Serbia starts coal phaseout in heating sector from 2021
The heating plant in Kragujevac will be converted from coal to gas, and boilers on solid fuels replaced in kindergartens, schools, health centers and households.
Clean Air For All – What are the main sources of air pollutants?
*Expert advice in the preparation of this article was provided by Professor Aleksandar Jovović, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade There is no doubt that the main sources of air pollution are the same all over the world – the energy sector, commercial, institutional and household heating, transportation, industry, agriculture, and waste management. However, […]
TENDERING: Biomass heating plant in Novi Pazar
The Ministry of Mining and Energy of Serbia has launched a tender procedure for building and engineering works for a biomass heating plant with two gas-fired backup boilers for heating utility Gradska Toplana Novi Pazar. The deadline for the submission of bids is August 10, according to the public procurement notice (200430_PN_Biomass plant Novi Pazar.Rev.2). […]
Fourteen-day shifts in power systems for stable supply in region
Power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) has decided to split the employees into two groups due to the emergency caused by the coronavirus. One group will work and sleep in power plants for 14 days, while the other will spend the period in isolation at home, and then replace the first one. A similar […]
Novi Pazar gets EUR 5.8 million to switch heating plant from fossil fuel to biomass
Serbia’s Ministry of Mining and Energy has allocated EUR 5.8 million for the Novi Pazar heating plant to switch from fossil fuels – heating oil – to biomass. Novi Pazar is the third municipality in the country to receive funds under the EUR 26.7 million project, which was launched in mid-2017. Priboj and Mali Zvornik […]
Is connecting households to district heating for free sustainable?
The City of Šabac decided that connecting households to the district heating system would be free, while the City of Valjevo halved the charge. Representatives of the local authorities said they intend to help lower air pollution but that they want heating prices to decrease. Individual furnaces are labeled as one of the major causes […]
Contracts signed to finance switching two Serbian heating plants to biomass
Heating plants in six municipalities in Serbia will receive EUR 26.7 million to switch from fossil fuels – coal and heating oil – to biomass, the Ministry of Mining and Energy said on its website. The first two municipalities to get new heating plants will be Priboj and Mali Zvornik, by the of 2022. The […]
District heating as the future of urban heating in Europe – Novi Sad Heating Plant leads by example
Author: Dušan Macura, head of heat production and distribution at Novi Sad Heating Plant (Novosadska Toplana) What challenges lie ahead in the transition of conventional district heating systems and is district heating the future of urban heating in Europe? The vision of the development of public heating utility Novosadska Toplana, a regional leader by achieved […]
