coal phaseout
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
Slovenian government proposes coal phaseout by 2033
19 March 2021 - The Ministry of Infrastructure has launched public debate on the draft coal phaseout strategy and accompanying EIA.
Kopač: Obsession with coal threatens to push BiH back deeper into past
08 March 2021 - Fixed tariffs for green energy are obsolete and the obsession with coal can push BiH deeper into the past, says Janez Kopač from the Energy Community
EU’s Timmermans: Coal has no future but coal sector workers do
25 February 2021 - The European Commission's Executive Vice-President says the EU needs to help the fossil fuel sector to abandon coal, but also oil and petrochemicals
Greece’s Western Macedonia region wants to halt all renewable energy projects
17 February 2021 - The regional government of Western Macedonia is about to request the suspension of all renewable energy projects and demand a greater role
COVID-19 pandemic accelerated slowdown in coal power plant sector
16 February 2021 - Electricity output from fossil fuels dropped more than from low-carbon sources. The coal power sector showed the greatest weakness in the market.
Resavica coal mines never break even despite massive subsidies
11 February 2021 - Underground coal mining utility PEU Resavica receives EUR 40 million state aid every year, but it regularly ends reporting a loss.
Coal pollution in Turkey brings annual health costs of up to EUR 10.9 billion
08 February 2021 - Air pollution from coal power plants in Turkey kills almost 5,000 people prematurely and leads to 3,000 preterm births every year
Šoštanj municipality rejects waste incineration plan for thermal power plant
02 February 2021 - TEŠ's project to add SRF waste to the coal that it burns in the Šoštanj thermal power plant hit a wall at the municipal council