small hydropower plants
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
EPBiH plans to start buying electricity from private producers
29 August 2022 - EPBiH has issued a public call for the procurement of electricity produced from renewable sources and through high-efficiency cogeneration
Croatia announces winners from its first utility-scale renewables auctions
22 July 2022 - The Croatian electricity market operator (HROTE) has declared 16 bids as winners, while three were rejected
No more permits for small hydropower plants in Federation of BiH
11 July 2022 - The Federation of BiH banned permitting for small hydropower plants of up to 10 MW in capacity, but activists say the struggle is not over
One more step to definitely ban small hydropower plants in FBiH
08 June 2022 - The Parliament of FBiH must ban small hydropower plants before the elections or the initiative may fail, environmentalist Anes Podić warns