Mapping sustainable sites for 1 GW of solar power plants in Serbia
Sites for building solar power plants should be selected in line with sustainable development principles, according to experts working on the project Smart-from-the start planning for sustainable development - Mapping solar potentials
Mapping Serbia’s solar potentials – smart planning for sustainable development
The project was carried out by The Nature Conservancy, with the aim of identifying potential locations for sustainable solar power plants in Serbia
Nuredini: Wind, solar power plants should be built on degraded land
In identifying suitable locations for solar and wind farms, degraded land should be considered а priority, Minister Nuredini said
Location, location, location: How spatial planning can accelerate the renewable energy transition in Southeast Europe
Governments and renewable energy developers in Southeast Europe should work with environmental NGOs and local communities from the get-go, Željka Frištek and Dragana Mileusnić wrote
Damage from small hydropower is much larger than gains, study finds
The Balkans and Turkey are examples of how quickly free-flowing rivers and river stretches “can be degraded by being turned into impoundments,” World Wide Fund for Nature warned after publishing a study it commissioned together with RiverWatch, Geota and EuroNatur. Environmentalists said hydropower puts “tremendous pressure on Europe’s biodiversity, and for specific projects a disregard […]
Construction of SHPP near Štrpce halted, Podgorica to host talks on hydropower in the region
Amid the public outcry against the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) throughout the region, with the latest cases in Štrpce in Kosovo* and at the Krapska river in Macedonia, all interested parties will have the opportunity to exchange views during two meetings in Podgorica – a public debate on planned hydropower plants (HPPs) on […]
Multi-stakeholder approach in achieving clean energy transition important and necessary, second Sustainability Forum hears
The second Sustainability Forum took place on June 22 in Vienna, gathering more than 120 participants from a multi-stakeholder environment actively engaged in the process of the energy transition of the Energy Community’s contracting parties. The Forum’s participants agreed that energy transition has already started bringing new models into focus of the energy sector development, […]