Outrage in Skopje over destruction of river for small hydropower plant
Locals are complaining about damage to the landscape amid works on the first of the three planned small hydroelectric units in Skopje territory. Eko-svest demands the construction on the Markova reka to be halted and all such projects to be suspended until a review of concessions is conducted. Eko-svest condemned the destruction of the upper […]
EPCG overhauls small hydropower plant Glava Zete, replaces two transformers at HPP Perućica
Montenegrin state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has completed an overhaul of small hydropower plant Glava Zete, operated by its joint venture with Norwegian firm NTE. The state-owned utility has also replaced two transformers at its hydropower plant Perućica. The modernization of Glava Zete was part of an EUR 8 million project that also […]
Removal of SHPP pipes from river in southeastern Serbia scheduled for August 15
It’s not just a common illegal facility, but a small hydropower plant (SHPP) that will deprive the Rakita village residents of water, which to them is a matter of life and death. This is neither a whim nor politics, and that’s perfectly clear to everyone, says Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, one of the founders of a […]
Croatia announces public call for renewable energy premiums
The Croatian Energy Market Operator (HROTE) has announced an auction for the award of premiums and guaranteed purchase prices for electricity from renewable sources. The public call refers to solar power plants (50 MW), small hydropower plants (9 MW), as well as biogas (15 MW) and biomass (14 MW) power plants with a total capacity […]
Energy Community urges BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for hydropower
Renewable energy installations of a maximum of 500 kW and demonstration projects are the only ones eligible for feed-in tariffs as state aid, the Energy Community Secretariat told officials in BiH, pointing to continued government support for larger hydropower projects. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina proposed the reduction of feed-in tariffs for renewables, which […]
TENDERING: HEP building green energy plants with municipalities, firms
Croatian power utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda invited interested parties to express interest in the joint expansion of renewables. HEP Group already agreed with 11 municipalities and cities to prepare documentation for solar power plants with total capacity of 120 MW and it is taking over another 60 MW in private projects under development. After the success […]
Parliament of Republic of Srpska rejects motion to ban small hydropower plants
The Center for Environment demanded from Minister of Energy and Mining Petar Đokić to resign after his party didn’t back a moratorium on the construction of small hydropower plants in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska. Only 40 representatives supported the proposition, and 42 votes were needed to pass it. Parliamentarians in Banja […]
Federation of BiH bans construction of small hydropower plants
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has three months to produce bills and ban small hydropower plants after the entity’s legislators voted in favor of the recommendations from the Declaration on the Protection of the Western Balkans Rivers. The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a declaration […]