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Home > Archives for district heating

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Keeping the flame alive with emission revenues: How the EU Modernisation Fund props up fossil gas and waste incineration

May 8, 2025

In operation since 2021, the Modernisation Fund was designed to channel EU emission trading revenues into investments in the energy transition in 13 lower-income Member States.


Unmasking the biomass dilemma in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

January 17, 2025

As EU law regulating bioenergy is not yet sufficient to avoid climate and nature damage, this report outlines why forest biomass needs to be treated with caution in the Western Balkans.


Closing the door on waste incineration for district heating in central and eastern Europe

December 2, 2024

Member States and public financing must align with EU principles and avoid investments that lock them into unsustainable practices like waste incineration.


Repower the regions: How to make a heating and cooling plan for municipalities. A methodology for creating a sustainable and just plan for district heating decarbonisation

September 27, 2024

The methodology proposed in this study for local heating and cooling planning at the local level is supplemented by a set of specific legislative and regulatory recommendations at the state level.


Western Balkans urged to embrace renewable energy for district heating

May 14, 2024

The city of Tuzla in Bosnia depends on the local coal-fired power plant for its district heating. / emirkrasnic via Pixabay


Communities leading the Western Balkans’ clean heating transition

May 8, 2024

Photo: Nataša kovačević


Cleaning up District Heating: Best technologies and real-life examples

April 18, 2024

Intended for practitioners, policymakers, civil society and the energy sector, this brochure reviews various public financing options that can help enable the transition to clean district heating.


The Western Balkans residential Green Economy Financing Facility: Results so far and recommendations for further action

January 31, 2024

This briefing assesses the effectiveness of the energy efficiency credit lines for households financed through the Green Economy Financing Facility, in terms of environmental sustainability and attractiveness for users in all six Western Balkan countries.


Bitola’s heating future: a pipeline to nowhere or solar solutions?

December 22, 2023

Bitola in North Macedonia is currently pursuing a decades-old district heating plan connected to the nearby coal power plant – which will, however, close in a few years. But better alternatives exist, as discussed at a recent event in the city, and young people, especially those involved in information sciences and technology, should play a key role in moving them forward.


To keep homes warm in the Western Balkans, look beneath the surface

October 26, 2023

Geothermal energy as a sustainable source for district heating is gathering steam around the world. Many municipalities in the Western Balkans urgently need to break free from dirty and expensive fossil fuel-based heating. One little-known way of doing so is to tap the region’s geothermal potential lying right below their feet.


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