CE Oltenia plans to slash CO2 emissions by 38%, but keep investing in coal
Romania’s ailing state-run electricity producer Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia) has drawn up a 2021-2026 restructuring and decarbonization plan that entails gradually reducing coal power production and developing renewable energy sources, with a target to cut CO2 emissions by around 38%. The plan includes EUR 1.5 billion in investments. CE Oltenia, the second-biggest electricity producer […]
EPBiH has opted for decarbonization, but progress on building renewable energy capacities is slow
State power utility Elektropriveda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) has opted for decarbonization, company officials say, but time will tell how successful it will be. Emir Aganović, adviser to EPBiH’s general manager, says that progress so far has been slow and that there are numerous obstacles impeding the construction of replacement capacities – power plants using […]
Serbia’s EPS to install 97.2 MW solar power plant in Kostolac
Serbia’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) plans to install 97.2 MW solar power plant Srednje Kostolačko Ostrvo. The investment is estimated at EUR 84 million. After launching the construction of the 66 MW Kostolac wind farm, this should be the company’s second major renewable energy project. The PV plant is planned at an ash […]
Court halts expansion of largest coal mine in Romania following Bankwatch appeal
A Bucharest court has blocked an expansion of Rosia, the largest coal mine in Romania located in Gorj county, following a legal challenge to the mine’s environmental permit lodged by Bankwatch Romania. Romania is among seven EU countries that have not declared when they will stop using coal. In 2016, Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CEO), the […]
HSE names new top managers at thermal power plant TEŠ, coal mine Velenje
Slovenia’s state power utility Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) has appointed new top managers at two of its subsidiaries – Termoelektrarna Šoštanj, which operates the Šoštanj thermal power plant (TEŠ), and Premogovnik Velenje, the operator of the Velenje coal mine, according to two separate press releases on the company’s website. HSE named Viktor Vračar as director […]