small hydropower plants
Three hydropower plants on Bistrica river to be finished by end-2026
18 April 2025 - Chinese company AVIC is in charge of building the three hydropower plants on the Bistrica, with a total capacity of 39 MW
Serbia to add 138 MW in solar, wind in 2025
21 February 2025 - The estimated capacity of prosumers is 123.6 MW, out of which 43 MW would be new photovoltaics, according to the energy balance
Vjosa campaign declares victory against small hydropower plants on Shushica river
13 December 2024 - A court in Albania scrapped the project for small hydropower plants on the Shushica upon a complaint by locals and environmentalists
BiH demands from Croatia to stop destruction of Una river spring
29 July 2024 - Both entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina urged Croatia to halt the construction of a small hydropower plant at the spring of the Una river
Standing Committee of Berne Convention asks North Macedonia to ban small HPPs in protected areas
27 December 2023 - The committee has asked the government to prohibit all harmful infrastructure projects in the protected areas
Montenegro’s EPCG gets approval for hydropower system at Otilovići dam
31 July 2023 - EPCG has obtained the urban planning and technical requirements for its small hydropower project at the Otilovići reservoir
Firms in North Macedonia propose nine measures to tackle energy crisis
23 May 2023 - Companies in North Macedonia have asked the government for support due to the energy crisis, and proposed nine measures
Virtual power plants emerge in BiH as seven aggregators pool 120 MW in total
24 March 2023 - The Independent System Operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina (NOSBiH) foresees an increase to 250 MW by the end of the year
Federation of BiH adopts three energy laws
12 December 2022 - The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the last part of Europe without a legal framework for citizen energy
Albania issues permits for seven hydropower plants on Gostima river
14 October 2022 - The Energy Regulatory Authority has issued licenses to Egnatia Hydropower for a hydropower plant cascade on the Gostima river, near Elbasan
Concessions revoked for seven small hydropower plants on Shar Mountains
06 October 2022 - North Macedonia scrapped the concessions for a group of small hydroelectric units in the newly proclaimed Shar Mountains national park
Solar power plant inaugurated at Zlatoličje hydropower plant in Slovenia
29 September 2022 - The first part of the 30 MW Zlatoličje-Formin solar power plant in Slovenia has entered regular operation