hydropower plants
Speaking to IFIs may be only way for environmental activists to convey message to right address
21 May 2019 - Ana Colovic Lesoska, executive director at the Center for environmental research and information Eko-svest from...
Hidroelectrica to hire law firm for IPO on Bucharest Stock Exchange
17 May 2019 - State-owned power utility Hidroelectrica has issued a public call to acquire legal services for conducting...
Bulgaria to launch EUR 33 million renewables, energy efficiency, energy security program
09 May 2019 - Bulgaria is preparing to launch its Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Energy Security Program, with...
EBRD invests USD 100 million in renewable arm of Turkey’s IC Holding
09 May 2019 - The EBRD is investing USD 100 million in a stake of Ictas Surdurulebilir Enerji Yatirimlari,...
Macedonian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize
30 April 2019 - The Goldman Environmental Foundation has announced six recipients of the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize, the...
Slovenia pays EUR 135 million in renewable energy, CHP subsidies in 2018
18 April 2019 - Slovenia’s support payments for electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and...
ERS to build 1,000 MW renewable energy power plants over next 10 years
17 April 2019 - Public power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) aims to invest EUR 1.25 billion in 1,000-MW...
Albania to terminate 17 concession contracts for hydropower projects
16 April 2019 - Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has found 9 more cases of contract violations during...
NGOs call for designation of no-go zones for construction of hydropower plants
27 March 2019 - Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government representatives, experts, hydropower developers, and the local community gathered at an...
Energy Community receives complaint against Albania over Kalivac, Pocem hydropower plants
27 February 2019 - EcoAlbania, Riverwatch and EuroNatur have sent a complaint to the Energy Community (EnC) against the...
All Bulgarian rivers damaged in some way, 200 HPPs approved on top of 270 built – WWF
18 February 2019 - All Bulgarian rivers and their tributaries have been adversely affected by pollution, drought, wastewater, extraction...
Fewer small hydropower plants being built in Europe today than in previous decades – Energy Community chief
11 February 2019 - The intensity of the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) in the European Union is...
Political economy of energy transition in Energy Community
08 February 2019 - Author: Mirza Kušljugić, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tuzla Conventional electric power systems, which are...
Albania freezes new hydropower projects on environmental concerns
05 February 2019 - Albanian Energy and Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku has said she will freeze work on new...
Power utility EPS gets energy permit to build its 1st wind farm
03 January 2019 - State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has obtained the energy permit for the construction of...
Montenegro to start phasing out feed-in tariffs for renewables in 2020
25 December 2018 - The Government of Montenegro has decided to start gradually reducing feed-in tariffs for renewable energy...