EBRD announces public consultations on Draft Transport Sector Strategy 2019-2024
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is reviewing its strategic approach to the Transport Sector and invites interested stakeholders in sharing comments and suggestions on the Draft Transport Sector Strategy 2019-2024. The Draft Transport Sector Strategy 2019-2024 aims at promoting sustainable transport systems, which embody market principles, balance economic, environmental and social needs […]
Turkish circular economy-based solid waste PPP secures EUR 9 million loan
A joint venture between France’s Suez Groupe and Turkish waste management firm Altas has secured a EUR 9 million loan for a EUR 15 million circular economy-based project to develop an integrated solid waste management system in Turkey’s province of Canakkale under a public-private partnership (PPP). According to the lender, the European Bank for Reconstruction […]
KOSTT completes works on 110/10(20) kV Ilirida substation
Kosovo’s* transmission system operator (TSO) KOSTT has completed works on the 110/10(20) kV Ilirida substation with 110 kV underground transmission lines, according to a press release from KOSTT. The Ilirida substation has been built as part of a EUR 5.4 million project implemented in three lots, KOSTT said. The ceremony was attended by representatives of […]
TENDERING: Supply and installation of smart metering for Elektro-Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Power distribution company Elektro-Bijeljina, a subsidiary of state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), has launched tendering for the supply and installation of smart metering, according to an announcement on the EBRD Client e-Procurement Portal. The contract will be funded by a EUR 7.5 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). […]
EBRD tightens environmental, disclosure standards for all hydropower projects
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has unveiled its new good governance policies after conducting public consultations across 8 cities, including Belgrade, Serbia. According to its new Environmental and Social Policy, the EBRD will require its financial intermediaries to refer all high-risk sub projects, including all hydropower projects, back to the EBRD’s in-house […]
EBRD invests USD 100 million in renewable arm of Turkey’s IC Holding
The EBRD is investing USD 100 million in a stake of Ictas Surdurulebilir Enerji Yatirimlari, the renewable subsidiary of Turkey’s IC Energy Holding. The Turkish company plans to invest EBRD funds in wind farms and solar power plants with a combined capacity of up to 250 MW. The agreement was inked on the sidelines of […]
Čibuk 1, Serbia’s largest wind farm, fully constructed
Construction has been completed on the 158 MW Čibuk 1, Serbia’s largest wind farm, according to a news release from one of the financial institutions that approved a loan for the project. The wind farm has started trial production. Čibuk 1, with 57 wind turbines, “is fully constructed,” reads a news release from the European […]
Tendering: ELEM seeks bids to supply, install 10 MW Oslomej solar power plant
North Macedonia’s state-owned electricity producer ELEM has invited bids to supply and install a 10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant adjacent to its Oslomej coal power plant. The solar power plant is the biggest currently planned in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Koco Angjusev told a news conference. ELEM plans to develop a 10 […]
