Slovenia begins preparations for closure of Velenje coal mine
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob visited the Velenje coal mine to present a draft law on its gradual closure
Turkey starts building solar parks on former coal land
After the first two units of 5 MW each, state-owned Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI) is planning two solar power plants of 14 MW in total
Romania risks blackouts if it shuts coal plants as scheduled
Minister of Energy Bogdan Ivan claims that energy poverty or even blackouts could hit Romania if it proceeds with the closure of coal plants
Race against time to secure EU funding for waste-to-energy plants in Greece
Hostile public reactions and opposition by municipal authorities threaten to derail Greece's efforts to build six waste-to-energy plants
Bulgarian coal plant mulls replacing boiler with molten salt battery
The operator of the AES Maritsa Iztok 1 coal plant is interested in replacing one of its boilers with a molten salt reactor
Environmentalists warn EU that Bulgaria ignores coal plants breaching pollution rules
Greenpeace Bulgaria and Za Zemiata wrote a complaint to the European Commission as the authorities are ignoring environmental breaches at four coal plants
Climate won’t suffer if Romanian coal power plants keep running – energy minister
The Romanian government is hoping to postpone the coal-fired power plant closures envisaged under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
CE Oltenia to set up subsidiary to take over coal power plants slated for closure
CE Oltenia’s “lignite subsidiary” is envisaged under a restructuring and decarbonization plan approved by the European Commission.
