Nearly 200 families hit by pollution from Veliki Crljeni open-pit coal mine
Residents of Veliki Crljeni, a suburban settlement only 50 kilometers from the center of Belgrade, again wrote to the Serbian President and the Prime Minister over the past week, demanding that institutions and the state, the owner of power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), resolve the pollution problem that has been plaguing them for more than […]
EU Commission: Serbia makes limited progress on energy, climate change yet to receive adequate attention
Serbia made limited progress in the area of energy, while the policy areas of environment and climate change have yet to receive adequate attention, according to the European Commission’s latest annual assessment of the implementation of reforms in the country, adopted today. The European Commission’s annual assessment deals with Serbia’s progress across 35 chapters of […]
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 […]
Construction launched on flue-gas desulfurization systems at coal-fired power plant TENT A
The construction of flue-gas desulfurization systems has begun at thermal power plant (TPP) Termoelektrana Nikola Tesla (TENT A) under a EUR 167 million project. The project will reduce the coal-fired power plant’ sulfur-dioxide (SO2) emissions ninefold, from around 74,000 tonnes to 7,747 tonnes annually. The new flue-gas desulfurization systems at four units of TENT A […]
Top 3 Most Read articles in January
The Top 3 Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in January are in. The list is also available for the Serbian-language version of the website. The list is dominated by interviews this time around. 1 – Tendering ahead for renewable energy projects, premiums in Macedonia The most read article concerns the Government of […]
Serbia planned to own 51%, Republika Srpska 49% of HPPs Foča, Paunci in 1st phase
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), the power utility of Republika Srpska (RS), an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), will set up a concession company shortly to enter into contractual relations with Serbia’s public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) with the aim of the RS and Serbia building the Foča and Paunci hydropower plants (HPP), said […]
Power utility ERS gets concessions to build, operate HPPs Foča, Paunci
The government of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has awarded concessions to its power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) to build and operate the Foča and Paunci hydropower plants (HPP). Republika Srpska and Serbia plan to jointly build the two HPPs with a combined installed capacity of between 90 MW and […]
Power utility EPS gets energy permit to build its 1st wind farm
State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has obtained the energy permit for the construction of its first wind farm. The energy permit was issued on December 31, 2018, according to a press release from EPS. The construction of the Kostolac wind farm is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2019. The investment is […]
