By Bettina Päri, EUSEWYoung Energy Ambassador highlights the importance of citizen engagement in the energy transition, focusing on the European Youth Energy Forum’s bottom-up. Active citizen participation in the energy transition receives attention in the sustainable energy sector. However, when it comes to broader public awareness, the topic gets notably less limelight, and citizen participation […]
The International Finance Corporation is spearheading the establishment of the Western Balkans Green Growth Alliance. It aims to build knowledge and capacity for decarbonization and sustainability in manufacturing and industrial production, tourism, and agricuture and related services. The other goal is providing access to financial instruments that enable circular business models and sustainable practices, especially […]
District heating utility Termokos is seeking a contractor to build a 30 MW solar thermal facility outside Prishtina in Kosovo*. The estimated time for completion is 30 months plus a six-month commissioning phase. After several years of preparation, Kosovo* is moving ahead with the largest solar thermal project for district heating in the Western Balkans. […]
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) has established a partnership with Lovćen banka in Montenegro by signing a loan agreement of EUR 3 million. A new loan facility will enable Lovćen banka to expand its green lending portfolio, providing dedicated financing to businesses investing in sustainable practices and smaller-scale renewable energy projects, GGF said. The […]
From March 5 to 7, Rimini Expo Centre will host the third edition of KEY – The Energy Transition Expo, an event dedicated to the energy transition. Powered by the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), it will bring together experts, companies, and institutions from Europe, Africa, and the Mediterranean to discuss key topics and innovations in […]
Unveiling its Clean Industrial Deal initiative, the European Commission vowed to raise as much as EUR 100 billion within ten years for its Industrial Decarbonization Bank scheme. It would also mobilize over EUR 100 billion in the short term to support domestic clean manufacturing. Proposed measures from one of the deal’s pillars, the Action Plan […]
During 2024, a total of 64 boiler rooms burning fuel oil, heating oil, or coal were shut down in Serbia’s municipalities of Apatin, Odžaci, and Šid. As part of a public-private partnership project with Negawatt Solutions and B&S Immobilien, members of the EnergyNet group, boiler rooms using high-emission energy sources switched to a cleaner energy […]
The third Belgrade Energy Forum will take place on May 14 and 15, bringing together key players in Southeast Europe’s energy transition. Organized by Balkan Green Energy News, the region’s leading energy news portal, this conference will serve as a hub for representatives from regional and international institutions, organizations, and the business community from the […]
State-owned Monteput is preparing a study on installing solar panels along the Bar-Boljare highway. The company has launched a tender for the development of a techno-economic study of the use of solar potential along the Bar-Boljare highway route for the production and use of electricity. Monteput intends to use the electricity from its solar power […]
MountMed Institute and the University of Cyprus are establishing the country’s first energy cooperative with partners from Crete. In the pilot phase, they intend to build a small hybrid power plant – photovoltaic facility with energy storage – for one hundred households in the Troodos mountain range. The communities of the wider Troodos (Trodos) region […]