Call for consultancy services to upgrade energy efficiency in Ionian Adriatic macro-region
The European Commission has published a call for consultancy services in the field of energy efficiency and renewables that will help reduce energy poverty in the Ionian Adriatic macro-region. The project’s aim is to provide a blueprint for making building renovations easier as well as increasing the energy share of renewables to 100% in the […]
Bulgaria starts making waste repository for old nuclear reactors
The Bulgarian government has started the construction of a radioactive waste repository to store low and medium-level waste. The country’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova attended a ground breaking ceremony for the repository at Radiana which will be used to store radioactive waste from the decommissioned reactors at the Kozloduj nuclear power plant. Also present at […]
EUR 69 million of EU funds for water management projects in Slovenia
Almost EUR 69 million from the Cohesion Fund will be invested in new facilities to collect and treat wastewater in Slovenia, the European Commission announced. The funds will be used to upgrade water management networks in Ljubljana and the towns of Medvode and Vodice, the European Commission said in a statement. It added that 310,000 […]
EC to asses national plans for alternative energy in transport in November
The EU Members States will have to develop market and infrastructure for alternative fuels in transport and to this end they are preparing national policy frameworks. The European Commission (EC) will publish its assessment of those frameworks in November, the EC told Balkan Green Energy News. In line with the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive, the […]
UPDATE: Green light for selling of IBEX to Bulgarian Stock Exchange
Article from August 10 updated with new information. State-owned Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has got the green light to sell the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) to the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE), Bulgarian government announced. Th Government of Bulgaria has announced that it has given its approval to the Bulgarian Energy Holding to sell 100 […]
EIB loan for three new wind farms in Greece
The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it has approved a loan of EUR 24 million for three wind farm projects in Greece. The loan will be used by the Terna Energy company to set up and operate the three wind farms in the central Greece region of Viotia. Part of the loan was secured by […]
Radioactive waste storage creates problems in Croatia-BiH relations
The European Commission has warned Croatia that it has two months to fully implement the directive on radioactive waste management or it will be taken to the Court of Justice. The Croatian authorities decided earlier that the only possible site for a storage facility for radioactive waste is on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
European Commission urges Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus to tackle environmental issues
The European Commission (EC) has requested in its July infringement package from several EU member states in South-East Europe to tackle environmental issues like emissions or waste management, and to apply the EU rules in this regard. The EC requested Romania to tackle emissions from large combustion plants, adding that four industrial plants in the […]
