Hydroelectric Power Plants as a Start-up Project of the Domestic Economy
Hydroelectric Power Plants as a Start-up Project of the Domestic Economy
The current Slovenian Government coalition is committed to accelerating the deployment of hydropower plants on the middle Sava river and to start building the last hydroelectric power plant (Mokrice) on the lower Sava. These projects, which are also part of the national energy and climate plan, are supposed to help revive the Slovenian economy.
Even though the concessionaire for hydroelectric power plants on the middle Sava was selected 15 years ago – the company Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE) – the concession agreement has not yet been signed.
The construction of the Mokrice hydroelectric power plant was about to start more than a year ago, but the project came to a hold following the Environmental Agency (ARSO)’s decision to return the already issued environmental permit back to a new procedure after receiving a complaint from the Ljubljana Fish Research Society.
Recent legislative changes in relation to construction law, as well as the Government’s further proposals (e.g. Intervention Act for the elimination of obstacles in the implementation of important investments for the start-up of the economy after the epidemics), could significantly accelerate these hydroelectric power plants projects.
The current Slovenian Government coalition is committed to accelerating the deployment of hydropower plants on the middle Sava river and to start building the last hydroelectric power plant (Mokrice) on the lower Sava. These projects, which are also part of the national energy and climate plan, are supposed to help revive the Slovenian economy.
Even though the concessionaire for hydroelectric power plants on the middle Sava was selected 15 years ago – the company Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE) – the concession agreement has not yet been signed.
The construction of the Mokrice hydroelectric power plant was about to start more than a year ago, but the project came to a hold following the Environmental Agency (ARSO)’s decision to return the already issued environmental permit back to a new procedure after receiving a complaint from the Ljubljana Fish Research Society.
Recent legislative changes in relation to construction law, as well as the Government’s further proposals (e.g. Intervention Act for the elimination of obstacles in the implementation of important investments for the start-up of the economy after the epidemics), could significantly accelerate these hydroelectric power plants projects.
