Citizen initiative organizing protest in Pirot against construction of SHPPs in protected areas
A citizen initiative to Defend the Rivers of Mt. Stara Planina is organizing an environmental protest in Pirot in southeastern Serbia to begin at 5 pm on Sunday, September 2, over its two demands – that 58 small hydropower plants (SHPPs) be struck from the Pirot municipality’s spatial plan and to put a moratorium on […]
REC BiH to implement project for preparation of waste management plans in 3 FBiH cantons
The Regional Environmental Center (REC) Country Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will implement the project Preparation of Cantonal Waste Management Plans in three Cantons: Herzegovina-Neretva, West-Herzegovina, and Herzeg-Bosnia Cantons, with the financial support of the Environmental Protection Fund of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). The REC will receive BAM 90,000 (around EUR 46,000) from […]
Tendering procedure launched to lease locations for 18 SHPPs
Public water management company Srbijavode has launched a tendering procedure to lease locations for the construction of 18 small hydropower plants (SHPPs). A single bid can refer to only one of the offered 18 locations for the construction of SHPPs. The deadline to file bids is September 21. The largest number of locations, six in […]
All of EPS’ coal-fired power plants will have to meet EU environmental protection standards
Serbian public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) will have to comply with all EU environmental standards concerning its coal-fired power plants, EPS’ supervisory board chairman, Branko Kovačević, PhD, tells Balkan Green Energy News. The long-serving university professor believes that EPS’ electricity production will be based on coal and hydropower, as well as renewable energy sources, […]
FBiH gov’t calls for preparing plan for accidental water pollution, adopting environmental law
The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has tasked the Agency for the Sava River Basin and the Adriatic Basin with preparing a federal operational plan for accidental pollution and asked the federal parliament to speed up the adoption of the environmental law. The FBiH government has been informed by the federal […]
Macedonia to launch tendering for establishment of waste management system in East, North-East regions
Macedonia’s Ministry of Finance has announced an intention to launch tendering for the establishment of an integrated and self-sustainable waste management system in the eastern and north-eastern regions of the country in December 2018. The ministry also plans to invite bids for the supervision of works in November 2018. The contract for the establishment of […]
Two more weeks left for comments on EU-backed principles, list of sustainable hydropower projects in Western Balkans
The extended deadline to provide comments on the draft Principles for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western Balkans and on the draft Indicative List of Projects associated with the Regional Strategy for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western Balkans, an EU-funded study, expires on August 31. The draft list contains the existing and potential greenfield hydropower projects that may receive financial […]
BiH energy strategy should be adopted by end-August – minister
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Mirko Šarović expects the country’s energy strategy to be adopted at the next session of the Council of Ministers of BiH, the Fena news agency reported. It seems that all obstacles have been overcome, the opinions of the entities have been obtained, and […]