hydropower
Lack of public participation reason to challenge any permit granted for small HPP – Energy Community
14 November 2018 - Public participation is an essential part of environmental assessment procedures, which must be implemented by...
Kosovo* to transfer 100-120 MW in licenses from hydropower to solar, wind projects – minister
10 October 2018 - Kosovo’s* Ministry of Economic Development aims to transfer the quota of 100-120 MW for hydropower...
Petition handed to EBRD calling on IFIs to drop “destructive hydropower in the Balkans”
26 June 2018 - Representatives from the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign to save the continent’s last...
HEP gets green light to build HES Kosinj hydropower complex as part of EUR 500 million project
14 June 2018 - Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has been given a go-ahead by the Environmental...
Hidroelectrica eyeing acquisition opportunities
23 May 2018 - Romanian power utility Hidroelectrica is considering the acquisition of wind and solar plants in Romania,...
EU issues two guides to considering environment in renewable energy projects
16 May 2018 - The European Commission has issued two guidance documents on how energy transmission infrastructure and hydropower...
French EDF interested in hydroenergy projects in Serbia
21 March 2018 - The French state-run utility company Electricite de France (EDF) has expressed interest in developing hydropower...
Study: Who is financing hydropower projects in protected areas in Southeast Europe
20 March 2018 - Out of the 2,112 planned or operational hydropower projects across southeast Europe (SEE) since 2005,...
RENEXPO Water & Energy fair in Belgrade, April 24 – 26
26 January 2018 - The program of this year’s biggest international Western Balkan’s trade fair with conferences, RENEXPO Water...
Study: European-financed small hydropower plants damaging pristine Balkan
20 December 2017 - Eight hydropower projects in Albania, Croatia and Macedonia financed with European public money have damaged...
Application for small hydro power plant close to Shkodra in Albania submitted
18 December 2017 - Albanian company Gjeokonsult & Co submitted an application for a building permit for a small...
Serbian energy minister calls for untangling Drina hydropower deal with Italy
13 November 2017 - It is time to untangle the situation regarding cooperation with Italians and to start building...
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...
EPS completes Đerdap 1 unit revitalization, ups capacity by 60 MW
18 October 2017 - The overhaul of four units of hydroelectric power plant Đerdap 1 has increased the plant’s...
Croatian Končar to take over construction of Vranduk hydro power plant
19 September 2017 - The construction of hydropower plant (HPP) Vranduk in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the sole...
Croatian HEP to get hydropower plants back prior to partial privatization
28 August 2017 - The Croatian government has put up for public debate its draft law on waters that...