coal
Thermal power plant Ugljevik halts production due to lack of coal
05 December 2024 - The management of RiTE Ugljevik, which operates a coal mine and the thermal power plant, blames those who ran the company in previous years.
COP29 decisions ambitious but insufficient to curb global warming
25 November 2024 - The COP29 summit resulted in a global pledge of USD 300 billion per year for poorer and most vulnerable countries and a global carbon market deal
Romania gets nod for EUR 790 million in aid for coal mine closure
18 November 2024 - The coal mines are located in the Jiu Valley, Romania’s main coal region and one of the 20 coal regions in the European Union
EPS’s Kostolac B3 coal plant in Serbia completed
01 November 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović said the commissioning documentation for Kostolac B3 is almost finished
Slovenia cancels referendum on Krško 2 nuclear power plant
25 October 2024 - Just two weeks ago, the parliament voted overwhelmingly to hold a referendum on the construction of the Krško 2 nuclear power plant
Serbia’s EPS to mothball Morava, Kolubara coal power plants for strategic reserve
23 October 2024 - Serbia’s power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije intends to switch the Morava and Kolubara coal plants to a strategic reserve
IEA warns geopolitical tensions pose risk for energy security, urges faster clean energy transition
18 October 2024 - Demand for fossil fuels is expected to peak by the end of the decade, as the world is moving fast towards the "age of electricity"
Denmark shuts its penultimate coal plant as UK is set to complete its exit
04 September 2024 - Denmark has only one coal power plant left now as Ørsted closed its last one. The only coal plant in the United Kingdom is ending operations.
EPS must change to survive and ensure Serbia’s energy security
03 September 2024 - In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News on the transformation of Elektroprivreda Srbije, Dušan Živković spoke about investments, decarbonization, CBAM and emissions
Montenegro to delay temporary shutdown of TPP Pljevlja for 2026
02 September 2024 - The pause in the operation of the Pljevlja coal plant, planned for 2025 within its ecological reconstruction, could be postponed to 2026
State obstructs use of solar energy by households, firms in BiH
30 August 2024 - Decarbonization is being obstructed by legislators and power utilities, says Damir Miljević, a member of the Management Board of RESET
IAP pipeline, LNG terminal are strategic projects for Montenegro – minister
12 August 2024 - The construction of an LNG terminal and the Ionian Adriatic Pipeline are strategic projects for the new Ministry of Mining, Oil and Gas