Mladen Bojanić in charge of energy in new Government of Montenegro, Ratko Mitrović gets environment portfolio
Minister of Ecology and Spatial and Urban Planning Ratko Mitrović and Minister of Capital Investments Mladen Bojanić start tenure in Montenegro
Western Balkans wasted EUR 655 million on coal subsidies since 2015
Serbia and BiH account for almost all of the coal subsidies in 2018 and 2019 among the Energy Community contracting parties in the Western Balkans.
SO2 emissions from Nikola Tesla B coal plant to be reduced 20 times by 2024
One of the ten largest SO2 emitters among power plants in Europe starts the construcution of a flue gas desulphurization facility.
BiH to add 116 MW with two wind farms – Grebak, Vlašić
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
Elektrani na Severna Makedonija estimates the 800 MW gas project would be finished earlier than the Belene nuclear power plant.
Belgrade University professors warn politicians failure to phase out coal will be more costly than any decarbonization measures
It will be more expensive for the country to did nothing to reduce CO2 emissions, than to implement decarbonization measures.
Romania erases new coal-fired thermal power plants from its plans
The Government of Romania claims no more coal power plants would be built and CE Oltenia hinted it is about to scrap the last such project.
Federation of BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for small hydropower plants from 2021
The government is preparing a set of regulatory amendments in order to prevent the adverse impact of small hydropower plants on the environment.