By Mirjana Jovanović (Belgrade Open School), Mirko Popović (Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute) and Viktor Berishaj (CAN Europe) 28 December 2021, Belgrade – The recent collapse of the coal based energy system in Serbia, debunks the popular myth of coal’s reliability. On December 12, 2021, the electricity production in Nikola Tesla coal fired thermal power plants, the energy ...Read More »
The first snow of the year has fallen and an energy collapse befell. More than 100 thousand people didn’t have access to electricity for several days, the thermal power plant (TPP) Nikola Tesla was out of operation, and the Public electricity company of Serbia (EPS) was forced to import electricity at very unfavorable costs. During ...Read More »
The proposed amendments to the Law on Integrated Prevention and Pollution Control (IPPC Law), which was submitted to the National Assembly without any public debate, demonstrate that the Republic of Serbia and the competent Ministry of Environmental Protection do not have the capacity to implement regulations. The Government proposed to postpone the deadline for issuing integrated permits (IPPC permits) ...Read More »
The Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute („RERI“) is pleased to announce its Advisory Board, which will act as an expert body of our organization, and advise RERI on issues of strategic importance, as well as provide support to RERI’s engagement with the academic, civic, and policy-making communities. We have special honour to welcome the three first members of our new Board: Professors Sanja Bogojevic, Anatole Boute, and Ludwig Kramer, each an expert in Environmental Law and/or Energy ...Read More »
The Minister of Environmental Protection visited the company “Serbia Zijin Copper doo” in Bor on Friday, 3rd of September in order to be convinced of the progress and dynamics of the projects that the company is implementing for the purpose of environmental protection. However, the facilities she visited and in the construction of which she was convinced, do not have a construction permit or environmental impact assessment study approval. ...Read More »
Emissions of sulfur dioxide from the Kostolac B thermal power plant during 2018, 2019 and 2020, exceeded the maximum allowed values prescribed by the National Emission Reduction Plan (NERP). Instead of reducing emissions, TPP Kostolac B in 2020 emitted almost 16,000 tons more sulfur dioxide than in 2019. According to the daily newspaper Politika and the Ministry of Mining and Energy itself, Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said yesterday in Kostolac that “emissions ...Read More »
The Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute (RERI) demands from the Government of the Republic of Serbia to urgently withdraw the proposed amendments to the Law on Mining and Geological Research from the parliamentary procedure. RERI considers the proposal unconstitutional, because it leaves the possibility for the state to formally suspend the legal order of the ...Read More »
In its Resolution of March 25, 2021, the European Parliament expressed concern over the growing influence of China in Serbia and throughout the Western Balkans. The resolution points to a lack of transparency in Chinese investments and loans. The European Parliament therefore “calls on Serbia to strengthen its standards of compliance with the law when ...Read More »
The Administrative Court passed a verdict accepting the lawsuit of RERI and annulling the construction permit for the construction of the cable car on Kalemegdan, issued by the Ministry of Construction, Traffic and Infrastructure on April 1, 2019. The Administrative Court fully accepted the argument of the RERI legal team, stating, inter alia, that the ...Read More »
Based on the objections submitted by the Association of Young Researchers from Bor and the Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute (RERI), the Ministry of Environmental Protection rejected the request to decide on the need for environmental impact assessment of the project of Serbia Zijin Copper doo Bor and indicated to the investor that it is ...Read More »