Slovenia pays EUR 143.5 million in renewable energy subsidies in 2017
Slovenia paid EUR 143.5 million in subsidies to renewable energy producers in 2017, down 2% compared to 2016, the Ministry of Infrastructure said. The subsidized electricity output of a total of 3,864 facilities reached 944.9 GWh last year, a decrease of 6% against 2016. Of the total subsidy amount, the biggest chunk, EUR 70.9 million, […]
Location of HPP to be built by RS, Serbia could be set in late June
The location for one hydropower plant (HPP) to be jointly built by Republika Srpska and Serbia could be determined in late June, according to Petar Đokić, energy minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Serb entity. Đokić was speaking at the Jahorina Economic Forum, where the entity’s president, Milorad Dodik, met with Serbia’s prime minister, Ana Brnabić. Following the […]
EPCG approves EUR 9 million investments in HPPs
The Board of Directors of power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) approved the overhaul of unit 2 of hydroelectric power plant (HPP) Piva and the revitalization of the HPP Perućica. These two projects are worth a total of EUR 9 million while the entire investments in the two HPPs are expected to reach EUR 40 […]
EPCG to invest EUR 67 million in hydropower, analysis for wind farm underway
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) plans to invest EUR 170 million in the next five years, out of which EUR 40 million in the revitalization of two hydropower plants (HPPs), Piva and Perućica, and EUR 27 million in diverting a part of the Zeta river into the Perućica hydropower system. Around EUR 60 million […]
Study: Who is financing hydropower projects in protected areas in Southeast Europe
Out of the 2,112 planned or operational hydropower projects across southeast Europe (SEE) since 2005, at least 735 are in protected areas or internationally recognized areas of high biodiversity value. Of these, 152 are already operating, 34 are under construction and 513 are planned or potential, with the remainder at an unclear stage. At least […]
Bosnia seeks to avert loss of KfW funds in wake of HPP Salakovac project pullout
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) Finance and Treasury Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda has organized a meeting with representatives of German development bank KfW and power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) in an attempt to prevent the suspension of multi-million projects in BiH financed by the German government, after EPBiH decided to abandon a project to reconstruct hydropower plant […]
EPCG inks deal for HPP Komarnica preliminary design plan
Montenegro’s electricity company Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has signed an agreement worth over EUR 1.6 million with a group of bidders from Serbia – Jaroslav Černi and Energoprojekt Hidroinženjering – to produce a preliminary design plan for hydropower plant (HPP) Komarnica. The contractors are also to prepare a feasibility study and an environmental impact study, EPCG has […]
Canadian company abandoned Brodarevo hydro project in Serbia
Canada-based Reservoir Capital have decided to abandon Brodarevo hydro project which included two hydropower plants (HPPs) Brodarevo 1 and Brodarevo 2 on Lim river in Southwest Serbia, with installed capacity of 59 MW. The decision comes after a decade-long development of the EUR 150 million project. Reservoir Capital announced that its wholly owned Serbian subsidiary, […]
