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GREEN ENERGY AND THE PAST AND FUTURE OF EPS
Energy from renewable sources is founded in the history of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS). The Pod Gradom on Đetinja hydropower plant in Užice was commissioned in 1900 and was the first power plant in Serbia that operated…
Hydropower Can ‘Drive up CO2 Emissions’
Climate change is driven by CO2 emissions and so non-emitting energy sources such as hydropower are seen as much preferred alternatives to coal-fired power plants. Yet hydropower dams, too, can drive up CO2 emissions significantly during times of drought when…
About 70 Hydropower Projects in Himalayas at Risk of Quake-Triggered Landslides
During 2015 Nepal earthquake, the hydropower sector experienced severe losses. The country temporarily lost about 20 per cent of its hydropower capacity and more than 30 hydropower projects were damaged. The projects, which were affected by earthquake‐triggered landslides, were the…