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EBRD and Sparkasse Bank Makedonija Support Small Businesses in North Macedonia

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the green economy in North Macedonia by providing a EUR 23 million loan to Sparkasse Bank Makedonija (SMB) for on-lending to local...

Save the Planet with Biomass – Renewable Energy Source

Biomass represents a renewable energy source that, unfortunately, is the least promoted; hence, its potential is huge. We talked with Nataša Rubežić, President of the National Biomass Association “SERBIO”, about the energy...

The Importance of Battery Energy Storage Systems in the Energy Transition

The increasing demand of consumers to be supplied at all times with electrical energy to satisfy all their needs is one the basic causes for the complexity of an energy system. The...

Five Cross-cutting Barriers to Bioenergy Deployment and How to Address Them

Bioenergy – solid biofuels, biogas, biomethane and liquid biofuels – already makes a significant contribution to the world’s energy supply, but half of the deployment currently takes the form of traditional uses...

Electric BMW iX1 – Orders Available from November

The entry model into the world of BMW X is now more appealing than ever. In its third model generation, the new BMW X1 boasts a more prominent design, superior spaciousness, advanced...

Power-sector Emissions are Set to Fall in 2022. – Thanks to Renewable Energy

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered an unprecedented global energy crisis, the world has been turning to other sources of power, besides oil and gas, to meet demand. Renewable energy has seen a...

EBRD Helps Montenegro to Scale Up Investments in Renewables

Montenegro plans to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix with a comprehensive programme of renewable energy auctions that will bring private investment into the sector. The European Bank for Reconstruction...

Five Cities Tackling Air Pollution

Air pollution has been called the most-pressing environmental health crisis of our time, responsible for an estimated 7 million premature deaths every year. Approximately nine in 10 people around the world breathe...

EBRD Loans USD 100 Million to Boost Renewables in Turkey

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending up to USD 100 million in financing to Adnan Polat Enerji Yatirimi A.S. (APEY) as part of a financing package jointly provided...

Germany’s EUR 9 Transit Ticket Cuts 1.8 Million Tonnes of CO2

For three months, Germany has been offering ultracheap monthly tickets for all local trains, metros, trams and buses. The scheme was introduced in an effort to encourage the use of public transportation...

Support for Fossil Fuels Almost Doubled in 2021, Slowing Progress Toward International Climate Goals, According to New Analysis From OECD and IEA

Major economies sharply increased support for the production and consumption of coal, oil and natural gas, with many countries struggling to balance long standing pledges to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies...

EBRD Provides USD 127 Million Loan to Turkey’s Isbank

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing USD 127 million in new funding to Isbank for on-lending to women-led businesses and to facilitate Turkey’s transition to a green economy. The...

ABB and Hydrogen Optimized Expand Hydrogen Partnership, Including a Strategic Investment

ABB and Hydrogen Optimized Inc. (HOI), the Canadian technology innovator unlocking green hydrogen production at scale, have signed an agreement to expand the companies’ existing strategic relationship. This includes an investment by...

Historical success – Nepal doubled the number of wild tigers

WWF is delighted to congratulate Nepal for successfully doubling its tiger population to an estimate of 355 individuals - an increase of more than  190 per cent since 2009. Those are the...

EBRD Supports Small Businesses and Female Entrepreneurs in Kosovo

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is backing women entrepreneurs and small businesses in Kosovo with a new financing package to Agency for Finance in Kosovo (AFK), a microfinance institution. Some...

We are not Alone on the Path to Green Transformation

Less developed countries are torn between the struggle to preserve energy stability and the domestic economy on the one hand and the pressures imposed by the global energy transition on the other....

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