Italy mulls keeping its last coal plants on standby
Italy may switch its remaining coal plants on the mainland to a standby mode this year instead of dismantling them
Turkey’s renewables failing to cover power demand growth despite solar boom
Turkey became a net electricity exporter in 2024, but wind and solar are still not growing fast enough to meet rising domestic power demand
Ember: Warming’s 2024 share of global power demand rise was covered with fossil fuels
Renewables and nuclear energy met 79,1% of 2024 global power demand growth. The fossil fuels share was bigger than the part attributed to the annual rise in temperatures.
Greece becomes net electricity exporter in 2024
Greece went from net electricity imports of 18% in 2019 to a small surplus in the balance last year, mostly attributed to gas power plants
Serbia’s EPS, industry sign contracts on disposal of ash from coal-fired power plants
Power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije will sell 30 million tons of ash to Lafarge Serbia, Elixir Group and Moravacem
KEK issues call for reconstruction of Kosovo A3 coal plant unit
A 55-year-old unit of KEK's coal-fired power plant near Prishtina in Kosovo* is about to get a makeover, worth EUR 137.3 million
Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector in 2024
The record year of solar growth contributed most to fossil decline, lifting solar above coal for the first time, Ember found.
Coal plant ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 restarted to preserve energy security in Bulgaria
ContourGlobal is returning half of Maritsa East 3 in Bulgaria to the grid, to operate at least until the end of March