Montenegro to set coal phaseout deadline in national energy and climate plan – prime minister
The country is preparing a new energy strategy, which will put priority on renewable energy sources in order to achieve climate neutrality.
Greece pushes coal phaseout deadline to 2025 from 2028
Coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5, the last of its kind in Greece, is set to be converted to gas in 2025, three years earlier than planned
Serbia starts drafting national energy and climate plan
The Ministry of Mining and Energy has launched a project called the Further Capacity Development for Energy Planning, which will include the drafting of a NECP.
North Macedonia, Montenegro invite bids for day-ahead trading platforms
North Macedonia’s national electricity market operator, MEMO, and Montenegro’s power exchange operator, BELEN, have launched tendering for day-ahead trading platforms.
EU ETS covered emissions record biggest drop in six years
Greenhouse gas emissions from operators covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) fell by 13.3% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Serbia’s EPS 2020 profit more than doubles to EUR 137 million
Elektroprivreda Srbije's profit last year more than doubled compared with 2019, to EUR 137 million.
Energy Community opens infringement procedure against Montenegro over TPP Pljevlja
The Energy Community has launched an infringement procedure against Montenegro for continuing to operate TPP Pljevlja despite the expiry of the opt-out period.
Serbia adopts four laws on energy, mining
The National Assembly has endorsed the law on renewables, the law on energy efficiency, the law on energy and the law on mining.