Thirteen local governments awarded grants for improving energy efficiency in public buildings
Minister of Mining and Energy, Aleksandar Antić and representatives of 13 local self-governments signed contracts on grant awards for co-financing energy efficiency projects in public buildings in these municipalities. In total, 25 million dinars (EUR 202,500 ) have been earmarked from the budgetary Energy efficiency fund and USD 500,000 from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Funds […]
Ljubljana to refurbish public building supported by private partners
The City of Ljubljana agreed a public-private partnership (PPP) with a consortium comprising GGE d.o.o. and Petrol d.d. for the energy retrofitting of public buildings in the municipality. In the largest deal of its kind so far in Slovenia in the field of energy services, 49 buildings will be totally or partially refurbished by the […]
New IRENA study optimistic about eliminating energy related CO2 emissions
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated by energy sector can be reduced by 70% by 2050 and completely phased-out by 2060 with a net positive economic outlook, according to new study findings released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). A study “Perspectives for the Energy Transition: Investment Needs for a Low-Carbon Energy Transition” […]
Government of FBiH adopts GHG emissions agreement
Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the Agreement on cooperation in the field of environmental protection, certification and decrease of GHG emissions, methodology for evaluation of the quality of infrastructure and energy efficiency of renewables. The agreement was concluded between the Federal Ministry of Environmental Protection and Tourism and the Center for […]
Hydropower potential Croatia’s best chance for more energy independence
Hydropower potential is Croatia’s best chance for more energy independence, concluded the participants of the 4. Energy Investment Forum 2017, which was organized in Zagreb by Poslovni dnevnik. The country currently imports around 30 percent of electricity consumed. “Hydro potential is our biggest potential with KN 3 billion investment cycle (EUR 403,8 million),” said Perica […]
First ELEN charger for electric vehicles installed in Rijeka
Croatian national energy company Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP) installed the first ELEN charger for electric vehicles in the city of Rijeka. It allows simultaneous charging of two cars, and the charging time is between one and four hours. Using the ELEN charger in Rijeka is free of charge, but requires RFID identification card, which owners of […]
State administration of Slovenia will use electric vehicles through car sharing model
Slovenia is one of the first countries in the world which will use electric vehicles in the state administration through the model of car sharing. Minister of Public Administration Boris Koprivnikar, minister of Infrastructure Peter Gašperšič and co-founder of Avant Car Matej Čer signed the agreement on the electric vehicles sharing through the Avant2Go service […]
MVP application presented to engineers at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Sarajevo
Monitoring and Verification Platform (MVP), being developed under the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) project, was present to professionals working on energy audits and energy certification of buildings as a part of the training organized at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Sarajevo. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of […]