Tendering: Technical Assistance under WBIF for energy, environment, social, transport, digital infrastructure
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has published a contract notice for the Infrastructure Project Facility – Technical Assistance – Energy, Environment, Social, Transport and Digital Economy under the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF). The project will be implemented in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo*. The maximum budget for the Technical […]
Residents vow to keep battling small hydropower plant Meteh
Residents in Plav in northern Montenegro recently again blocked the start of construction on the Meteh small hydropower plant (SHPP) on the Komarača river. They insist that the construction permit was unlawfully issued to the investor, construction firm Normal Company owned by businessman Žarko Burić, warning that the investor has no right to resume the […]
Two more weeks left for comments on EU-backed principles, list of sustainable hydropower projects in Western Balkans
The extended deadline to provide comments on the draft Principles for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western Balkans and on the draft Indicative List of Projects associated with the Regional Strategy for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western Balkans, an EU-funded study, expires on August 31. The draft list contains the existing and potential greenfield hydropower projects that may receive financial […]
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 […]
EBRD provides EUR 2 million loan for energy efficiency measures in Kosovo*
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided EUR 2 million loan for energy efficiency measures in residential sector in Kosovo*. The loan has been provided to Kreditimi Rural i Kosoves (KrK), the third-largest microfinance institution in Kosovo*, to support households’ efforts to save energy and money. The funds will be on-lent to […]
MEPSO and Siemens sign contract for Dubrovo substation revitalization
Electricity Transmission System Operator of Macedonia (MEPSO) and the consortium of Siemens and SisKon have signed a contract on revitalization of Dubrovo 400/110kV substation, worth EUR 4.6 million. With this project MEPSO starts new investment cycle in revitalization of the network, worth more than EUR 50 million. At the signing of ceremony held last week […]
Small portion of public funds dedicated to upgrading buildings in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
Only 3 percent of the public funds that could be used to support energy-efficiency investments in the Central, Eastern and South-East Europe are dedicated to upgrading buildings. This shows that buildings are not considered to be critical energy infrastructure, although they can help reduce energy dependency and have other positive impacts, the Buildings Performance Institute […]
Montenegro secures funds for construction of wastewater treatment plant in its capital
Montenegro has secured most of the needed funds for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Podgorica, worth EUR 50 million. The international tender for the construction of the plant is expected to be published in the first quarter of 2018. Two loan agreements has been today signed between the Government of Montenegro and […]