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April 1, 2025

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What do you do when your bathtub leaks? Do you open the tap wider – or do you fix the leak?

By Nathalie Hemeleers – Director of EU Affairs at the Solar Impulse Foundation, one of EUSEW’s partner organizations,highlighting the critical role of energy efficiency, emphasizing its importance in driving decarbonization, competitiveness, and resource optimization, innovative solutions, and supportive financing and policies. Decarbonizing our energy supply through renewable sources of energy is absolutely key. But if the […]

April 1, 2025

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Kosovo* to invest EUR 86 million to save energy in 400 public buildings

Kosovo* has secured a EUR 50 million loan for energy efficiency measures in public buildings. The project, the largest ever for energy efficiency in Kosovo*, is worth EUR 86 million. The EUR 50 million loan provided by the European Bank For Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) would be on-lent to the Kosovo Energy Efficiency Fund (KEEF). […]

April 1, 2025

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Mechanisms and opportunities for trading energy savings in Croatia: A guide to the SMiV system and white certificates

Author: Ana Slovenec, Senior Associate at Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko and partners in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Croatia’s energy savings trading system, governed by the Energy Efficiency Act and supported by the SMiV platform, provides a structured approach to tracking, verifying, and monetizing energy efficiency measures. The system enables participants to trade energy savings […]

April 1, 2025

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On the path to a green future: the importance of bottom-up initiatives in cities

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 […]

April 1, 2025

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IFC is building Western Balkans Green Growth Alliance

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 […]

April 1, 2025

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Termokos opens tender for solar thermal system for Prishtina heating

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. […]

April 1, 2025

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GGF provides loan to Lovćen banka in Montenegro for its green portfolio

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 […]

April 1, 2025

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KEY – The Energy Transition Expo to be held from March 5 to 7 in Rimini

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 […]

April 1, 2025

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EU Clean Industrial Deal envisages EUR 100 billion Industrial Decarbonisation Bank

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 […]

April 1, 2025

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Improving energy efficiency and decarbonization in three Serbian municipalities through public-private partnership

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 […]