Coal power plants in EU shuttering amid jump in expenses from end-June
Exemptions in air pollution limits in the EU are about to be abolished, so owners of older coal-fired power plants will have fewer operational hours allowed. Another option, aside from closing the facilities, is to invest in efficiency and environmental protection, but with little to no guarantee it would be cost effective. While ČEZ is […]
Federation of BiH bans construction of small hydropower plants
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has three months to produce bills and ban small hydropower plants after the entity’s legislators voted in favor of the recommendations from the Declaration on the Protection of the Western Balkans Rivers. The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a declaration […]
Public consultation launched for Brodarevo hydropower plants project in Serbia
The development of the two hydropower units in Brodarevo in the southwestern part of Serbia, with 35.4 MW in total, was terminated in 2018. In the meantime, the government has revived it and the public discussion on the planned hydropower plants is scheduled for July 15 in Prijepolje. The draft changes to the special purpose […]
Circular economy is becoming basic principle for entire world
Serbia is the first country in the Western Balkans to produce the Roadmap for Circular Economy. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said its purpose is dialogue between decision makers and the representatives of the industry, the academic community and civil society. Circular economy is the idea of a comprehensive transition to activities which both contribute […]
SO2 emissions in Western Balkans coal plants six times above limit in 2019
There was no improvement last year on air pollution from lignite-fired industrial facilities reported to the European Environment Agency by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and North Macedonia, Bankwatch said. A comparison with the national emissions reduction plans reveals coal plant sulphur dioxide emissions were increased and that they were six time higher than […]
Serbian Innovation Fund backs 35 projects, issues call for another EUR 6 million
The Innovation Fund has said it granted EUR 5 million in total as it completed a public call through its Collaborative Grant Scheme Program and the Mini Grants Program. Serbia’s government institution immediately published an open invitation for EUR 6 million more. Among the 234 applicants in Serbia, 22 new firms and startup teams and […]
Vienna powers second subway station with brake energy converter
When underground trains arrive at Altes Landgut in a southern district in Vienna, braking energy is recovered for illumination and the electric devices at the station. Friction creates heat and braking releases energy. After a successful pilot in 2018, the public transport operator in the Austrian capital introduced an inverter at another underground station. The […]
IPO of Hidroelectrica on hold as Romania bans sale of state assets for two years
The long-awaited stock market listing of the flagship hydropower producer in Romania was postponed yet again. Lawmakers in Bucharest voted to freeze all activity aimed at the privatization of any part of state-owned companies and the measure includes the initial public offering – IPO planned for Hidroelectrica. The opposition, led by Social Democratic Party (PSD), […]
