Countries with Europe’s best quality bathing water revealed
Just ahead of summer vacations, the European Commission has released a report on the quality of bathing water in EU member states plus Albania and Switzerland. The latest annual European bathing water quality report is based on the 2018 data, but the results give a good indication of where the best quality bathing waters are […]
Croatia launches project to upgrade power grid
The Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy published an advertisement for the direct allocation of a project to introduce advanced IT networks into the distribution system operator (DSO) HEP – ODS company which supplies power to the population and companies across the country. HEP – ODS is subsidiary of the power utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda […]
VIDEO: Update on Slatina biomass cogeneration plant by GGE
The installation of GGE’s largest renewable energy project – a biomass-fueled combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Slatina, Croatia, is in its final stage, Siniša Janjušević, GGE Executive Director for Montenegro and Slatina Project Leader told Balkan Green Energy News. The construction works on the cogeneration plant have begun in September 2017. It is […]
Norwegians invest in cogeneration plant in Žakanje, in Croatia
The Norwegian company Croatia REN AS plans to invest EUR 18.7 million in a biomass-fueled power and heating plant in Croatia, in the industrial zone Žakanje, close to the Croatian capital Zagreb. Croatian media reports that the investment is planned on an area of 23.000 m2. It includes the construction of a plant for the […]
Network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania and Croatia
The Romanian renewable energy company Renovatio and Croatia’s telecommunications services provider Hrvatski Telekom said that they will install the first 23 fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania by the end of 2018 marking the start of a project to set up a network of 69 fast charging stations and 4 ultra-fast charging stations in the […]
Applications for Energy Community Summer School open until March 31
The third Energy Community Summer School will take place in Split, Croatia, from August 25 to September 1. Application deadline is March 31. No tuition fee is required. The 2018 Summer School’s focus is on energy sectors in transition, in particular in South Eastern and Eastern Europe, The Energy Community – organizer of the event, has […]
Wind energy: Croatia one of record-breakers, Serbia in top 10 in investments
Croatia installed 147 MW of wind power in 2017 and ended up as one of seven EU countries that had a record year in new wind energy installations. As for new asset financing in last year, with a EUR 600 million wind energy investment Serbia shared 10th place with Norway out of 38 European countries. […]
Municipal waste management in Croatia – race against time
Even though the implementation of the Decree on the management of municipal waste was to begin in Croatia on February 1, it has not yet been fully implemented. Some cities have been classifying waste for several years now, while others are not ready yet – Zagreb, for example. The Decree came into force on November […]