Special panel in BiH to address dispute over Buk Bijela hydropower project
The Commission for Concessions of BiH will act upon the request of the Constitutional Court of BiH and establish a joint commission.
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske granted consession for its first solar power plant
State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) is getting a concession for the installation of its first solar power plant Trebinje 1, with an installed capacity of 73 MW. The photovoltaic (PV) plant will be located on the territory of the city of Trebinje. The PV plant is part of ERS’s ten-year plan to build […]
Turkey’s Soyak eyes investment in geothermal energy in Croatia
The Turkey-based Soyak is interested in investing in geothermal energy in the Croatian municipalities of Legrad and Đelekovec. The company’s representatives have visited Legrad and they spoke with decision makers from the two municipalities about possible projects, the Municipality of Legrad said on its website. The Turkish company applied for a concession on the recently […]
Montenegrin government to grant EPCG concession for HPP Komarnica
The Government of Montenegro has adopted the concession plan for the use of watercourses for the construction of hydropower plants for 2020, which envisages granting only one concession – for the construction of the Komarnica hydropower plant. The power plant should have an installed capacity of 170 MW while the investment is estimated at EUR […]
UPDATE: North Macedonia extends deadline to apply for concession for HPP Čebren of 333 MW
The Government of North Macedonia has extended the deadline for applications in a procedure for granting a water concession for the construction of the Čebren hydropower plant (HPP) on the river Crna and the operation of existing HPP Tikveš. The initial deadline was April 3. It was extended by the Ministry of Environment and Physical […]
TENDERING: Republic of Srpska offers concession for 60 MW solar power plant
The Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining of the Republic of Srpska has launched a tender for a concession to install a 60 MW solar power plant in Bileća municipality, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to local media reports, energy producer and trader EFT, owned by Vuk Hamović, is interested in building the power plant. […]
Turkish circular economy-based solid waste PPP secures EUR 9 million loan
A joint venture between France’s Suez Groupe and Turkish waste management firm Altas has secured a EUR 9 million loan for a EUR 15 million circular economy-based project to develop an integrated solid waste management system in Turkey’s province of Canakkale under a public-private partnership (PPP). According to the lender, the European Bank for Reconstruction […]
Montenegro to scrutinize small hydropower procedures, not to approve fresh subsidies
Representatives of the Government of Montenegro have announced that procedures for the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) will be reviewed and that no subsidies will be approved for the construction of new SHPPs, local media reported. Even though Prime Minister Duško Marković has made it clear that he believes the issue of small hydropower […]
