hydropower plants
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...
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...