coal
Bulgaria’s coal regions to get further EUR 808 million for just transition
29 October 2025 - Total investments in the just transition of the Stara Zagora, Kyustendil, and Pernik coal regions and ten municipalities will reach EUR 1.38 billion
Slovenia begins preparations for closure of Velenje coal mine
09 October 2025 - Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob visited the Velenje coal mine to present a draft law on its gradual closure
Kosovo’s* just energy transition: greening the Kingdom of Coal
06 October 2025 - Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards, is publishing the three winning articles
Montenegro to produce coal until 2050
29 September 2025 - The Pljevlja coal mine has been granted a concession for coal production for 24,5 years, extending the fossil fuel extraction until 2050
Romania risks blackouts if it shuts coal plants as scheduled
19 September 2025 - Minister of Energy Bogdan Ivan claims that energy poverty or even blackouts could hit Romania if it proceeds with the closure of coal plants
Environmentalists warn EU that Bulgaria ignores coal plants breaching pollution rules
09 September 2025 - Greenpeace Bulgaria and Za Zemiata wrote a complaint to the European Commission as the authorities are ignoring environmental breaches at four coal plants
Climate won’t suffer if Romanian coal power plants keep running – energy minister
01 September 2025 - The Romanian government is hoping to postpone the coal-fired power plant closures envisaged under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
CE Oltenia to set up subsidiary to take over coal power plants slated for closure
25 August 2025 - CE Oltenia’s “lignite subsidiary” is envisaged under a restructuring and decarbonization plan approved by the European Commission.
Serbia’s power utility to take no loans in 2025, fund coal projects on its own
21 August 2025 - EPS will not take out loans this year, but will finance all investments from its own resources, says CEO Dušan Živković.
Serbia’s EPS reports EUR 234 million profit for first half of 2025
15 August 2025 - State-owned Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) achieved lower profit in the first half of the year than in the same period of 2024
Worrying results of coal, overburden production in BiH’s power utility
13 August 2025 - Increasing coal production is the only way to stabilize the energy system in the Federation of BiH, EPBiH CEO Sanel Buljubašić said
Kragujevac heating plant begins ash removal from disposal site in city center
06 August 2025 - The city of Kragujevac in Serbia has begun removing ash from an uncovered disposal site that has been polluting air and soil for years.