TENDERING: Consulting services to conduct energy audits for 40 public buildings
The Sarajevo Canton has issued a public call for the provision of consulting services to conduct energy audits and detailed design for 40 public buildings. The canton will use a EUR 500,000 grant from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) grant to finance these services, the EBRD said in a request for proposals, […]
Croatia’s largest integrated solar power plant for self-consumption unveiled
Genera, the Croatian subsidiary of the UK-based veterinary products manufacturer Dechra Pharmaceuticals, has officially opened the country’s largest integrated solar power plant for self-consumption. The integrated solar renewable energy facility, built under a GBP 1.3 million investment partially subsidized by EU funds, features 5,543 rooftop photovoltaic (PV) panels fitted at Genera’s plant in Sveta Nedelja, […]
TENDERING: Energy efficiency analysis of conventional and alternative fuel buses
Serbia’s Road Traffic Safety Agency has launched tendering to produce an energy efficiency analysis of conventional and alternative fuel transit buses. Bidders seeking to look into the energy efficiency of conventional and alternative fuel transit buses have until 11:30 AM on September 23 to file their offers. The most economically advantageous tender criterion will be […]
“International” forest growing in Serbia to produce air “for all of us”
Stefan Drljača, 32, is a videographer in Belgrade, Serbia who spends his free time on his land near the town of Čačak, where he is planting a forest for himself, his descendants – and for all of us. Forests renew our air supply, as they produce oxygen and absorb CO2, while they also prevent mudslides […]
Resalta signs energy supply PPP with Gornja Toponica hospital
Resalta has signed a public-private partnership (PPP) for energy efficiency with the Gornja Toponica special psychiatric hospital. This is the first such PPP for energy supply with a state institution in Serbia, the company said in a press release. In order to improve the infrastructure as well as employee and patient comfort, the Gornja Toponica […]
Greece’s new energy minister, Kostis Hatzidakis, announces rescue plan for PPC
Not 24 hours after the polls closed in Greece, the new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has unveiled his cabinet. New Democracy Vice President Kostis Hatzidakis will lead one of the two key ministries – of the environment and energy. The new Greek Environment and Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis’ key task will be to tackle the […]
Siemens pressing ahead with eHighway solution to decarbonize transport sector
Carbon emissions from heavy-duty vehicles, including lorries, buses, and coaches, represent around 27% of total road transport CO2 emissions. While the EU has introduced new rules for manufacturers to cut CO2 emissions from new trucks by 30% from 2030, German technology powerhouse Siemens is offering a zero-emission solution: the eHighway system. Installed, tested, demonstrated, or […]
BiH, Kosovo*, Serbia pay EUR 444 million in coal subsidies, EUR 147 million for renewables – report
The three most coal-intensive Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and Serbia – paid a total of EUR 444 million in direct subsidies to coal, while their incentives for production from renewables reached EUR 147 million during the period 2015-2017. The total sum of direct subsidies in all Contracting Parties, including […]