Strabag, EPBiH both seek damages in arbitration over HPP Vranduk
Anonymous insiders from Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine revealed Strabag from Austria is seeking EUR 20.5 million for a hydropower project that essentially failed in 2016, Dnevni avaz wrote. News on the process initiated at the International Court of Arbitration in Brussels has been withheld for a while. At the same time, the utility based in […]
Turkey produces record 131.9 TWh of power from renewables last year
The latest data, published by the Solar Energy Investors Association (Güyad) and the Hydroelectric Power Plants Industry Businessmen Association or Hesiad, renewable power generation climbed to unseen levels in 2019. Hydroelectric plants contributed a record 88.64 TWh, including all-time peaks on May 23, with 401.3 GWh, and the month of May – 11.5 TWh. Hydro […]
SHPP license abolished in Paraćin; Užice to shelve all 18 plans
The Department for Property and Legal Affairs of the Municipality of Paraćin has annulled the decision to approve the building license for small hydropower plant Grza on the river of the same name. The news was published by organization ‘Odbranimo Grzu’, which means defend the Grza. It had initiated the repetition of the process in […]
Energy transition is region’s development opportunity, experts say in REPCONS survey
The energy transition is a development opportunity for the region, and the key factors for its implementation will be the European Union’s influence on local politicians as well as the downward trend in costs for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant technology, according to experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. They expressed […]
Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2019
Pollution of air and water, new fossil fuel subsidies together with incentives for renewables and energy market liberalization drew the readers’ biggest interest in the English language section at Balkan Green Energy News this year. Dynamic changes in the regulatory frameworks of the countries comprising the Balkan region, mostly in the sector of renewables but […]
FBiH provides guarantees for loan for pumped storage plant Čapljina
The agreement on financing and project with Germany’s KfW Development Bank was given the goahead by the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The foreign partner is donating EUR 9.5 million for energy efficiency in public buildings and it has secured a EUR 15 million loan for the refurbishment and modernization of pumped […]
Green Home files criminal complaint over Bijelo Polje SHPP plan
Environmentalist organization Green Home has said it raised a criminal case with the Supreme State Prosecution Office of Montenegro against officials it claims are responsible for abuse of power in the procedure of project development for small hydropower plant Lještanica. Decision makers from the departments for spatial planning and rural and sustainable development in Bijelo […]
Hidroelectrica initiates takeover of ČEZ, Enel’s facilities in Romania
The management of Speeh Hidroelectrica SA requested the goahead from shareholders to hire consultants and lawyers in the procedure it started with the aim to acquire assets from ČEZ Group and Enel SpA, counting on them divesting in Romania. The extraordinary meeting is scheduled for December 12. The hydropower plant operator also asked for a […]