Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation entity bans small hydropower projects over harm to environment & local communities
July 18, 2022
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The real cost of hydropower plants in Central Asia and the Caucasus
July 12, 2022
International financial institutions’ support for hydropower in Central Asia and Caucasus is fuel for environmental damage and human rights violations.
Environnement
June 15, 2022
Heureuse issue pour un combat qui aura duré plus de quatre ans : lundi 13 juin, la marque américaine et le gouvernement albanais ont …
Плановете за възстановяване след пандемията крият и рискове според природозащитници
June 7, 2022
Като пример за ВЕИ инвестиция, увреждаща биоразнообразието, риболовен клуб Балканка дава редица водноелектрически централи в зони от …
Pouring millions from empty into the void
May 30, 2022
EBRD and EIB investments in Bulgarian hydropower have once again been hit by scandal with the recent failure of the Chaira pumped storage plant and revelations about the illegality of small hydropower plants. The planned Yadenitsa dam would be more of the same: will the EBRD and EIB be wise enough to say no?
Komarnica hydropower plant, Montenegro
March 9, 2022
Planned by Montenegro’s state-owned electricity utility EPCG, the need for the Komarnica hydropower plant has never been proven.
Republika Srpska moves ahead of its neighbours in virtually halting hydropower subsidies for new plants
February 15, 2022
Last week the Republika Srpska parliament adopted a new law on renewable energy that will help to stem the ongoing boom of highly damaging small hydropower plants. This puts it ahead of many of the region’s governments in changing the rules on renewables support.
Cutting hydropower subsidies – how are the Western Balkans doing?
February 15, 2022
The small hydropower boom, which has damaged pristine rivers and streams across the Western Balkans, has largely been fuelled by generous feed-in tariffs. In this briefing, we take a look at recent progress towards changing the rules on renewables support in the region.
EIB kaže da nema potvrdu da projekti koje finansira u Srbiji krše propise
February 8, 2022
Evropska investiciona banka (EIB) saopštila je za Radio Slobodna Evropa (RSE) da u ovoj fazi nema potvrdu da projekti malih …
WWF Adria, environmentalists, complain about EIB financing harmful MHP in Serbia
February 7, 2022
The Rzav Environmental Association from western Serbia and the CEE Bankwatch Network, supported by the World Conservation Organisation WWF …