Environment

State-controlled power utility ESM intends to turn off the first unit of coal-fired REK Bitola within five years and convert it to natural gas, according to top officials, who vowed…

The EU plans international action throughout the supply chain to prevent methane from escaping into the atmosphere. The administration in Brussels presented a strategy to cut emissions of the greenhouse…

Greece intends to increase the share of renewable energy in electricity consumption from 29.2% to 61% and the share in transport from 6.6% to 19%, according to its final National…

Cyprus plans to increase the share of renewable energy sources from 13.9% to 22.9% in the period 2021-2030, according to the European Commission’s assessment of the country’s final National Energy and…

Bulgaria’s final National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) will deliver the country’s 2030 target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 0% compared to 2005, reads the European Commission’s assessment of…

Croatia’s final National and Climate Plan (NECP) has set a renewable energy target for 2030 at 36.4%, which will be an increase of 8.4% compared to the latest available data,…

Public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije intends to extend the lifespan of thermal power plant Kostolac A by 15 years, until 2038, by installing flue-gas desulfurization equipment to reduce sulfur dioxide…

Startups in climate tech, a broad set of sectors tackling the decarbonization of the global economy with the aim of reaching net zero emissions before 2050, attracted some USD 60 billion…

Last Saturday, AirVisual ranked Belgrade 10th in the world by air pollution, while the following day the Serbian capital was the fifth most polluted city. Filip Radović, director of the…

The Energy Community Secretariat has announced the launch of a Platform Initiative to support the clean energy transition in coal regions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine through knowledge exchange,…

North Macedonia is the first Energy Community Contracting Party to submit its draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) to the Secretariat. Albania and Georgia have announced that draft chapters…

Air pollution reached alarming rates a long time ago and most of the blame is on the hands of the government, according to participants in a discussion about the fight…