Lawsuits and blockades over lignite mine projects near Prijedor in BiH
Villagers say they are certain that around 90,000 tons of coal from Bistrica would not help overcome the energy crisis
ArcelorMittal Belgium to get EUR 280 million in state aid to decarbonize steelmaking
ArcelorMittal will substitute one of the two existing blast furnaces with a direct reduction iron plant and phase in green hydrogen
Coal plants in Western Balkans increase pollution, legal breaches in 2022
Emissions of SO2, NOx and dust all rose last year, Bankwatch said in a report on thermal power plants using coal in the Western Balkans
Public consultation on Serbia’s national energy and climate plan: Coal use to be cut 25% by 2030
The document is available on the website of the Ministry of Mining and Energy and public consultation is open from June 13 to July 28
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske plans to burn waste in its Gacko coal plant
The power utility is planning a pilot project for burning up to 1,200 tons of waste per day together with coal in the Gacko facility
Bosnian mining city Živinice to install solar power plants with state-owned utility EPBiH
It could make the city in the north of BiH the first coal-dependent area in the Western Balkans that kicks off the energy transition
BiH’s NECP: coal power plants to be shut, 2 GW of renewables installed
The draft national energy and climate plan of BiH was presented for the first time at the Energy Summit 2023 in Neum
North Macedonia to subsidize households to switch to natural gas for heating
The incentives to replace coal, wood and fuel oil with gas is a novelty in the country’s household subsidy program in the energy sector