coal phaseout
EU preparing CO2 tax for products from other countries
29 July 2020 - The European Commission launched public consultations on taxation rules that would help its climate agenda....
EU cuts Just Transition Fund to EUR 10 billion in COVID-19 recovery deal
21 July 2020 - The European Council reached an agreement on the seven-year budget through 2027 including a mechanism...
Fool’s Gold: Financial institutions waste billions on coal, undermining climate action
15 July 2020 - European financial institutions and international investors and banks including BlackRock and Japanese megabanks are keeping...
EPBiH has opted for decarbonization, but progress on building renewable energy capacities is slow
07 July 2020 - State power utility Elektropriveda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) has opted for decarbonization, company officials say,...
Greece asks EU to approve state aid for 680 MW pumped storage project
07 July 2020 - GEK Terna is building two pumped storage hydropower plants and artificial lakes in Amfilochia in...
Major flaws in EPS environmental study for TENT A thermal power plant overhaul
25 June 2020 - Environmentalist organizations and activists claim Elektroprivreda Srbije, EPS, won’t be able to obtain the necessary...
Coal power plants in EU shuttering amid jump in expenses from end-June
25 June 2020 - Exemptions in air pollution limits in the EU are about to be abolished, so owners...
SO2 emissions in Western Balkans coal plants six times above limit in 2019
23 June 2020 - There was no improvement last year on air pollution from lignite-fired industrial facilities reported to...
Environmentalist groups unite to protest small hydropower, pollution in Serbia
15 June 2020 - More than forty environmentalist organizations participated at the demonstration in front of the building of...
Climate targets warrant closure of all gas, coal power plants soon, study shows
11 June 2020 - If solutions to turn emissions negative aren’t scaled up substantially in the mid-term to cap...
PPC begins voluntary layoffs at coal mines with program for 890 workers
09 June 2020 - The state-owned company PPC managing lignite open pits and thermal power plants in Greece launched...
Serbia issues draft spatial plan for coal-fired thermal power plant Kolubara B
08 June 2020 - A public consultation was launched on the draft spatial plan for the special purpose area...
Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia plan to burn coal beyond 2030 – report on final NECPs
05 June 2020 - A new report published by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and ZERO looks into the...
IRENA: Renewables increasingly cheaper than coal competitors on cost
03 June 2020 - IRENA found 56% of renewable capacity added last year achieved lower electricity costs than new...
Delaying coal phaseout would be expensive for Bulgaria, Romania and Greece
06 May 2020 - The drop in market prices of power amid the coronavirus crisis opens the way for...
Smart transformation of coal business into geothermal heating, power system by Spanish Hunosa Grupo
23 April 2020 - Grupo Hunosa, undergoing a transformation away from coal, its basic activity, used geothermal energy from...