coal phaseout
Kragujevac heating plant begins ash removal from disposal site in city center
06 August 2025 - The city of Kragujevac in Serbia has begun removing ash from an uncovered disposal site that has been polluting air and soil for years.
Serbia adopts Just Energy Transition Plan until 2030
01 August 2025 - Serbia now has a Just Energy Transition Plan until 2030, with suggestions how to mitigate of the impact of reducing fossil fuel use
Project underway for 81 MW solar park on coal mine in Montenegro
24 July 2025 - The Government of Montenegro gave a provisional green light for a solar power plant of 81.1 MW in peak capacity on coal land in Pljevlja
Solar beats nuclear in June, becoming EU’s biggest electricity source for first time
10 July 2025 - Solar was the EU’s largest source of electricity for the first time in June. Records for photovoltaics and wind rolled in in May and June
Bulgaria’s TPP Maritsa East 2 coal plant posts EUR 52 million loss for 2024
07 July 2025 - Even with a quota for the regulated electricity market in Bulgaria, low electricity prices pushed TPP Maritsa East 2 into a loss last year
Open call for green hydrogen high-efficiency CHP pilot plant in northern Greece
04 July 2025 - The Greek government has opened a call for a pilot CHP unit in Western Macedonia that would run on green hydrogen
Slovenia’s sole coal-fired power plant Šoštanj to keep main unit offline until fall
04 July 2025 - The 600 MW unit at Šoštanj will not be restarted until the end of September, when demand for heat is set to rise.
Montenegro publishes NECP for public consultation – sole coal plant planned for shutdown in 2041
30 June 2025 - The retirement of the Pljevlja coal plant is planned for 2041, but it depends on a just transition and supply security, the draft NECP reads
Ireland ends coal use – Spain, Italy, Greece set to follow
24 June 2025 - The last coal plants in several countries in the European Union are operating only barely or occasionally
Greece plans six waste-to-energy plants, set to meet EU landfilling limits
10 June 2025 - Greece is transforming its waste management sector – dozens of units mechanically treating the material to feed incinerators in all regions
Western Balkans urged to step up just transition measures
02 June 2025 - In its guidelines for the just transition, the Energy Community Secretariat said the Western Balkans lack policies and measures
Battery storage market in SEE emerging, Western Balkans lagging behind with positive prospects
26 May 2025 - Battery energy storage systems are still rare in Southeastern Europe, but state support and financing models in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania have paved the way for rapid deployment
Decarbonization of Southeastern European region: both renewables and nuclear are speeding up
24 May 2025 - Representatives of state-owned utilities and independent power producers discussed at BEF 2025 the different approaches to decarbonization in the region
Slovenia keeps phasing out coal as key heating plant boosts natural gas share to 60%
22 May 2025 - TE-TOL, the main district heating provider in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, has taken over a newly built gas-steam unit
EU outlines measures to end Russian gas, oil imports by end-2027
07 May 2025 - The European Commission aims to stop by 2027 the purchases of Russian gas, including LNG, and oil, and phase out nuclear fuel imports
Italy mulls keeping its last coal plants on standby
21 April 2025 - Italy may switch its remaining coal plants on the mainland to a standby mode this year instead of dismantling them