Aug272017 by Céline MarsNo Comments
Second Energy Community Summer School launched today in Ohrid, by BGEN, on 26th August 2017

Second Energy Community Summer School launched today in Ohrid, by BGEN, on 26th August 2017

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Second Energy Community Summer School launched today in Ohrid, BGEN, August 26, 2017 Following the success of the first Energy Community (EnC) Summer School, which was held in Albania in 2016, this year’s summer program has been officially launched today in Ohrid. The EnC Summer School will last from 26 August 26 to September 2 and will be held in the Congress Center in Ohrid with study visits to important sights, such as the HPP Globochitsa. The school will host 40 most qualified participants from 25 different South-East European  and EU countries, including lecturers from various European countries, who are renowned experts in the fields of energy and climate protection. Aim of the summer school, among others, is to support the energy sector transition and EU integration process of South-East…
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Aug272017 by Ing. Arben HoxhaNo Comments
Financing EE to tackle energy poverty in WBs, by Isabelle Maurizi (Pracsis), 23 August 2017

Financing EE to tackle energy poverty in WBs, by Isabelle Maurizi (Pracsis), 23 August 2017

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OVERVIEW | Financing energy efficiency to tackle energy poverty in Western Balkans: a model shift? By Isabelle Maurizi (Pracsis), 23 August 2017 With supportive policy measures in place, good practices in energy efficiency financing are flourishing in the European Union. Now, through initiatives such as the REELIH project (Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Households project implemented by Habitat for Humanity and USAID), attention is turning to the Western Balkans where energy intensive building stock and widespread energy poverty can be addressed by energy efficiency improvements. The Western Balkans: an energy intensive building stock The Western Balkans is the region composed of six Eastern and Central European countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. All six countries emerged from the Soviet area with highly…
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Aug272017 by Ing. Arben HoxhaNo Comments
Albania’s copper reserves reach up to 17.5 mln tons per year, Xinhua / Zhou Xin, 25 August 2017

Albania’s copper reserves reach up to 17.5 mln tons per year, Xinhua / Zhou Xin, 25 August 2017

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Albania's copper reserves reach up to 17.5 mln tons per year, Xinhua / Zhou Xin, 25 August 2017 TIRANA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) - Albania's copper reserves reach up to 17.5 million tons per year, an official document released by Albanian Ministry of Energy and Industry (MEI) showed Friday. Based on such document, the ministry informed it had opened invitations for expression of interest from domestic and foreign enterprises to invest in the copper industry in Albania. It also noted in its document that the copper reserves are mainly situated in northern Albania, such as Puke and Mirdita extending further to the centre of the country as Elbasan district and in southeast, mainly in Korca region. Albanian authorities are looking for new investments in this sector in order to give a…
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