coal phaseout
G7 agrees to eliminate international funding for coal power generation
25 May 2021 - The group of the wealthiest developed countries became "net zero G7" this year as they all vowed to eliminate net emissions by 2050.
EPBiH to calculate CO2 costs internally after deal with Energy Community
21 May 2021 - EPBiH intends to include CO2 expenses in its financial reports from next year at the initiative of the Energy Community Secretariat
EPBiH agrees to restructure troubled coal mines, cut jobs
20 May 2021 - Government-owned utility EPBiH said it would reduce the number of employees in its seven coal mines to get the subsidiaries on a firm footing
EU member states to receive EUR 17.5 billion in grants for fossil fuel phaseout
20 May 2021 - Workers in the coal industry and regions that depend on it in the EU will be able to tap on the EUR 17.5 billion Just Transition Fund
Slovenia’s coal power plant TEŠ to generate EUR 870 million loss by 2030
10 May 2021 - The closure of Šoštanj power plant could be inevitable even before 2033, currently the most optimistic scenario for Slovenia’s coal phaseout.
Greece, Romania most active in Southeast Europe in tackling climate challenge
04 May 2021 - Greece and Romania are the most active among EU member states in Southeast Europe on climate change issues, while Bulgaria is trying to catch up.
Montenegro to set coal phaseout deadline in national energy and climate plan – prime minister
30 April 2021 - The country is preparing a new energy strategy, which will put priority on renewable energy sources in order to achieve climate neutrality.
Greece pushes coal phaseout deadline to 2025 from 2028
29 April 2021 - Coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5, the last of its kind in Greece, is set to be converted to gas in 2025, three years earlier than planned
Energy Community opens infringement procedure against Montenegro over TPP Pljevlja
21 April 2021 - The Energy Community has launched an infringement procedure against Montenegro for continuing to operate TPP Pljevlja despite the expiry of the opt-out period.
First 100 households in Sarajevo get subsidies to abandon coal in heating
20 April 2021 - The Sarajevo Canton picked 77 beneficiaries that will install wood pellet furnaces and 27 are setting up heat pumps instead of coal for heating
ELES CEO: Slovenia must set coal phaseout date as soon as possible
19 April 2021 - Slovenia's only coal-fired thermal power plant TEŠ is on track to lose up to EUR 150 million this year, CEO of ELES Aleksander Mervar said
European Commission: Serbia, BiH increase coal power output in 2020
13 April 2021 - Power output from coal fell by 22% in the EU last year, while Serbia boosted its production by 4% in the sector and BiH increased it by 8%
Greece officially writes off four coal-fired thermal power units
08 April 2021 - The plans for a coal phaseout in Greece seem to be accelerating as the only thermal power plant project may be switched to gas earlier.
North Macedonia securing gas, electricity supply amid coal phaseout
01 April 2021 - The country has signed three memoranda with Greece on the future LNG terminal near Alexandroupolis and the adjacent gas-fired power plant.
Turkey’s Garanti BBVA bank to stop financing coal projects
31 March 2021 - Garanti BBVA, the fifth-largest bank in Turkey vowed to cleanse the loan portfolio of the remaining coal mines and plants by 2040
Europe is halfway into closing all coal power plants by 2030
25 March 2021 - Fifty percent of coal-fired thermal power plants in Europe are closed or will be shut down by 2030 amid rising CO2 costs and the expansion of renewables