New round of EIB loans for improving energy efficiency in Bucharest

Two projects for refurbishing the multi-family residential buildings in the Romanian capital of Bucharest received financial boost from the European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it  is lending EUR 15.3 million to finance the second phase of the thermal rehabilitation programme covering multi-family housing in the Bucharest’s Sector 6 municipality. This is […]

EPBiH launches another tender for Podveležje wind farm

The state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) launched a tender for substation and cabling for Podveležje wind farm near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The call is open for offers of engineering, procurement, supply and construction of an 110/30 kV substation, the 30kV power cabling, fibre optical cabling and earthing network between wind energy converters (WEC) […]

EPS to invest EUR 4.5 billion by 2025

Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) plans to invest EUR 4.5 billion into Serbian electric power system, but renewable energy sources still cannot replace coal as the main source of energy, according to the Serbian public power company’s strategy director. “Coal fired power plants will remain the corner-stone of EPS power production in the coming period, along with […]

Electricity December 18, 2016

EBRD extends support to renewable energy projects in Turkey

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is financing small-scale renewable energy and resource efficiency projects in Turkey with an extension of EUR 400 million. The funds will be extended under the EBRD’s Turkey Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (TurSEFF), a program originally designed to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking to improve their […]

Renewables December 7, 2016

Skopje as host city of the training on MVP

The Centre for Energy Efficiency of Macedonia (MACEF) hosted on November 9 in Skopje the 4th Partner Meeting of the consortium of the Facilitating multi-level governance in energy efficiency (multEE) project. The meeting brought together important partners from EU and non-EU countries. The following day the Training on the System for Monitoring and Verification (MVP) […]