Renewables
Top 3 in April: Renewables’ share of global capacity, Equinor, Bulgaria’s electricity export tariff
01 May 2019 - The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) announcement that total renewable energy generation capacity reached a...
Macedonian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize
30 April 2019 - The Goldman Environmental Foundation has announced six recipients of the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize, the...
Net metering to be introduced in Serbia – political decision needed to tap into solar power
30 April 2019 - The Serbian Ministry of Mining and Energy intends to prepare the required regulatory framework for...
Turkey preparing to join global leaders in energy storage
29 April 2019 - The Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) has announced a Draft Regulation on Electricity Storage...
PPC Renewables to acquire 45% stake in Volterra’s 4 wind farms in Greece
26 April 2019 - Greece’s PPC Renewables, a subsidiary of the country’s majority state-owned power utility, Public Power Corporation...
There is no life without water, and small hydropower plants would extinguish it on Stara Planina
25 April 2019 - Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta has been fighting against the construction of run-of-river small hydropower plants (SHPPs)...
Dimitrovgrad municipality proposes ban on SHPPs on its territory
24 April 2019 - The Municipal Council of Dimitrovgrad in eastern Serbia has adopted a decision to propose the...
Republika Srpska terminates 7 concessions for small hydropower plants
23 April 2019 - The Government of Republika Srpska (RS) has canceled 7 concession agreements for the construction of...
Investors alone have benefits from small hydropower plants – citizens, state and municipalities have none
19 April 2019 - The authorities did not consider the possible environmental impact when they lightly issued construction permits...
Slovenia pays EUR 135 million in renewable energy, CHP subsidies in 2018
18 April 2019 - Slovenia’s support payments for electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and...
International community, BiH officials adopt Joint Statement on energy sector reforms
18 April 2019 - Prime Ministers of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radovan Višković and Fadil Novalić,...
ERS to build 1,000 MW renewable energy power plants over next 10 years
17 April 2019 - Public power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) aims to invest EUR 1.25 billion in 1,000-MW...
Čibuk 1, Serbia’s largest wind farm, fully constructed
17 April 2019 - Construction has been completed on the 158 MW Čibuk 1, Serbia’s largest wind farm, according...
Concession agreement signed for 49.5 MW Grebak wind farm
17 April 2019 - Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has signed an agreement with Nevesinje-registered VE...
Holistic approach in sustainable development of renewables – dialogue, environment concerns, intersectoral synergies and public participation
16 April 2019 - At the recently held Hard Talk event in Belgrade, representatives of UNECE, Ministry of Mining...
Albania to terminate 17 concession contracts for hydropower projects
16 April 2019 - Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has found 9 more cases of contract violations during...