]

Energy Efficiency June 29, 2016

Sokolac seeking partner in district heating PPP

A call for the implementation of renewal, expansion, operation, maintenance and delivery of heat was placed by the Municipality of Sokolac in East Sarajevo. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which published the notice, financed the documentation for the pilot project within the Regional Energy Efficiency Programme (REEP), approved under the Western Balkans Investment […]

Italian company preparing to invest in biomass cogeneration

Twenty underdeveloped municipalities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and another 20 in the Republic of Srpska which dispose of wood waste will be included in cogeneration projects, said Foreign Investments Promotion Agency (FIPA) of BiH. Director Gordan Milinić spoke to Zdravko Aćimović, who heads Alfa Invest – partner of Pyrox from Turin for […]

News June 21, 2016

Government of Serbia regulates incentives for renewables

Producers of electrical energy from renewable sources and power and heat in high efficiency cogeneration got incentives regulated by long-awaited decrees on measures and the procedure for acquiring the so-called privileged status. The Government of Serbia adopted the by-laws alongside the model for a standard power purchase agreement (PPA). The stimulation comes with a clause […]