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On Wednesday, 16. December 2020, the first meeting on strengthening the cooperation between civil and defence stakeholders in the sphere of energy and the environment as it relates to defence and security came to a successful conclusion.

The event is the first of several promotional activities aimed at informing the public about the newly launched Slovenian Energy and Environment Partnership in Defence

On March 15^th, 2022, EDA's Mat CapTech and IF CEED organized an international online webinar "Circularity of Critical Raw Materials" addressing the critical raw materials (CRM) importance for the defence sector.

Workshop experts identified key critical raw materials in the defence sector,

In the case of the natural water cycle, the sun’s energy promotes water evaporation from natural resources, such as rivers, lakes, seas and plants. The evaporated water forms clouds, which send the energy back to the Earth’s surface in the form of rain. This rain then forms streams, rivers, lakes and seas. The natural cycle is completed.

Traditional means of transport deploy the energy of hydrocarbons – that took millions of years to form and which are

In October 2020 the first six members entered the SiEnE: the companies TROIA d.o.o. and ROBOTINA d.o.o., the Laboratory for Cooling and District Energy (LAHDE) and the Department of Energy Engineering (KES) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer

In February 2023, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia (MORS) was empowered with a new Energy Efficiency and Green Transition Sector. The aim of the Sector is to empower efforts and activities in ensuring defence security, in conjunction with technological progress and environmental protection.

The Ministry of Defence and the Slovenian Armed Forces have long been working to achieve the EU's climate ambition goals, including

Quality defence and civilian standards are essential elements for developing the interoperable capabilities needed to strengthen the EU's security and defence

As part of its education and training activities in the framework of its defence standardisation actions, the European Defence Agency (EDA) organized a pilot webinar on March 15, 2022, on »European Defence Standardisation«.

The objective of the webinar was to present the latest developments on EU defence standardization, to strengthen the European defence standardisation community by exchanging views, increasing mutual understanding, and promoting cooperation among

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In the framework of the RESHUB project – Defence RESilience HUB Network in Europe – the Slovenian Ministry of Defence (Si MoD) is setting up a network of self-sufficient energy hubs in Slovenia. The Ministry is also the holder of the initiative to create similar hubs in the EU.

The network of hubs comprises renewable energy sources, energy conversion and

On Friday, 11th September 2020, the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Slovenian Ministry of Defence and the Slovenian Armed Forces, hosted a meeting for NATO member state ambassadors accredited to Slovenia, in the Edvard Peperko Barracks in Ljubljana.

At this event, held in cooperation with the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce, Slovenian

On 22 September 2020, the SiEnE was successfully introduced at a meeting of the Energy and Environment Working Group (EnE WG), part of the European Defence Agency (EDA).

The working group’s meeting was devoted to discussing climate change and its implications for defence, as well as the reviewing of further developments in the field. The virtual meeting was attended by a large

As from October 2020, TECES has been conducting a feasibility study on ways of developing smart deployable infrastructure or Smart Deployable Camps (Smart Camp) under a public procurement contract for the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia (Si MoD).

The aim of the R&D study is to analyse the state of technology and relevant global trends in

Slovenian partners achieved exceptional success in the EDF 2021 tender. Successful in total 78%, we rank on the national level at the very top of the EU. Slovenian partners are involved in 10 (co)financed projects, in which 4 Slovenian partners are the holders of the consortium (TECES, Pipistrel, Beyond Semiconductors in Guardiaris).

In the thematic

The first two-day conference to be held under the auspices of the German EU Presidency and organised by the Consultation Forum for Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector (CF SEDSS) and the German Ministry of Defence, took place on 27 and 28 October 2020.

Some 170 experts from 29 European countries and more than 20 different institutions and organisations participated in the

On 5 November 2020, the SiEnE partnership was presented at the event “Greening Defence – how to make the Armed Forces more sustainable”.

The event, organised by the British Embassy in Ljubljana and supported by the Slovenian Ministry of Defence (Si MoD), highlighted the possibilities in making the defence sector greener and the Armed Forces more sustainable, particularly in relation to new technologies.

The event was

In January 2021 additional five members joined the SiEnE partnership; Faculty of Design, Associated Member of University of Primorska; Marles Hiše d.o.o.; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana; Razvojno tehnološki center RTC d.o.o. and TECOS. Since SiEnE was established, 20 members have joined the

In December 2020, nine additional members joined the SiEnE partnership: the companies ADRIA DOM d.o.o., ALPLES d.d., DOMEL, d.o.o., PODKRIŽNIK d.o.o., SANING International d.o.o., SMARTIS d.o.o., SOLVERA LYNX d.o.o. in ŠPICA INTERNATIONAL d.o.o., and the Department for Catalysis and Reaction Engineering at the National Institute of Chemistry. Since the establishing of