New Rulebook on drinking water quality increases maximum allowed ammonia, boron, chloride, sodium levels
The Ministry of Health has amended the Rulebook on drinking water quality to allow higher levels of ammonia, boron, chloride and sodium. The new rules, which entered into force at the end of April, were met with criticism from part of the public, while the Ministry and experts claim there is no reason to fear. […]
Is becoming a prosumer in Serbia an impossible mission?
Author: Aleksandar Janjić, PhD, Univeristy of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Department of Power Engineering Perhaps even more so than Serbian energy companies, the Serbian language tends to be resilient to novelty, and blend words. This is why any attempt at translating the term “prosumer” ends up as an entertaining incident. Prosumer is a term […]
Net metering to be introduced in Serbia – political decision needed to tap into solar power
The Serbian Ministry of Mining and Energy intends to prepare the required regulatory framework for the introduction of net metering, which will enable a greater use of solar energy in households and an increase in the number of prosumers, representatives of the ministry said during the presentation of the study on the introduction of net […]
Serbia’s power utility EPS gets four mobile substations thanks to EU donation
Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has received four mobile substations thanks to the EU’s donation, in what will improve reaction in emergency situations such as floods and wildfires. Since 2014, the EU has donated EUR 72 million for flood relief and recovery in Serbia, making it the country’s single largest donor. Five years […]
There is no life without water, and small hydropower plants would extinguish it on Stara Planina
Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta has been fighting against the construction of run-of-river small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on Mt. Stara Planina (the Balkan mountain range) since 2016. Growing up, Jovanović witnessed much better hydrological days of the rivers and streams of Stara Planina, which have since been hurt by climate change and investors’ plans to build SHPPs. […]
Dimitrovgrad municipality proposes ban on SHPPs on its territory
The Municipal Council of Dimitrovgrad in eastern Serbia has adopted a decision to propose the expulsion of all potential locations for the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) from the local spatial plan, Južne vesti reported. The 1987 cadastre for SHPPs envisages the construction of 12 facilities in the Dimitrovgrad municipality and although none have […]
Environmental protection fee in Serbia now calculated based on pollutant emissions
The Serbian government has adopted a decree on criteria for determining activities impacting the environment based on pollutant emissions. The decree envisages calculating the environmental protection fee based on pollutant emissions instead of as a percentage of revenues. The environmental protection fee, also known as the eco tax, for legal entities and entrepreneurs is determined […]
Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia vying for Volkswagen’s electric car plant
Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, and North Macedonia are all reportedly vying for German carmaker Volkswagen’s planned new electric car plant, and now Serbia has allegedly gone a step further, offering a location between its two main cities. Inđija in the northern province of Vojvodina is situated along the highway running from Belgrade to Novi Sad […]