Workshop on Albania’s hydroelectric potential held in Tirana
Under the auspices of the Albanian Ministry of Energy and Industry and the Embassy of Greece in Tirana, the Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE) organized a workshop event on Albania’s hydroelectric sector in cooperation with domestic counterparts on June 3. The event examined the role of the country’s hydroelectric potential in terms […]
Electricity market makes progress with imbalances
Energy companies registered improvements in the regulated and liberalized power market, with part of imbalances out of the way, Publics.bg reported. Still, there are obstacles remaining from the past, according to participants at a round table on regulated prices and energy availability. National Electricity Company (NEK), controlled by the government, is the only buyer in […]
ERS inks concession for hydro project Buk Bijela
The Government of the Republic of Srpska signed an agreement with a consortium organized by state-owned utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) and its subsidiary Hidroelektrane na Drini from Višegrad, for the construction and operation of hydropower plant Buk Bijela. The project worth BAM 382.4 (EUR 195.1 million) on the Drina river in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s […]
Solar, wind gaining in competitiveness against conventional power
Due to significant political and economic support for renewable energy technologies in Germany, Spain and other countries over the last twenty years, huge progress in terms of cost effectiveness has been made, mainly in wind and photovoltaic, said Bojan Reščec, RP Global’s Country Manager for Croatia and Western Balkan. In an interview with Balkan Green […]
Balkan Rivers Tour leads protests against Vjosa hydro plants
International environmental activists and domestic citizens gathered in Tirana in front of the office of prime minister Edi Rama to raise their voice against hydropower projects in Albania’s free-flowing rivers, particularly the Vjosa. The protest was the final act of the Balkan Rivers Tour: over 35 days, kayakers from various countries were paddling the most […]
Liria gets licences for power from 2.3 MW hydro project
With the publication of the official journal, company Liria Energji sh.p.k. was granted licences to produce electricity at hydropower plant Shpella Poshtë 2 with the capacity of 2.3 MW for 30 years. According to documents adopted by Albanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ERE), the enterprise is now also eligible to market and supply electrical energy for […]
Chronic delays in four green power projects
Out of six major energy endeavours stuck in development in Macedonia, three are in the area of hydropower and one is for a gigantic photovoltaic facility at Bitola, according to an analysis published by Build.mk portal. The solar power plant project in the south of the country was started in 2010 with work on a […]
Court blocks hydropower project Boškov most
A complaint filed by Macedonian environmental organisation Front 21/42 was sustained by the Administrative Court Skopje and declared the licence for the construction of a large hydropower project in Mavrovo National Park devoid of any legal basis. “With this, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is more than overdue to definitively withdraw its […]