hydropower plants
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...
ProCredit Bank is first buyer of green energy with guarantees of origin in Serbia
24 December 2018 - Serbia’s public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and ProCredit Bank have signed the country’s first...
HEP says to invest EUR 135 million in renewables on average annually to lift share to 50% by 2030
07 December 2018 - Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) plans to invest HRK 1 billion (around EUR...
Albania’s power generation quadruples in Q3
23 November 2018 - Albania’s net domestic production of electricity in the third quarter of 2018 almost quadrupled, reaching...
Hidroelectrica to have EUR 800 million budget for HPP upgrades by 2020
28 September 2018 - State-owned power utility Hidroelectrica will have EUR 800 million at its disposal by 2020 to...
Hidroelectrica to forge cooperation with Verbund
19 September 2018 - State-owned Hidroelectrica plans to sign a cooperation agreement with Austria’s electricity producer Verbund, Romanian media...
Two more weeks left for comments on EU-backed principles, list of sustainable hydropower projects in Western Balkans
17 August 2018 - The extended deadline to provide comments on the draft Principles for Sustainable Hydropower in the Western...
Albanian court upholds annulment of HPP projects
01 August 2018 - The first-instance Administrative Court in Tirana has upheld the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy’s decision...
Republika Srpska, Serbia to discuss joint construction of HPPs Paunci, Foča – minister
20 June 2018 - The governments of Republika Srpska and Serbia will discuss the joint construction of the Paunci...
Albania gets fresh EUR 12 million loan for strategic Dam Safety Project
06 June 2018 - Albania has drawn an additional EUR 12 million in lending for its Dam Safety Project...
EPBiH not to pay dividends for 2017 as drought drives down profit
05 June 2018 - Shareholders of power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH), majority owned by the Federation of Bosnia and...
Renewable sources of energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: issue of (un)sustainability
23 October 2017 - Author: Nihad Harbaš, Energy and climate change consultant Do we really know how much energy...
Republika Srpska increases fees for power from renewable sources
14 October 2017 - The Republika Srpska Regulatory Commission for Energy decided to raise the fees that consumers pay...
45 MW Brežice hydropower plant on river Sava inaugurated
02 October 2017 - The Brežice hydropower plant (HPP), the largest and fifth in the chain of six hydroelectric...
Bulgarian national electricity company invites tenders for rehabilitation of three HPPs
19 September 2017 - Bulgarian National Electricity Company (NEK) is inviting sealed tenders from contractors for the rehabilitation of...