Court suspends Hidroelectrica’s hydropower project by stopping deforestation
06 August 2025 - The almost complete Răstolița hydropower project in Romania, started in the late 1980s, is stuck again over a dispute regarding deforestation
Western Balkan coal plants cut harmful emissions in 2024 but breaches remain extreme
19 June 2025 - SO2 emissions from NERP-bound coal plants in BiH, Kosovo*, North Macedonia and Serbia were six times above legal limits last year
Just Transition Young Voices Award: Empowering youth champions in the clean energy transition
18 June 2025 - Young people from the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova can apply for the Just Transition Young Voices Award until 28 July 2025
Coal plants in Western Balkans increase SO2 pollution in 2023
19 September 2024 - Coal plants in the Western Balkans emitted more sulfur dioxide last year than in 2022, according to the Comply or Close report
Western Balkans have as many prospective solar, wind projects as Germany
17 July 2024 - Prospective utility-scale solar and wind capacity amounts to 23 GW or 70% more than a year ago, according to the latest study
Environmentalists take hydropower project Skavica in Albania to Constitutional Court
22 September 2023 - Activists said said their complaint against the Skavica hydropower project would be heard at the Constitutional Court of Albania
Coal plants in Western Balkans increase pollution, legal breaches in 2022
28 June 2023 - Emissions of SO2, NOx and dust all rose last year, Bankwatch said in a report on thermal power plants using coal in the Western Balkans
Romania plans to expand coal mine over 100 hectares of forests
16 January 2023 - More than 100 hectares of forests in Romania's Gorj region could be cut down to expand a lignite mine.
Federation of BiH stops Tuzla 7 coal power plant project
14 July 2022 - FBiH rejected the proposition from the contractors from China for an alternative supplier of equipment for the Tuzla 7 coal plant project
Pollution from coal plants in Western Balkans remains extreme in 2021
22 June 2022 - Coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans were in breach of Energy Community pollution rules in 2021 for the fourth year in a row.
Activists in Romania protest against high energy bills, demand more renewables
04 February 2022 - More than 46.000 people in Romania signed a petition with a demand to cut energy bills through green investments
EIB halts loan for Budapest Airport expansion over breach of EU environmental law
11 January 2022 - The European Investment Bank's due diligence for the project of Hungary's main international airport lacked basic necessary documentation