13 September 2024 - North Macedonia aims to end the use of coal in the energy sector by 2050, First Deputy Prime Minister Izet Mexhiti said
15 May 2024 - Western Macedonia and Megalopolis are the two traditional lignite regions of Greece. They are greening the local economy.
25 April 2024 - The changes to Slovenia's Energy Act introduced incentives for renewables, decarbonization of coal regions and energy efficiency measures
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
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
08 December 2023 - A contractor will produce a socio-economic analysis and just transition roadmap for Obiliq (Obilić) in Kosovo*
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
05 December 2023 - North Macedonia is preparing an investment plan for a coal phaseout by 2030, grid strengthening, new capacities and the just transition
10 November 2023 - Romania agreed with Green Gravity to study gravity energy storage technology in 17 coal mine shafts in the Jiu Valley complex
11 April 2023 - Ten years before the coal phaseout deadline, the Czech Republic's three coal regions are preparing to pilot hydrogen technologies
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
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