Market assessment underway for expansion of gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria
The IGB gas pipeline is planned to be expanded to five billion cubic meters. The non-binding market assessment phase is underway.
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.
EU outlines measures for 90% emissions cut by 2040
A proposed amendment to the European Climate Law sets a 2040 target of a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions
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
Turning abandoned coal mines into PV plants could boost global solar capacity by 15%
Greece and three Western Balkan countries are among the global leaders in projects to build solar at abandoned coal mines.
Coal power plant Maritsa East 3 plans to build solar plant, 200 MW battery system
Maritsa East 3 plans to use the existing grid infrastructure for the green energy project, says Vasil Shtonov, CEO of ContourGlobal Bulgaria