Greece earmarks EUR 50 million for small business transition in lignite regions
15 May 2024 - Western Macedonia and Megalopolis are the two traditional lignite regions of Greece. They are greening the local economy.
Slovenia amends Energy Act to bolster efficiency, decarbonization
25 April 2024 - The changes to Slovenia's Energy Act introduced incentives for renewables, decarbonization of coal regions and energy efficiency measures
Slovenia’s HSE to install 140 MW floating PV system next to TEŠ coal plant
26 March 2024 - Slovenian state-owned HSE plans to cover a part of the Družmirje lake, next to the Šoštanj coal plant, with floating solar panels
Greece’s coal region turns to PV, heat pumps for district heating
05 February 2024 - Closing lignite power plants in the coal regions of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis in Greece implies a big change in their economic model
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*
How can energy transition be just to people in coal regions
05 December 2023 - The authorities must act before people leave, according to the speakers at the annual meeting of the Initiative for coal regions in transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine
North Macedonia presents just energy transition platform worth EUR 3 billion
05 December 2023 - North Macedonia is preparing an investment plan for a coal phaseout by 2030, grid strengthening, new capacities and the just transition
Romania to turn 17 coal mines into gravity energy storage systems
10 November 2023 - Romania agreed with Green Gravity to study gravity energy storage technology in 17 coal mine shafts in the Jiu Valley complex
Czech coal regions to introduce hydrogen technologies
11 April 2023 - Ten years before the coal phaseout deadline, the Czech Republic's three coal regions are preparing to pilot hydrogen technologies
Join webinars on just energy transitions in Western Balkans and Ukraine
27 February 2023 - The webinar series 'Just energy transitions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine' will explore opportunities and the lessons learnt on the way to a coal phaseout
Mitsotakis inaugurates Ptolemaida 5, Greece’s last lignite plant
14 February 2023 - The Ptolemaida 5 lignite-fired power plant was inaugurated today by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and CEOs of PPC and GEK Terna
MEP Kokkalis: EU shouldn’t penalize coal power in Western Balkans while producing coal-fired electricity itself
06 December 2022 - Many EU member states are prioritizing energy security over decarbonization and reviving retired coal power plants, MEP Petros Kokkalis said