Historical food waste reduction targets are being set. Remaining production should be recycled

The European Union is moving towards more sustainable food management. Representatives of the Council and the European Parliament have reached a preliminary agreement on a targeted revision of the Waste Directive, which for the first time sets specific targets to...
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EFG Group opens new fund EFG Fund SICAV. The plan is to invest over three billion crowns

In March this year, EFG Group opened a new investment fund EFG Fund SICAV a.s. Through this fund, or rather through the EFG Green gas & energy sub-fund, the company plans to invest more than CZK 3 billion. The fund is intended to be a key instrument to ensure...
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Natural gas shortage signals faster transition to renewable sources

Europe is facing growing uncertainty in natural gas deliveries, exacerbated by lower gas supplies in recent months. The cold winter has once again exposed the fragility of the current energy system, which still relies largely on scarce and geopolitically unstable...
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EFG Group invests CZK 26 million in the modernisation of gastro waste collection

As part of its "tridimgastro.cz" project, the Energy financial group (EFG) is putting into operation new collection vehicles with an integrated washing system for separating containers from April. The service focuses on the collection, transport and recycling of...
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Collection of kitchen waste in the Czech Republic is growing. The “Třídím gastro” service expects to collect almost 5,000 tonnes of waste this year

The "tridimgastro.cz" project of the Energy Financial Group (EFG), which focuses on the separation, collection and recycling of kitchen waste from commercial and municipal producers, is already operating successfully in more than twenty-five Czech cities and...
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EBA: Major biomethane consumers in Europe call for more support for biomethane production

Leading European biomethane consumers, including Iveco, Suez and RWE, issued a declaration in February calling for greater support for the production and use of biomethane across the European market. The main motive behind the declaration, which was initiated by the...
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Market harmonisation is key for the development of biomethane in Europe

Biomethane from biodegradable waste, produced as a local alternative to natural gas, is one of the key elements of the energy transition towards sustainability. However, its development within the EU is hampered by the lack of uniform rules for cross-border trade and...
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EBA: In 2023 Czech Republic has increased biomethane production capacity

According to a statistical report by the European Biogas Association (EBA), biomethane production in Europe will reach a record 52 TWh in 2023, an increase of 21% year-on-year. The Czech Republic is not yet on par with the European average, but according to data from...
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Year 2024 in EFG: Significant investments, new projects and the development of the company’s energy capacities

The year 2024 is slowly drawing to a close and, as tradition has it, it is time to take a look back and recap the key events of the past period. Let's reflect together on this year, which was extremely significant for the Energy financial group, as it brought a number...
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The Czech Republic is planning mandatory sorting of gastro-waste. The decree should be in force in the first months of 2025

One of the aims of the forthcoming Waste Act is the promotion of municipal waste sorting and the efficient treatment of kitchen waste with an animal component, which still mainly ends up in landfills without any use. With its entry into effect in early 2027 or 2028,...
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Ecology must not ruin communities

Ecology must not ruin communities

04. May 2020

The amendments concern three areas – the amount of the landfill fee, the so-called sorting discounts and the calorific value parameter.

We increase biomethane production by 25%

We increase biomethane production by 25%

07. April 2020

In today’s time of relative uncertainty, in which no one knows exactly when life will return to normal, every good news will please. One such good news is the news from the EFG Rapotin BPS: “We increase biomethane production by a quarter!”.