KfW signs EUR 1.1 million financing agreement to help prepare Bitovnja wind farm project

German development bank KfW and public power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) have signed a EUR 1.1 million financing agreement for the preparation of the Bitovnja wind farm project, one of the key renewable energy facilities envisaged to be built under the company’s long-term development plan, according to a media release from EPBiH. The funding for […]

200-MW-plus Briska Gora solar project draws three bids

A project to build a solar power plant with an installed capacity of more than 200 MW on the Briska Gora locality has attracted three bids – from a consortium of Finland’s state energy company Fortum and Montenegro’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), Chinese-Maltese International Renewable Energy Development Limited (IREDL), and the Montesolar […]

Renewables September 4, 2018

Belgrade calls bids for metro environmental impact study

The City of Belgrade has invited bids for producing an environmental impact study for the Serbian capital’s two planned metro lines, with the aim of identifying the long-delayed project’s potential adverse effects, according to local media. The purpose of the metro environmental impact study is to assess the “general, direct, and indirect impact of the […]

Mobility September 3, 2018

250 abandoned mining waste sites visited, 41 selected for further investigation under Cadastre of Mining Waste project

A total of 250 abandoned mining waste sites were monitored as part of the project Cadastre of Mining Waste of the Republic of Serbia, carried out by the Ministry of Mining and Energy in cooperation with the EU Delegation in Serbia and implemented by German companies Plejades GmbH Independent Experts and DMT in cooperation with […]

Thousands rally against small hydropower plants on Mt. Stara Planina

An “ecological autonomy” of Mt. Stara Planina will be declared if the authorities fail to put a moratorium on all small hydropower plants (SHPPs) there in the next few days, according to the organizer of a protest that gathered thousands of people in Pirot on September 2, including environmental activists, mountaineers, associations’ representatives, university professors, […]

Electricity September 3, 2018

Slovenia’s Petrol unveils 4.8 MW HPP Jeleč in BiH

Slovenian energy company Petrol has officially unveiled the Jeleč small hydropower plant (SHPP) on the Govza river near Foča in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The concessionaire invested EUR 6.25 million in the 4.8 MW hydropower plant. Jeleč, a two-turbine plant, is planned to produce between 14 GWh and 18 GWh of electricity annually, which is […]