hydropower
Blue Heart of Europe – hydropower is destroying environment for hardly any energy
29 January 2020 - Rivers are the source of life and also the livelihoods of surrounding communities. Following an...
Strabag, EPBiH both seek damages in arbitration over HPP Vranduk
23 January 2020 - Anonymous insiders from Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine revealed Strabag from Austria is seeking EUR 20.5...
Turkey produces record 131.9 TWh of power from renewables last year
09 January 2020 - The latest data, published by the Solar Energy Investors Association (Güyad) and the Hydroelectric Power...
Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2019
31 December 2019 - Pollution of air and water, new fossil fuel subsidies together with incentives for renewables and...
Green Home files criminal complaint over Bijelo Polje SHPP plan
11 December 2019 - Environmentalist organization Green Home has said it raised a criminal case with the Supreme State...
Hidroelectrica initiates takeover of ČEZ, Enel’s facilities in Romania
10 December 2019 - The management of Speeh Hidroelectrica SA requested the goahead from shareholders to hire consultants and...
Most read in November: DiCaprio, Manu Chao join fight against SHPPs, conference on RES in district energy, Croatia’s first geothermal power plant
06 December 2019 - The support from Leonardo DiCaprio and Manu Chao for the initiative to ban the construction...
Next decade to be pivotal one for energy sector in SEE – IRENA report
03 December 2019 - The adoption of an energy mix consistent with the Paris Agreement would create a cumulative...
Damage from small hydropower is much larger than gains, study finds
29 November 2019 - The Balkans and Turkey are examples of how quickly free-flowing rivers and river stretches “can...
Four systemic Greek banks join EUR 650 million sustainable infrastructure program – EIB
04 October 2019 - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has confirmed in a press release involvement of four systemic...
EPCG shareholders approve investment in Gvozd wind farm project
02 September 2019 - Shareholders of state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) have approved an investment into a...
Končar KET to refurbish HPP Vacha in Bulgaria
28 August 2019 - A consortium comprising Croatia’s Končar KET and Czech ČKD Blansko Holding has signed a contract...
EBRD requires proper environmental impact assessment for projects it finances
23 August 2019 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) applies tight environmental and social standards to...
Protests against hydropower planned across Balkans from July 6-16
02 July 2019 - Environmental activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Balkans are organizing protests under...
Most Read in June: Siemens Gamesa’s ETES, Montenegro goes coal-free for 10 days, EC Albania report
01 July 2019 - Even though it was published in late June, the news about Siemens Gamesa’s breakthrough electrothermal...
Elsewedy agrees to buy 4 wind farms, 1 SHPP in Greece
28 June 2019 - Egypt’s Elsewedy Electric, an integrated energy and infrastructure solution provider, has announced entering into a...