Journalist
Vladimir Spasić
World Bank: Main sources of air pollution in Belgrade are heating, road transport, coal power plants
03 December 2020 - The largest sources of pollution are in the urban area - heating and road transport, but also outside the urban area - thermal power plants.
Feed-in tariffs for solar power plants with installed capacity of 20 MW in Kosovo* to be halted
02 December 2020 - State Aid Commission (SAC) said that it has found that the scheme approved by the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) is illegal.
SO2 emissions from Nikola Tesla B coal plant to be reduced 20 times by 2024
02 December 2020 - One of the ten largest SO2 emitters among power plants in Europe starts the construcution of a flue gas desulphurization facility.
Energy Community’s new guidelines remove barriers to prosumer development, experts say
01 December 2020 - Experts from BiH, North Macedonia, and Serbia highlight the new elements in the Energy Community’s policy guidelines on prosumers.
BiH to add 116 MW with two wind farms – Grebak, Vlašić
30 November 2020 - Preparations for the construction of the first wind farm in the Republic of Srpska are over, and talks on financing the Vlašić wind farm are starting.
ESM halts investment in Belene project, turns to gas power plant near Alexandroupolis LNG terminal
27 November 2020 - Elektrani na Severna Makedonija estimates the 800 MW gas project would be finished earlier than the Belene nuclear power plant.
Romania gets EUR 370 million from EU for safe drinking water, wastewater treatment
27 November 2020 - Romania will get EUR 370 million from the EU’s Cohesion Fund to increase the availability of safe drinking water and the treatment of the wastewater.
Belgrade University professors warn politicians failure to phase out coal will be more costly than any decarbonization measures
25 November 2020 - It will be more expensive for the country to did nothing to reduce CO2 emissions, than to implement decarbonization measures.
IEL OIE Balkan Renewable Energy, Akuo to start construction of Bašaid wind farm in 2021
24 November 2020 - Start of the construction of the 85 MW Bašaid wind farm near Kikinda and a geothermal plant is planned for next year.
Energy reforms move ahead despite COVID-19 – Energy Community annual report
23 November 2020 - The Annual Implementation Report reveals that the average implementation score of the contracting parties increased from 48% to 53%.
Balkans’ largest solar thermal system for sanitary hot water is located in Pančevo
20 November 2020 - The project demonstrates that the use of solar energy for heating water is cheaper than using fossil fuels.s
Albania launches auction for 100 MW solar PV park in Spitalle
20 November 2020 - Albania began the procedure for an auction for the third big solar power plant.
Federation of BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for small hydropower plants from 2021
19 November 2020 - The government is preparing a set of regulatory amendments in order to prevent the adverse impact of small hydropower plants on the environment.
Serbia, Republic of Srpska sign joint statement on Gornja Drina hydropower project
18 November 2020 - The construction of HPP Buk Bijela should take six years, and could start at the end of this year or at the beginning of the 2021.
Three Slovenian cities to beat air pollution with renewables, sustainable urban mobility
18 November 2020 - The Government of Slovenia has adopted plans worth EUR 63 million to reduce air pollution in Maribor, Celje and Murska Sobota.
Serbia to add 1 GW in wind farms in next five years
17 November 2020 - Serbia could get 1 GW in wind farm capacity in the next five years, it has to decarbonize energy and reduce the share of coal in energy production within one or two decades. The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans