Serbia to construct pumped storage hydropower plants Đerdap 3, Bistrica
The Ministry of Mining and Energy will present a EUR 17 billion investment plan in September including two major pumped storage hydropower plants.
Power utility ERS launches tender for EUR 118.7 million in loans to finance construction of HPPs
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske needs funding for three hydropower plants on the Bistrica river and HPP Dabar.
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske to invest EUR 770 million in green energy over three years
ERS is currently developing five major projects – HPP Dabar, hydropower project Gornja Drina, HPPs on the Bistrica river, wind farm Hrgud, and solar power plant Trebinje 1.
ERS risks failure of Bistrica hydropower plants project on lack of funding
ERS claims it would extend deadlines for the three hydropower plants on the Bistrica, citing force majeure due to the COVID-19 pandemic issues. Contractor AVIC-ENG from China is said to have the option to terminate the contract if funding isn’t found in less than two months and to keep the advance payment. Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske, […]
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, […]
EMS starts work on EUR 8.15 million Bistrica substation
State power grid operator Elektromreža Srbije (EMS) has launched preparatory works for building an EUR 8.15 million substation in western Serbia, which will help improve the stability of electricity transmission and distribution systems of Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, local media reported. High-voltage equipment for the 220/110 kV Bistrica substation, worth EUR 1.4 million, […]