EUR 5.8 million project seeks to prove feasibility of electric car-sharing in smaller urban areas
Greenhouse gases (GHG) from road transport have grown by more than 20% between 1990 and 2010 and now account for a fifth of all CO2 released in the EU, contributing significantly to climate change. Cars also impact air pollution, noise levels, and congestion in urban areas. Car-sharing is one solution to the problem, and the […]
Proposals sought to develop innovative financing mechanism to improve energy efficiency in public buildings
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has issued a request for proposals for the delivery of developed models for an innovative financing mechanism for the implementation of the Low-Carbon Urban Development Concept (LCUD) under the Catalyzing Environmental Finance for LUCD project. Due to a long period of neglect and under-investment, […]
Akfen secures USD 363 million in lending for USD 530 million renewables project
Akfen Renewable Energy, the renewables arm of Turkey’s Akfen Holding, has secured a total of USD 363 million in lending from six banks for its USD 530 million project to build four new wind farms and nine solar photovoltaic (PV) plants with a combined capacity of 327 MW. Akfen Renewable Energy is providing USD 167 […]
Akfen to build 4 new wind farms, 9 PV plants with EBRD’s backing of up to USD 102 million
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a financing package of up to USD 102 million to the renewable energy arm of the Turkish conglomerate Akfen Holding. The funds will be invested in building four new wind farms and nine solar photovoltaic (PV) plants with a combined capacity of 327 MW, the […]
Cyprus preparing plan to cut GHG emissions, plastic waste – minister
Cyprus will complete a new national plan for climate and energy within the year to address cutting GHG emissions and plastic waste, Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environment Minister Costas Kadis said during a recent discussion in the Cypriot parliament. For his part, Theodoulos Mesimeris, Head of the Climate Change Unit at the ministry’s Department of […]
Energy Community’s Secretariat sends draft climate change law to ministry
The Energy Community’s Secretariat has submitted to the Kosovo* ministry of environment a draft new climate change law, according to a statement from the Secretariat. This new climate change law would be transposing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the Recommendation of the Ministerial Council […]
Public debate on Draft Law on Climate Change launched
The Ministry of Environmental Protection invited all interested parties to participate in the public debate on the Draft Law on Climate Change in order to improve the quality of the act. Public debate has started on March 16 and will last until April 20. The first public hearing was held at the amphitheater of the […]
Government adopts proposal of Energy Concept of Slovenia
The Slovenian government has defined the text of the proposal of a resolution on the Energy Concept of Slovenia, a framework document laying out the country’s long-term energy goals, and sent it to the parliament for adoption. The document envisages lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% by 2050 compared to the 1990 […]