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
North Macedonia to revoke concessions for small hydropower plants
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said most concession contracts for small hydropower plants in North Macedonia would be annulled regardless of possible litigation
EPBiH to calculate CO2 costs internally after deal with Energy Community
EPBiH intends to include CO2 expenses in its financial reports from next year at the initiative of the Energy Community Secretariat
Terna to start building 730 MW pumped storage hydropower plant in October
Terna Energy is preparing to begin the construction of a pumped storage hydropower system in western Greece worth EUR 500 million