Consortium Suez-Itochu only bidder for Vinča landfill rehabilitation project
One offer from the French-Japanese consortium Suez-Itochu has been received for public-private partnership contract for the rehabilitation of Vinča landfill near Belgrade, the city authorities announced. Opening of the bids for the public-private partnership contract for the treatment and disposal of municipal waste at Vinča landfill was held on July 13, and only one bid […]
New biomass CHP commissioned in Croatian town of Glina
The Drvni centar (Wood Center) in the Croatian town of Glina commissioned a new cogeneration plant (CHP) as a part of its wood processing plant. The new power facility has a capacity of 5 MW of electric and 12 MW of heat energy and will help expand the company’s wood drying facilities. Drvni centar CEO […]
Podgorica to get electricity fueled by biogas from waste
The municipal operator of the landfill in Montenegro’s capital city initiated the construction of the Balkan nation’s first power plant that will run on biogas from waste. Deponija d.o.o.’s head Arsenije Boljević told Anadolu Agency said methane has been burned for the past decade in Podgorica and not utilized. The plan is to tap the […]
Swiss Government supporting Serbian local governments in energy efficiency makeover
Swiss government signed with the Ministry of energy and mining and four local governments a donation agreement worth CHF 8.9 million for the improvement of energy efficiency of 24 public buildings in Serbia, mostly schools. This money will be spent for the woodwork replacement on windows and doors, facade refurbishment and heating systems improvements. Four […]
Green certificates for two HEP hydropower plants
Croatian energy regulatory body (HERA), assigned green certificate to two hydropower plants of Croatian state-owned power utility (HEP) earlier this month. The green certificates provide them with a status of privileged producer of electricity from renewable energy sources. However, these two hydropower plants, HPP Orlova and HPP Dubrava, even with green certificate, are not be entitled to receive […]
Environmental protection and sustainable development in the focus of CEDEF event in Novi Sad
Recent announcements that Serbia may soon open Chapter 27 of the acquis have greatly influenced local energy sector, which has seriously started considering and applying environmental standards in both current operations and plans for development. Only several days after the national utility company Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and the Environmental Protection Agency signed a contract on […]
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 […]
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 […]
