Energy efficiency enforcement – a penalty model
Authors: Marija Mušec, Partner, and Šime Dujmović-Maruna, Associate at law firm Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko doo, in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH Croatia is rolling out the energy efficiency obligation (EEO) scheme for the second year in a row. EEO places an obligation on obliged parties (OPs) to achieve quantitative energy savings targets […]
Candidates in clim@ green competition come from 60 countries
Grand finalists will present their entries at the GGF Sustainable Future Forum in Frankfurt on June 3. Finance in Motion is responsible for the clim@ contest on behalf of the fund. The European Commission and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development are its sponsors. More than half of applications came from the target […]
Resalta to supply heat to Zagreb Airport for 20 years
New boilers burn natural gas but there is also an option to switch to fuel oil in case of a shortage. The energy services provider inked the deal to supply heat but also to maintain the system and its network. The operator of Zagreb Airport has signed a thermal energy outsourcing contract with Resalta doo. […]
GGF approves EUR 10 million for BKT Kosovo’s* green lending portfolio
Clients are getting access to home renovation loans and firms will be able to upgrade production processes and energy or service supply systems. GGF provides packages for green lending to its local partners. More opportunities for efficiency in energy and resource use in Kosovo* are about to be opened, according to the Green for Growth […]
Resalta secures EUR 12 million loan from EIB for energy efficiency services
The energy services provider intends to expand in Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and the Western Balkans overall. The funding for Resalta was agreed within the Investment Plan for Europe for the second time. Energy intensity in Southeastern Europe is high and there is a need for energy efficiency and energy management, according to a press […]
EU scolds Croatia for delay in reporting on energy efficiency
Downsizing and the faulty database of the former relevant authority in Zagreb blocked the European Commission from getting a complete picture of progress in the European Union. Croatia now has a different agency tasked with providing the annual retrospective on energy efficiency. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy said it would “very soon” publish […]
North Macedonia adopts Law on Energy Efficiency, sees bylaws by summer
New legislation brings the system in line with several EU rules in the sector. North Macedonia was several years late in harmonization and EUR 25 million for energy makeover in the public sector has been on hold. Lawmakers in Skopje established “new best practice standards” in the Energy Community, the organization’s secretariat said after a […]
Dubrovnik installs heating, cooling on seawater in four buildings
The heating and cooling system in the Rector’s Palace or Knežev dvor has been finished. It also covers the city hall, movie theater Sloboda and the Marin Držić theater, according to an update on Dubrovnik’s official web page. Works were financed from the Seadrion project, in which Dubrovnik Development Agency, DURA, participated. It was backed […]
