News

Lešće hydro plant got EUR 131,000 for rehabilitation

Published

September 4, 2015

Comments

comments icon

0

Share

Published:

September 4, 2015

Comments:

comments icon

0

Share

Estimates that the state-owned power company HEP had given before the construction of hydro power plant Lešće weren’t accurate, said Jagoda Munić from Green Action, portal H-alter reported. After the company acknowledged it spent HRK 1 million (EUR 131,000) to mitigate the environmental damage the facility caused, she stressed this is an example of what the projects of Ombla and Kosinj may have caused.

During the construction of the plant in central Croatia, launched in 2010, the expenses turned out to be EUR 40 million bigger than predicted. The organization had HEP report on the rehabilitation costs by insisting on the Law on the Right to Access Information. The company conceded long-term repair programme still needs to be devised.

Green Action said the 42 MW power plant caused intensive erosion downstream from the dam, hurt fish stock and destroyed local roads. Also, the microclimate has changed and the damage to biodiversity can’t even be estimated, activists said.

Related Articles

Energy Community marks 20th anniversary as integration pillar for Southeastern Europe

Energy Community marks 20th anniversary as integration pillar for Southeastern Europe

17 July 2025 - The Energy Community Ministerial Council held its annual informal meeting in Athens, where the organization was founded twenty years ago

serbia hungary mvm maneks energotehnika juzna backa elektromontaza

Hungary’s MVM becomes majority owner of two Serbian firms

17 July 2025 - MVM is the dominant producer, distributor, and supplier of electricity and gas in Hungary, while the two firms were privately owned

Belgrade in focus challenges and solutions for sustainable urban development Ivan Gazdic cms

Belgrade in focus: challenges and solutions for sustainable urban development

17 July 2025 - The author of the feature is Ivan Gazdić, Attorney at Law and Partner at Petrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz

google brookfield hydropower Safe Harbor ppa us

Google signs world’s largest corporate power purchase agreement for hydropower

17 July 2025 - Brookfield said the Hydro Framework Agreement is the first of its kind and the world’s largest corporate clean power deal for hydro.