coal phaseout
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...
Verbund discontinues last coal-fired energy plant in Austria; eyes hydrogen
22 April 2020 - Government-owned Verbund switched the Mellach coal-fired heat and power unit to a backup role, ending...
CE Oltenia suspending 13,000 workers as sales drop amid COVID-19
20 April 2020 - The government in Bucharest is paying employees on a leave of absence 75% of gross...
Thermal power plant Šoštanj takes active role in Slovenia’s energy transition
25 March 2020 - Slovenian lignite-fired thermal power plant Termoelektrarna Šoštanj (TEŠ) has been developing several projects aimed at...
ContourGlobal abandons Kosova e Re project, exits coal altogether
17 March 2020 - The foreign investor has faced a setback with regulatory hurdles and financing drying up for...
Romania to build 310 MW in solar power capacity in Oltenia coal pits
13 March 2020 - The authorities in Bucharest are struggling to keep the coal mining and thermal power plant...
EU conditions EUR 251 million state aid to coal, power utility CE Oltenia
26 February 2020 - The European Commission has approved Romania’s plans to grant a EUR 251 million loan to...
N. Macedonia is first country in Western Balkans mulling coal phaseout before 2030
24 February 2020 - North Macedonia’s government has approved the Energy Development Strategy until 2040 which makes it the...
Poland seeks alternatives for last coal thermal power plant project
24 February 2020 - The European Green Deal and the European Investment Bank’s exit from fossil fuel projects prompted...