hydropower plants
Court annuls environmental permit for Drina hydropower project
02 May 2024 - The construction of large hydropower plants on the Drina is facing new delays, after a court ruling to scrap the environmental permit for HPP Foča
Bulgaria’s NEK launches floating solar, battery, pumped storage projects
18 April 2024 - NEK intends to invest in two floating solar power and two pumped storage hydropower plants and battery energy storage projects
Croatia launches auctions for 607 MW of solar, wind, hydro
15 April 2024 - Croatian Energy Market Operator HROTE issued a public call for auctions for premiums for wind farms and PV and hydropower plants
Mujović: Montenegro’s coal plant Pljevlja won’t be shut down for another ten years
09 April 2024 - Saša Mujović said the Government of Montenegro is working on the national energy and climate plan
Serbia gives green light to memorandum on energy cooperation with EDF
05 April 2024 - The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding is expected during an upcoming visit of the Serbian president to France
IRENA: Global solar power capacity surpasses hydropower in 2023
28 March 2024 - The world's renewable electricity capacity additions in 2023 hit a record 473 GW, dominated by China. Solar power became the largest segment in total.
Serbia to invest EUR 400 million in reconstruction of hydropower plants
18 March 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović said EUR 400 million would be invested in the revitalization of EPS's four hydropower plants
Serbia’s Đedović: We have billions under our feet in strategic minerals
22 February 2024 - Strategic minerals must be used in the best interest of the economy, according to Serbia's Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović
Serbia’s Vučić rekindles small modular reactor initiative
17 February 2024 - President Aleksandar Vučić said he spoke with British officials about investments in renewables and small modular reactors
EU proposes 2040 emissions cut target of 90%, spelling end of coal
07 February 2024 - The European Commission published an impact assessment on possible pathways toward making the European Union climate neutral by 2050
Andritz to supply turbines for pumped storage hydropower plant Amfilochia in Greece
25 January 2024 - Greece-based Terna selected Andritz to supply the six units for its Amfilochia pumped storage hydropower project
Renewables had 99.5% share in new capacity in 2023 in Turkey
23 January 2024 - Minister Alparslan Bayraktar called 2023 "the year of renewables" in Turkey as they accounted for 99.5% of added power capacity
Romania’s Ministry of Energy is putting EUR 17.6 billion of EU funds to work
22 January 2024 - Romanian firms can apply renewable electricity projects of 2 GW in total for EUR 815 million in grants from the EU's Modernisation Fund
Romania, Serbia to advance cooperation in gas, hydropower sectors
18 January 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Đedović Handanović spoke with her Romanian counterpart Sebastian Burduja
Albania to limit final project approvals for renewables to one year
12 January 2024 - Final approvals for renewable electricity plants in Albania will last 12 months. KESH is working on a pumped storage hydropower project.
Slovenia mulls separating coal assets from electricity utility HSE
08 January 2024 - State-owned Holding Slovenske elektrarne is preparing for the possibility of spinning off its coal assets: thermal power plant TEŠ and a mine