Vienna will equip all its public buildings with solar PV systems
Within its measures to mitigate the climate change impact, the Austrian capital made sure more than half of its territory are green spaces. Ulli Sima, Executive City Councillor for the Environment and Vienna Public Utilities, told Balkan Green Energy News that the local authority would install photovoltaic systems on all the buildings it owns and […]
50 contractors eye Skopje wastewater treatment plant project
Around 50 companies have expressed interest in designing and building a wastewater treatment plant in the North Macedonian capital Skopje, a EUR 136 million project aimed at addressing the pollution and poor quality of water in the River Vardar. The project will be financed through EIB and EBRD loans The wastewater treatment plant project is to be […]
TENDERING: Podgorica to build wastewater treatment complex
The capital city of Montenegro invited contractors to express interest in the main project within its plan to upgrade the sewer network. The procurement in Podgorica is for wastewater and sludge treatment plants and sewage sludge incineration unit. Waterworks and sewage utility Vodovod i kanalizacija has issued a public call for prequalification for works cofinanced […]
ITM Group from Serbia plans to build small hydropower plants
Serbian businessman Toplica Spasojević hinted ITM Group would upgrade the partnership with hydropower equipment maker Andritz Hydro and build units of 5 MW, 10 MW and 12 MW with its turbines. He claimed ambitious investment is in the pipeline and pointed to opportunities in the water and wastewater sector as well. ITM Group has brushed […]
Ljubljana sewage system adding Exelys wastewater sludge treatment
Krüger and Veolia were picked to improve biogas output and energy efficiency in the processing of a water purification byproduct in Slovenia’s capital. Ljubljana is overhauling the regional sewage and wastewater management network with a EUR 111 million budget. The government is mulling options for the utilization of the sludge. In the biggest cohesion project […]
Belgrade sees EUR 6.5 billion in investments lowering pollution
Deputy mayor Goran Vesić has laid out a five-year plan to combat pollution in Serbia’s capital. Together with investments by the country’s government and other partners, spending in Belgrade comes in at EUR 6.5 billion. The sum for combating pollution includes EUR 3.86 billion projected for the first two lines of the city train, which […]
China’s CMEC to make main Belgrade wastewater treatment unit, sewage
Serbia’s capital city signed a cooperation agreement with China Machinery Engineering Corp. for the intended financing of research and design of a system for the collection and treatment of wastewater. A separate deal is authorizing CMEC to start the preparatory activity for the project, estimated at up to EUR 771 million in total. The first […]
EU approves EUR 128 million for water infrastructure in Croatia
The European Commission has approved an investment of EUR 128 million from the cohesion fund to modernize water supply, wastewater collection and wastewater treatment infrastructures in the urban Croatian area of Split-Solin. The entire project value is estimated at EUR 228 million. Additional funds will be provided by Croatian state institutions. The project includes the […]