Bulgarians protest to keep ban on building hydropower plants in protected areas
Citizens protested throughout Bulgaria against the government's proposal to scrap the ban on the construction of hydropower plants in protected areas
DEM bolstering Slovenia’s largest hydropower plant with solar power
Dravske hidroelektrarne Maribor is about to start building a 2.7 MW photovoltaic facility next to its hydropower plant Zlatoličje, the largest in Slovenia.
Aydem to use part of USD 750 million green bond issue for hybrid power plant projects
Turkish firm Aydem Renewables sold green bonds for USD 750 million. It will add solar power units to hydro and wind assets, upgrading them to hybrid power plants
Turkey’s first hydro-solar hybrid power plant Lower Kaleköy comes online
Cengiz Holding added an 80 MW solar power plant to its 510 MW Lower Kaleköy hydroelectric unit in Turkey, integrating them into a hybrid power plant
Serbia’s Ministry of Energy files charges against ex-minister of environmental protection over small hydropower plants
Serbia's Ministry of Mining and Energy filed criminal charges against the ex-environment minister and the Director of the Institute for Nature Conservation
Mrsovo hydropower project in BiH brought back to life
More than five years after the preparatory works, Comsar Energy indicated it would continue to build the 36.8 MW Mrsovo hydropower plant in BiH
High interest in renewables in Serbia – new regulation in a nutshell
The new Law on Use of Renewable Energy Sources is mostly aimed at stimulating new investments in RES and increasing the share of renewable sources in the total energy produced by creating a modern, investment-friendly legal framework, which will enable energy transition and further development of the Serbian RES sector.
Amnesty condemns defamation lawsuits against environmentalists in Kosovo*
Small hydropower plant owner KelKos launched defamation lawsuits against Shpresa Loshaj and Adriatik Gacaferi to intimidate and silence them, Amnesty International claims