Bill Gates: USD 1 billion for scientific breakthroughs in green energy
Bill Gates, a founder of Microsoft and a philanthropist, announced the launch of the fund that will invest more than USD 1 billion in scientific breakthroughs and innovations with the potential to deliver cheap and reliable clean energy to the world. According to Bill Gates, the launch of the fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is […]
CREAM Serbia preparing tender for wastewater treatment in Zrenjanin
In cooperation with the team appointed by the City of Zrenjanin for the implementation of public–private partnerships (PPPs) and the construction and operation of a wastewater facility for the municipal territory, research has been conducted by CREAM Serbia PPP Alliance, which promotes the concept in the Balkan country. Work was done with the help of the European Union and […]
HeSaLight donates 20 street lights to Belgrade
The City of Belgrade installed LED lighting in Brankova street in the centre with the help from Danish company HeSaLight from Roskilde. The donation of 20 lamps, worth RSD 2 million (EUR 16,200), will bring down electricity costs by up to 60%, mayor Siniša Mali said at the meeting with the firm’s representatives. He added […]
New business sector emerging from energy efficiency technologies
Montenegro has been intensifying efforts to promote and help fund energy efficiency activities through the Directorate for Energy Efficiency, which stimulates consumers of energy: households, the public sector, firms and municipalities. Dragica Sekulić, who heads the body established by the Ministry of Economy, says the efforts focus on creating a long-term financing scheme with adapted […]
Niš preparing tender for wastewater treatment plant
Local media said the City of Niš was granted EUR 56 million, more than half of the funds provided to Serbia by the European Commission. The local authority will use it to construct a wastewater treatment system. An international tender is expected for the purification facility in the third-largest city, located in the country’s south. The […]
ENEF’s consortium selected for public lighting in Žabalj
The Municipality of Žabalj awarded a public–private partnership (PPP) for the reconstruction of the street lighting system in four settlements to a group of companies led by ENEF energetska efikasnost d.o.o. from Novi Sad. Participants in the project in the area in Serbia’s north are Elios SRB d.o.o. from Novi Sad, U Light Kft from […]
Sokolac seeking partner in district heating PPP
A call for the implementation of renewal, expansion, operation, maintenance and delivery of heat was placed by the Municipality of Sokolac in East Sarajevo. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which published the notice, financed the documentation for the pilot project within the Regional Energy Efficiency Programme (REEP), approved under the Western Balkans Investment […]
City of Belgrade signs contract with IFC for advisory services
International Finance Corporation (IFC) will assist the City of Belgrade in the structuring and implementation of a private–public partnership (PPP) in waste treatment and waste disposal services. Mayor Siniša Mali signed the contract with Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, manager in the PPP Transaction Advisory Services Department of the international creditor, the local government’s portal reported. The city […]