ELES CEO: Slovenia must set coal phaseout date as soon as possible
Slovenia's only coal-fired thermal power plant TEŠ is on track to lose up to EUR 150 million this year, CEO of ELES Aleksander Mervar said
European Commission: Serbia, BiH increase coal power output in 2020
Power output from coal fell by 22% in the EU last year, while Serbia boosted its production by 4% in the sector and BiH increased it by 8%
Greece officially writes off four coal-fired thermal power units
The plans for a coal phaseout in Greece seem to be accelerating as the only thermal power plant project may be switched to gas earlier.
North Macedonia securing gas, electricity supply amid coal phaseout
The country has signed three memoranda with Greece on the future LNG terminal near Alexandroupolis and the adjacent gas-fired power plant.
Turkey’s Garanti BBVA bank to stop financing coal projects
Garanti BBVA, the fifth-largest bank in Turkey vowed to cleanse the loan portfolio of the remaining coal mines and plants by 2040
Europe is halfway into closing all coal power plants by 2030
Fifty percent of coal-fired thermal power plants in Europe are closed or will be shut down by 2030 amid rising CO2 costs and the expansion of renewables
Slovenian government proposes coal phaseout by 2033
The Ministry of Infrastructure has launched public debate on the draft coal phaseout strategy and accompanying EIA.
Kopač: Obsession with coal threatens to push BiH back deeper into past
Fixed tariffs for green energy are obsolete and the obsession with coal can push BiH deeper into the past, says Janez Kopač from the Energy Community