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Subvencije za male hidroelektrane doprinose uništavanja prirode i podstiču društvene tenzije

September 26, 2019

Finansijski podsticaji za male hidroelektrane (MHE) na Zapadnom Balkanu štetne su po životnu sredinu, a koristi od subvencija imaju bogati poslovni ljudi koji su bliski vlastima, otkrila je nova studija koju je objavio CEE Benkvoč netvork (CEE Bankwatch Network). Subvencije za male hidroelektrane doprinose uništavanja prirode i podstiču društvene tenzije.


“Ko plaća, a ko profitira”: Evo ko je sve imao koristi od izgradnje malih hidroelektrana

September 25, 2019

U Izvještaju se konstatuje kako vlade Zapadnog Balkana moraju da ukinu podsticaje za zrele tehnologije, kao što su hidroelektrane “Ko plaća, a ko profitira”: Evo ko je sve imao koristi od izgradnje malih hidroelektrana.


New report: hydropower subsidies wreak environmental havoc and line influential pockets in the Western Balkans

September 25, 2019

Disproportionate public subsidies for small hydropower in the Western Balkans have resulted in widespread environmental damage and have benefited wealthy business people close to or part of the region’s governments, with little benefit for electricity generation, finds a new study released today by CEE Bankwatch Network. 


Western Balkans hydropower: who pays, who profits?

September 25, 2019

In the last decade, a wave of hydropower construction in the Western Balkans has caused ever-increasing public outcry. Large hydropower projects have long caused public resistance, but the mushrooming of smaller plants of less than 10 megawatts (MW) in


Reversal of subsidies for wind power in Bosnia and Herzegovina prompts legal action

September 4, 2019

The Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina has breached competition legislation by halting its incentive scheme for wind farms in March this year, according to a complaint submitted today to the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna by the Banja-Luka-based Center for Environment.


Ahead of Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank meeting in Luxembourg, over 89 000 petition bank to drop Nenskra dam project in Georgia

July 12, 2019

Luxembourg, Prague, Tbilisi – Representatives from the “Stop Nenskra” campaign [1] showed up in Luxembourg at the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) annual meeting on July 12th and delivered a petition to the international development banks calling them on not to finance the Nenskra hydropower plant project [2] in Svaneti, Georgia.


‘Stop Nenskra’ campaign asks international banks not to finance Nenskra HPP in Georgia | MENAFN.COM

July 12, 2019

(MENAFN – Trend News Agency) Baku, Azerbaijan, July 12By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:Representatives from the ‘Stop Nenskra’ campaign s Source: ‘Stop Nenskra’ campaign asks international banks not to finance Nenskra HPP in Georgia | MENAFN.COM


Let the sunshine in, say civil society groups

July 10, 2019

Eight civil society organisations last week submitted proposals for a revamp of Serbia’s renewables support scheme to the Ministry of Energy and Mining. Source: Let the sunshine in, say civil society groups


Balkan Activists Plan Week of Protests Against Hydro-Power | Balkan Insight

July 4, 2019

Mladen Lakic Source: Balkan Activists Plan Week of Protests Against Hydro-Power | Balkan Insight


Complaint submitted against North Macedonia over small hydropower

July 3, 2019

North Macedonia’s incentives system subjects solar photovoltaic (PV) producers and most wind producers, but not small hydropower plants, to auctions. Source: Complaint submitted against North Macedonia over small hydropower


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