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EPS to convert coal-fired power plant Morava to natural gas
13 December 2021 - The state-owned power utility has announced a tender for the preparation of studies for the construction of the Morava gas power plant
Failing to switch from coal to wind and solar could cost every Polish family EUR 170 per year by 2030
09 December 2021 - Poland's Instrat Foundation has analyzed the current Polish Energy Policy for 2040 and proposed solutions
Price of CO2 hits all-time high above EUR 80 per ton
06 December 2021 - The price of permits for emitting CO2 has increased 140 percent in 2021.
Romania to decarbonize its coal power plants with wood pellets
08 November 2021 - Energy minister Virgil Popescu and Bjørn H. Knappskog, CEO of Arbaflame, have signed a letter of intent with the aim of cutting Paroseni power plant's CO2 emissions
Financing for new coal power plants coming to end
06 November 2021 - 99 percent of internationally available development finance IS committed to reducing or ending coal finance support
Spain on track to phase out nuclear power, coal by 2035
22 October 2021 - The phaseout of coal and nuclear power plants will be offset with a simultaneous and gradual increase in renewable power capacity
EPS wants to use coal power plants as strategic reserve
20 October 2021 - The supervisory board of Elektroprivreda Srbije has sent an initiative to the ministry of energy to introduce a strategic reserve mechanism.
Romania to triple its solar capacity to 4.25 GW by 2030
20 October 2021 - Solar photovoltaic capacity is projected to triple during 2021-2030, from 1.39 GW in 2020 to 4.25 GW in 2030.
Energy transition is inevitable, but opposition is very strong
01 October 2021 - Implementation of the energy transition in Serbia and the region is inevitable, and it is also the stance of those who do not believe in climate change and are against the closure of coal-fired power plants.
Republic of Srpska plans to build solar power plants on abandoned coal mines
23 September 2021 - The Minister of Energy and Mining Petar Đokić has discussed the construction of solar power plants with the management of RiTE Ugljevik.
Thermal energy storage TWEST enables CO2-free electricity production at thermal power plants
23 September 2021 - E2S Power presented in its demonstration facility in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, the innovative thermal energy storage TWEST.
Record-breaking summer for solar panels – tenth of EU-27 electricity secured
23 August 2021 - Annual growth in solar power plants output needs to double to meet the European Union’s 2030 emissions targets.
EU coal consumption decreased by two thirds in last 30 years
18 August 2021 - In 2020, the EU consumed 63% and 64% less hard coal and brown coal, respectively, than in 1990, according to Eurostat's data.
Serbian president: Serbia will shut down its coal power plants when Poland does
11 August 2021 - Serbia is under pressure to lose its energy security, said Aleksandar Vučić, adding he would not allow the country to become the biggest electricity importer.
Securing EU money for Bulgaria’s energy transition will be difficult without coal phaseout date
09 August 2021 - Professor Koso Stoychev said Slovakia, Romania and Greece have set dates for phasing out coal, and that Bulgaria must do the same.
Coal power stations in Western Balkans emit twice as much SO2 as EU plants
13 July 2021 - The Western Balkans’ 18 coal-fired power plants released twice as much sulfur dioxide in 2019 as all 221 such facilities in the EU.