small hydropower plants
Protests against hydropower planned across Balkans from July 6-16
02 July 2019 - Environmental activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Balkans are organizing protests under...
Montenegro to scrutinize small hydropower procedures, not to approve fresh subsidies
28 May 2019 - Representatives of the Government of Montenegro have announced that procedures for the construction of small...
EBRD tightens environmental, disclosure standards for all hydropower projects
22 May 2019 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has unveiled its new good governance policies...
Petition to ban small hydropower plants submitted to Montenegrin Parliament
16 May 2019 - NGO Green Home has filed a petition backed by 6,300 signatures to the Parliament of...
There is no life without water, and small hydropower plants would extinguish it on Stara Planina
25 April 2019 - Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta has been fighting against the construction of run-of-river small hydropower plants (SHPPs)...
Dimitrovgrad municipality proposes ban on SHPPs on its territory
24 April 2019 - The Municipal Council of Dimitrovgrad in eastern Serbia has adopted a decision to propose the...
Investors alone have benefits from small hydropower plants – citizens, state and municipalities have none
19 April 2019 - The authorities did not consider the possible environmental impact when they lightly issued construction permits...
Albania to terminate 17 concession contracts for hydropower projects
16 April 2019 - Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has found 9 more cases of contract violations during...
Only 13 out of 250 Serbian MPs support initiative to protect water under Constitution
12 April 2019 - Thirteen out of 250 members of the parliament (MPs) of the Republic of Serbia have...
Initiative to protect drinking water under the Constitution launched in Serbian parliament
28 March 2019 - The Green Party has launched an initiative in the parliament of the Republic of Serbia...
NGOs call for designation of no-go zones for construction of hydropower plants
27 March 2019 - Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government representatives, experts, hydropower developers, and the local community gathered at an...
Green Party proposes moratorium on construction of small hydropower plants
25 March 2019 - The Green Party and activists fighting against the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) have...
RS citizens pay over EUR 6 million in incentives for small hydropower plants in 2018
20 March 2019 - The Ministry of Energy and Mining of Republika Srpska (RS), an entity of Bosnia and...
Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia on SHPP: Mistakes, Consequences, Solutions
19 March 2019 - The Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia (AESS) has published its view on energy, environmental,...
Construction of SHPP near Štrpce halted, Podgorica to host talks on hydropower in the region
12 February 2019 - Amid the public outcry against the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) throughout the region,...
Fewer small hydropower plants being built in Europe today than in previous decades – Energy Community chief
11 February 2019 - The intensity of the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) in the European Union is...