hydropower plants

EcoAlbania, Riverwatch and EuroNatur have sent a complaint to the Energy Community (EnC) against the Albanian Government over procedures for the Kalivac and Pocem hydropower projects. The three civil society…

All Bulgarian rivers and their tributaries have been adversely affected by pollution, drought, wastewater, extraction of inert materials, and hydropower plants (HPPs), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has…

The intensity of the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) in the European Union is much lower today than it used to be in previous decades, Energy Community Secretariat Director…

Author: Mirza Kušljugić, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tuzla Conventional electric power systems, which are based on the use of fossil fuels, are unsustainable in the long term, primarily due…

Albanian Energy and Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku has said she will freeze work on new hydropower plants (HPPs) and launch an investigation into 182 licenses issued to build 440 HPPs….

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…

The Government of Montenegro has decided to start gradually reducing feed-in tariffs for renewable energy sources as of January 1, 2020, and announced it will continue to promote the construction…

Serbia’s public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and ProCredit Bank have signed the country’s first contract for the sale of renewable energy with guarantees of origin. The two companies have…

Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) plans to invest HRK 1 billion (around EUR 135 million) in renewable energy sources on average annually, in what will enable it to…

Albania’s net domestic production of electricity in the third quarter of 2018 almost quadrupled, reaching 1,630 GWh, compared to 418 GWh of electricity generated in Q3 2017, which could boost…

State-owned power utility Hidroelectrica will have EUR 800 million at its disposal by 2020 to modernize the hydropower plants (HPPs) it currently operates, according to Romania’s draft Energy Sector Strategy…

State-owned Hidroelectrica plans to sign a cooperation agreement with Austria’s electricity producer Verbund, Romanian media reported. The approval of the cooperation agreement between the biggest power producer in Romania and…