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Serbia moves 660-MW Bistrica toward international tender as JICA procurement phase begins

Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has launched a consultancy tender to prepare the procurement documentation for the planned 660-MW Bistrica pumped-storage hydropower plant, moving one...

Serbia needs Bistrica. Đerdap 3 still needs a market

Two pumped-storage schemes promise more than 2.4GW of flexibility. Only one is mature enough to justify scarce sovereign borrowing — and even it needs...

Serbia’s drought exposes the long wait for Bistrica and Đerdap 3

Serbia’s deteriorating hydrology has turned two long-discussed pumped-storage projects into an immediate test of the country’s energy investment policy. RHPP Bistrica, planned at 661 MW, is...

Bistrica’s pumping storage hydro strategic logic is becoming too strong to ignore

For years, the debate around the proposed Bistrica pumped-storage hydropower plant has focused on financing, procurement models and political timing. Yet the underlying economics of the...

Bistrica and Serbia’s shift toward long-duration energy storage

Serbia’s energy transition increasingly revolves around a problem that cannot be solved by renewable generation alone. Wind farms continue expanding across Vojvodina. Solar pipelines...

Serbia’s ambitious and costly electricity plans span gas plant, Bistrica pumped storage and modular nuclear reactors

Serbia is considering a range of large-scale energy projects to secure long-term electricity supply, but analysts and industry observers caution that these plans carry...

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...

Expert warns Serbia lacks integrated hydropower strategy as drought hits rivers

Serbia could increase its hydropower-based electricity production by an additional 7 to 10 percent—without any new investments—simply by managing its water resources more efficiently,...

Minister of Mining and Energy meets with JICA Director on Bistrica hydropower project

Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Đedović Handanović, met with Toyama Kei, General Director of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the...

Serbia and JICA discuss financing for Bistrica reversible hydropower plant

Serbian Finance Minister Siniša Mali met with Toyama Kei, Director General for the Middle East and Europe at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),...

Expert recommendations for Serbia’s energy transition

Experts have proposed accelerating the construction of the new Bistrica pumped-storage hydroelectric plant while opposing the Đerdap 3 project due to social, environmental, and...

Serbia accelerates development of key reversible hydropower plant Bistrica with JICA support

Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Đedović Handanović, stated that the reversible hydropower plant (RHPP) Bistrica is the most important energy project currently...

Ministry of Mining and Energy oversees progress on Serbia’s strategic Bistrica reversible hydroelectric power plant project

Representatives from the Ministry of Mining and Energy recently visited the site of the future main facility for the reversible hydroelectric power plant "Bistrica",...

EPS advances Bistrica hydropower project with strong local support and JICA collaboration

Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) announced that citizens of Nova Varoš, Priboj, and Prijepolje have shown strong support for the construction of the reversible hydroelectric power...
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