hydropower projects

SRCE Energy Committee criticizes Serbia’s 2026 budget plans for hydropower projects

The draft Budget Law for 2026 foresees that Serbia will take a €1.5 billion loan from France for the construction of the reversible hydroelectric plant (RHPP) “Bistrica”, with the same amount allocated for the construction of RHPP “Đerdap 3”, although this second loan would come from foreign investment corporations, funds, and banks. According to SRCE, this implies that the cost of Bistrica and Đerdap 3 is identical, even though the planned installed capacity of the first is 628 MW, while…