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Slovenia launches online platform for preparation of coal phaseout strategy
05 August 2020 - The Ministry of Infrastructure has set up an online platform as the main communication channel...
Top 3 most read articles in June
03 July 2020 - Here are the top 3 most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in June....
TPP Bobov Dol intends to stop burning waste
30 April 2020 - Coal-fired power plant Bobov Dol intends to terminate the co-incineration of unregulated waste, according to...
KEK to get EUR 76 million grant to cut pollution from Kosovo B power plant
04 November 2019 - Kosovo* will receive a EUR 76 million grant from the EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance...
Four in five EU coal power plants unprofitable: Greece’s PPC faces EUR 596 million loss, Romania’s CE Oltenia EUR 567 million
28 October 2019 - Four in five EU coal power plants are unprofitable and utilities could lose EUR 6.6...
Greece seeks to phase out coal by 2028, Ptolemaida V prospects unclear
25 September 2019 - Greece will adopt a new national energy and climate plan by the end of 2019...
Greece to start shutting down coal power plants
20 September 2019 - A business plan being drafted by the management of majority state-owned Public Power Corporation (PPC)...
Nearly 200 families hit by pollution from Veliki Crljeni open-pit coal mine
20 June 2019 - Residents of Veliki Crljeni, a suburban settlement only 50 kilometers from the center of Belgrade,...
Romania mulls carbon price compensation scheme
14 June 2019 - The Romanian government is considering introducing a scheme for offsetting the cost of the EU...
World Environment Day: Air pollution causes nearly 5,000 premature deaths in 19 Western Balkan cities
05 June 2019 - Air pollution is directly responsible for up to one in five premature deaths in 19...
Ministers on region’s energy transition: Countries have right to choose their own energy mix
04 June 2019 - Energy, economy, and foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Republika Srpska (an entity of...
Energy Community Contracting Parties pour EUR 2.4 billion annually into coal power plants, mines
26 March 2019 - The Energy Community Contracting Parties support electricity generated from coal with some EUR 2.4 billion...
Western Balkan coal power plants are health, economic liability for entire Europe – environmental organizations
19 February 2019 - Sixteen outdated coal power plants in the Western Balkans are a public health and economic...
Construction launched on flue-gas desulfurization systems at coal-fired power plant TENT A
14 February 2019 - The construction of flue-gas desulfurization systems has begun at thermal power plant (TPP) Termoelektrana Nikola...
Regulatory framework, electricity price highlighted as impediments to greening region’s energy mix
30 November 2018 - The Western Balkans, and Serbia in particular, should continue implementing regulations to help green the...
Gov’t, investor committed to Kosova e Re, as World Bank pulls support for coal-fired power plant project
12 October 2018 - After the World Bank announced that it will not support a 500 MW Kosova e...