PPC updates lignite exit plan, new Ptolemaida 5 unit to shut down in 2026

Greece pushes its coal exit target date forward to 2026

30 July 2024 - Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC) has introduced a new schedule for the phaseout of its lignite-fired power plants

ContourGlobal fires almost all workers coal plant in Bulgaria

ContourGlobal fires almost all workers from its coal plant in Bulgaria

09 July 2024 - The open market crushed the ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 coal-fired power plant, which has been offline since February

Bulgaria historic power output slump in June

Bulgaria experiences historic power output slump in June

09 July 2024 - Bulgaria's total power output in June was the weakest since 2019. The country only had a slight year-to-date surplus in electricity trade.

Power utility Elektroprivreda BiH all time high annual loss 2023

Power utility Elektroprivreda BiH posts all-time high annual loss for 2023

06 July 2024 - A lack of coal, bad hydrology and obsolete production facilities pushed Bosnia and Herzegovina's EPBiH deep into the red in 2023

Lignite plants getting pushed out of the market in the Balkans

Lignite power plants are pushed out of market in Balkans

30 May 2024 - PPC's brand new Ptolemaida 5 lignite plant was effectively pushed out of the market in May as uncompetitive

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Share of coal power in Greece tumbles to zero

20 May 2024 - Greece went seven days without coal power in the system as natural gas plants and renewables were far more competitive

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Belgrade Energy Forum – energy transition in Southeast Europe is accelerating

13 May 2024 - The Western Balkans would gain a strategic advantage by joining the EU’s single electricity market, Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski said at the opening of BEF 2024

Vladimir Malinov Bulgaria caretaker cabinet quits Bulgartransgaz CEO

Vladimir Malinov joins Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet, quits as Bulgartransgaz CEO

11 April 2024 - Dimitar Glavchev's interim Council of Ministers of Bulgaria includes Acting Minister of Energy Vladimir Malinov

Serbia trial operation desulfurization unit biggest coal plant

Serbia to start trial operation of desulfurization unit at its biggest coal plant

25 March 2024 - Flue gas desulfurization in coal plant TENT A in Serbia is the sector's biggest environmental project in Europe, Minister Đedović Handanović said

Financing completed EPS wind park Kostolac

Financing completed for EPS’s wind park Kostolac

29 January 2024 - The EU approved a EUR 30 million grant to Serbia's state-owned power utility EPS for its first wind park project – Kostolac

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Seven European countries to shut down all CO2-emitting power plants by 2035

19 December 2023 - The agreement was concluded as part of the Pentalateral Energy Forum, chaired by the Netherlands this year

Just transition roadmap coal town Kosovo Obiliq Obilic

Just transition roadmap sought for coal town in Kosovo*

08 December 2023 - A contractor will produce a socio-economic analysis and just transition roadmap for Obiliq (Obilić) in Kosovo*

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