Romania’s coal town Turceni starts EUR 380 million green energy transformation
Turceni is dependent on the local coal power plant, so the municipal authority is turning to agrivoltaics, energy storage and green hydrogen
Slovenia begins preparations for closure of Velenje coal mine
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob visited the Velenje coal mine to present a draft law on its gradual closure
Kosovo’s* just energy transition: greening the Kingdom of Coal
Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards, is publishing the three winning articles
Montenegro to produce coal until 2050
The Pljevlja coal mine has been granted a concession for coal production for 24,5 years, extending the fossil fuel extraction until 2050
EPBiH receives EUR 2 million from KfW for green, market-oriented transformation
Germany's KfW Development Bank is donating EUR 2 million to Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey starts building solar parks on former coal land
After the first two units of 5 MW each, state-owned Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI) is planning two solar power plants of 14 MW in total
Romania risks blackouts if it shuts coal plants as scheduled
Minister of Energy Bogdan Ivan claims that energy poverty or even blackouts could hit Romania if it proceeds with the closure of coal plants
Bulgarian coal plant mulls replacing boiler with molten salt battery
The operator of the AES Maritsa Iztok 1 coal plant is interested in replacing one of its boilers with a molten salt reactor