New energy efficiency framework for households in Western Balkans

Households in Kosovo* are now able to apply for loans at local partner financial institutions for green technology solutions through the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) for Kosovo*. GEFF has been launched by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and will provide loans to households for energy efficiency improvements, under the Regional Energy […]

Building owners, local mayors are heroes of energy efficiency

Government and regulators are responsible for empowering decision makers on the local level as well as for clarifying how to engage with private energy service companies (ESCO) to establish public-private partnerships (PPPs) in energy efficiency, says Toivo Miller from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), adding concrete investments in the field are done […]

Interviews January 29, 2018

Modernization of street lighting system in Novigrad via ESCO model

Project: Upgrading street lighting in Novigrad – Cittanova Country: Croatia Contract type: Public-private partnership, ESCO Contract duration: 8 year Technical assistance and finance: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) –         EU-funded Regional Energy Efficiency Programme (REEP) Co-finance: Croatian Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund Implementation: GGE and Javna Raszvetljava, Slovenia Implementation […]

Energy Community Secretariat : WB6 countries making progress in sustainability

The six Western Balkans (WB6) countries have achieved progress in a number of measures of the Sustainability Charter, but there is also room for improvement, the Energy Community Secretariat assessed in its “WB6 Sustainability Charter Monitoring Report”. The six Western Balkans countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, signed a Sustainability Charter […]