STRIDE Improved energy planning through the Integration of Smart Grid concepts in the Danube Region

The fifth and final STRIDE Newsletter for Winter 2022 has been published. Click to open Newsletter 5. Read our newsletter for a comprehensive overview of STRIDE project progress, including long-term project goals, partner...

Event Organiser: Center for Energy, Environment and Resources – CENER 21     On Tuesday, 13th December 2022, the final local event for Bosnia and Herzegovina within the framework of the Interreg Danube STRIDE project was held in the...

  Much has changed for the small rural community of Randegg in Lower Austria within the past year. Instigated by an introductory information meeting in July 2021, Randegg is well on its way toward setting up its first energy...

ConPlusUltra (CPU) has become an official cooperation partner of the Sustainability Initiative of the Raiffeisenlandesbank Burgenland (bank) in Austria. The sustainability initiative aims at supporting private households, companies and...

On the 30th of June 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development published the document "Assessment with recommendations for removing obstacles and easing administrative procedures that limit greater use of energy from renewable...

The Center for Energy, Environment and Resources (CENER 21) is hosting a regional STRIDE Final Conference to disseminate the results of the STRIDE – Improvement of Energy Planning through the Integration of the Concept of Smart Grids Project in...

On the 21st November 2022, the Interreg Danube STRIDE project held their Final Conference in conjunction with the 5th International IEEE Conference and Workshop in Óbuda on Electrical and Power Engineering in Budapest, Hungary in order to share...

  STRIDE activities following the second regional training session in June 2022 emphasise stakeholder involvement in the project’s long-term roll-out One of the main results of the regional STRIDE training events in Hungary, which...

The transnational STRIDE project (Improved energy planning through the Integration of Smart Grid concepts in the Danube Region), co-financed with funds from the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme (DTP), aims to provide comprehensive support...

An interview with Mr. Ivan Hinovsk, Bulgarian Energy and Mining Forum (BEMF): “We have registered a Chamber of Energy Communities in Bulgaria for development of smart electricity networks and energy cooperatives” On 17th May 2022,...

In September 2022, Mr. Anton Ivanov, Engineer and Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Energy and Mining Forum (BEMF), was interviewed by editors of the ‘Energy, Ecology, Economy’ platform. The BEMF is a pioneer in development of strategies for...

Event Summary:              Join the STRIDE project consortium on 21st November 2022 at the 5th International IEEE Conference AND Workshop in Óbuda on Electrical and Power Engineering in Budapest, Hungary to learn more about how the...

The open-source STRIDE Smart Energy Platform, now live and open to all interested parties, serves as a network of experts, policy makers, and other stakeholders from all target groups and therefore build capacity for the STRIDE...

On 20th September, Local Energy Agency Spodnje Podravje (LEASP) is organising a final STRIDE dissemination event in Slovenia, where the main results of the project – i.e., the STRIDE strategy, action plans and Smart Energy Platform – will be...

In December 2021, the smart grid analyses of the partners were finalised, marking the completion of this work in smart grid regional analyses (WP1). The process was overseen by ConPlusUltra (Austria) but relied on the input of all STRIDE...

  In early June, the CENER 21 team held local trainings in the selected region – Zenica-Doboj Canton and Central Bosnia Canton. The trainings were titled “Opportunities for the development of the concept of smart grids in the electricity...

“The green transition is not limited to Renewable Energy Sources (RES), energy efficiency and fossil fuel abandonment, but is also a challenge for the energy networks,” stated experts from the Bulgarian Energy Management Institute (EMI) during a...

The European Commission has published four studies containing analyses on various aspects of decarbonisation of the heating and cooling sector in the EU.  Currently, about half of Europe's energy is used for heating and cooling, most of which...

On 29 March 2022 in the Municipality of Panagyurishte, and 11 April 2022 in the Municipality of Pernik, the Bulgarian Energy and Mining Forum (BEMF) in cooperation with the Bulgarian Association of Towns and Regions, organised specialosed...

In recent months, amid the energy crisis and the upcoming debate over the implementation of the “Fit for 55” package, the topic of the green transition to a low-carbon economy has once again moved to the forefront in Bulgaria and Europe. For...