coal phaseout
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...
EU wind power growth must double to match Green Deal terms: report
19 February 2020 - Turkey was first in the region last year in new and cumulative capacity, the size...
Clean energy potential of coal regions in Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Slovenia: EU report
14 February 2020 - In more than half of the 42 coal regions in the European Union, the switch...
North Macedonia to use coal pit Oslomej for 100 MW photovoltaic project
13 February 2020 - Applications will be received until May 8. The investor is obligated to secure EUR 80...
PPC Renewables to apply for rest of two giant solar power units in Greece
12 February 2020 - Documents are being prepared for the other half of capacity in photovoltaic systems planned at...
Coal phaseout in Canada – Ex-colleagues helping miners’ job transition
10 February 2020 - Regional transition centers in coal regions in Canada are being established in order to support...