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Wind farms, solar power plants set to push coal out of market
04 December 2020 - Decision makers can slow down or speed up the coal phase-out, but regardless of their action, the coal share is heading for a big drop.
Western Balkans wasted EUR 655 million on coal subsidies since 2015
04 December 2020 - 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.
EVN Macedonia opens solar power plant with two-sided panels
04 December 2020 - EVN Macedonia built a 1.48 MW bifacial solar power plant within a state incentive scheme. Panels use the reflection from below to add to output.
World Bank: Main sources of air pollution in Belgrade are heating, road transport, coal power plants
03 December 2020 - The largest sources of pollution are in the urban area - heating and road transport, but also outside the urban area - thermal power plants.
Montenegro’s new cabinet to ban small hydropower, revise concessions
03 December 2020 - Prime Minister-designate Zdravko Krivokapić said the government would ban the construction of small hydropower plants and review all concessions
Kosovo* to launch renewable energy auctions, submit NECP next year
03 December 2020 - Kosovo* is preparing to open renewable energy auctions in cooperation with the EBRD, and its National Energy and Climate Plan is almost finished
Feed-in tariffs for solar power plants with installed capacity of 20 MW in Kosovo* to be halted
02 December 2020 - State Aid Commission (SAC) said that it has found that the scheme approved by the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) is illegal.
SO2 emissions from Nikola Tesla B coal plant to be reduced 20 times by 2024
02 December 2020 - One of the ten largest SO2 emitters among power plants in Europe starts the construcution of a flue gas desulphurization facility.
Rio Tinto’s lithium project in Serbia challenged over transboundary impact
01 December 2020 - CZŽS from BiH asked the state to determine the transboundary environmental impact of the lithium exploitation and processing project in Serbia
Energy Community’s new guidelines remove barriers to prosumer development, experts say
01 December 2020 - Experts from BiH, North Macedonia, and Serbia highlight the new elements in the Energy Community’s policy guidelines on prosumers.
HESS to build biggest photovoltaic plant in Slovenia, link it to HPP Brežice
01 December 2020 - HESS plans to add a 6 MW photovoltaic unit to its Brežice hydroelectric plant, located...
Sarajevo Canton to ban coal use in 2021 amid extreme air pollution
30 November 2020 - As levels of air pollution reached extreme levels again, Sarajevo is preparing a measure unheard of in the Western Balkan region.
EUKI calls for project ideas for transboundary climate action in Europe
30 November 2020 - The European Climate Initiative – EUKI launched a call for the civil society, authorities and educational entities to outline cross-border climate projects.
CMS Austria: New rules on Energy Communities in Austria
30 November 2020 - Based on the EU’s Clean Energy for all Europeans package, Austria is one of the first countries in Europe, which has presented draft legislation on energy communities.
Excessive air pollution in Valjevo triggers Air Quality Alert
30 November 2020 - The air quality in Valjevo has been in the highest category, designated as "very polluted," ever since measuring began in 2012. According to official data, the city had the highest annual level of suspended particles PM10 and PM2.5 in Serbia last year.
BiH to add 116 MW with two wind farms – Grebak, Vlašić
30 November 2020 - 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.