Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2021
The most important topics for our readers in 2021 were lithium, the coal phaseout and investment in renewable energy in Serbia
EIB to finance North Macedonia’s gas interconnector with Greece
The project is seen as a short-term measure aimed at facilitating a gradual shift to clean energy, with natural gas as a transition fuel.
IEA: Global coal power output to rise 9% in 2021 to all-time high
With electricity demand outpacing low-carbon supply and a spike in gas prices, coal power output is up 9% this year, at 10.35 PWh, IEA says
Serbia’s electricity crisis: EPS struggling to get coal plants back online
State-owned utility EPS got some of the aging units functioning again after a breakdown, but the country is still relying on power imports
Bitola in North Macedonia to get district heating from coal power plant
The construction of a district heating pipeline from REK Bitola has begun, almost forty years after the thermal power plant was built
RES Foundation conference: Coal phaseout unavoidable in transition to net zero emissions, clean air
The RES Foundation is holding its second second annual conference in Serbia on how to win the Balkan air pollution dodgeball
Portugal stops using coal nine years ahead of schedule
The Pego power plant has been shut down, ending of the use of coal for the production of electricity in Portugal nine years before deadline
Germany’s new ruling coalition aims to phase out coal in nine years
The cabinet led by Olaf Scholz will phase out coal "ideally" by 2030, compared to the current 2038 deadline, the coalition deal reveals