BiH’s electricity imports up 4.5 times
The step rise in power imports is another evidence of the difficult situation in the country's three utilities
Project underway for 81 MW solar park on coal mine in Montenegro
The Government of Montenegro gave a provisional green light for a solar power plant of 81.1 MW in peak capacity on coal land in Pljevlja
BiH’s power utility EPBiH cancels waste co-incineration trial in Tuzla coal plant
Power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine aborted a waste co-incineration test at its Tuzla coal power plant
Serbia’s EPS starts trial operation of its Petka PV plant on coal tailings dump
EPS connected its first larger solar park, called Petka, to the grid. The new facility is in its coal complex Kostolac.
Bulgaria’s TPP Maritsa East 2 coal plant posts EUR 52 million loss for 2024
Even with a quota for the regulated electricity market in Bulgaria, low electricity prices pushed TPP Maritsa East 2 into a loss last year
Slovenia’s sole coal-fired power plant Šoštanj to keep main unit offline until fall
The 600 MW unit at Šoštanj will not be restarted until the end of September, when demand for heat is set to rise.
Montenegro publishes NECP for public consultation – sole coal plant planned for shutdown in 2041
The retirement of the Pljevlja coal plant is planned for 2041, but it depends on a just transition and supply security, the draft NECP reads
Ireland ends coal use – Spain, Italy, Greece set to follow
The last coal plants in several countries in the European Union are operating only barely or occasionally
