Bankwatch: Western Balkans must abandon waste-to-energy incineration
Plans for waste incinerators and co-incineration in the Western Balkans pose high financial and health risks, CEE Bankwatch Network warns
Just Transition Young Voices Awards 2026: Share your story and help shape the transition
The Energy Community Secretariat has launched the second edition of the Just Transition Young Voices Awards, inviting young people to submit short videos
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
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
Voice from beyond the centre
Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards, is publishing the three winning articles. The Energy Community Secretariat organized the contest in collaboration with Bankwatch, CAN Europe, the CLEW Network, and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office. The aim is to promote young adults set to shape the climate, […]
Winners of 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards revealed
Tringë Shkodra, Ani Gogokhia, and Kateryna Pereloma have been announced as the winners of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards
Court suspends Hidroelectrica’s hydropower project by stopping deforestation
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
SO2 emissions from NERP-bound coal plants in BiH, Kosovo*, North Macedonia and Serbia were six times above legal limits last year
