Foto La battaglia per salvare i Balcani dalle dighe
September 14, 2018
Nei Balcani gli ultimi fiumi selvaggi d’Europa sono a rischio a causa dell’industria idroelettrica. Conseguenze ambientali importanti, ritorni economici dubbi e non a vantaggio delle comunità locali hanno dato vita a una campagna di denuncia internazio
Shuakhevi hydropower plant, Georgia
August 13, 2018
Georgia’s biggest and one of the most controversial hydropower plants is mostly famous for its failures. Two months after becoming operational in 2017 its tunnels collapsed. And after two years of repairs water is leaking from the dam. Shuakhevi hydropower plant (HPP) once promised to bring energy independence to Georgia. Instead it managed to collect an impressive ‘portfolio’ of problems in a wide range of areas: from biodiversity, to gender impacts, to community relations.
Hydropower rebounds in the Western Balkans
August 8, 2018
After a severe drought caused hydropower generation to slump in the Western Balkans last year, the latest data show a sharp rebound in hydroelectricity production in the first half of 2018. Source: Hydropower rebounds in the Western Balkans
Save the Blue Heart: Wie die letzten wilden Flüsse in Europa geschützt werden können
August 2, 2018
Am 27. Juni fand im EU-Parlament eine Debatte zum Thema “Save the Blue Heart of Europe” statt, bei der politische Entscheidungsträger, Medien und Nichtregierungsorganisationen zusammentrafen. Die Frage des Schutzes der letzten wilden Flüsse Europas auf
Two Court Complaints Against BiH’s Hydropower Permits
July 27, 2018
The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two court complaints to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants (HPPs) on the river Drina in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) near th
Aarhus Centre lodges court complaints against environmental permits for HPPs Buk Bijela, Foča
July 27, 2018
The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two court complaints to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants (HPPs) on the river Drina in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) near th
Court complaints launched against Bosnia-Herzegovina hydropower permits
July 26, 2018
Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Nikšić, Podgorica, Prague – The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two court complaints [1] to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants on the river Drina in Bosnia-Herzegovina near the border with Montenegro.
Odbranimo reke Stare planine!
July 23, 2018
Republička Vlada planira izgradnju više od 60 dervacionih mini hidrocentrala u zaštićenoj zoni najvećeg parka prirode u Srbiji, na Staroj planini. Ovime bi se neke od najlepših i najčistijih reka u Srbiji isušile i prevele u cev čime bi se promenio izg
Environmental problems of Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant, Adjara, Georgia
July 23, 2018
The 184 MW Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant is under construction on the Adjaristsqali river and two of its main tributaries in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia. The design envisages it as a run-of-the-river plant with capacity of diurnal storage
Bosnian activists hail dam victory
June 28, 2018
Activists have claimed a small victory in their attempts to prevent the construction of around 3,000 dams across the Balkans, which will block fish migration routes and destroy some of Europe’s last free-flowing rivers. Villagers in Kruščica about 70k