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Renewables, power storage are Kosovo’s* best choice: World Bank study
05 December 2019 - The most affordable strategy for the government in Prishtina would be to phase out coal-fueled...
MPs from region facilitate energy transition with support of GIZ ORF-EE (part two)
04 December 2019 - The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Energy Efficiency (GIZ ORF-EE) has...
EPS to invest EUR 4.6 billion by 2027, EUR 700 million to go into hydropower, renewables
30 October 2019 - Public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) intends to invest EUR 4.6 billion from 2019 to...
11 mayors from region join EU-wide declaration on just transition to post-coal era
22 October 2019 - A group of 41 mayors from 10 coal regions in 9 European countries including 11...
Solar’s vast potential in coal regions in Europe
17 October 2019 - Author: Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe Coal is on its way out, which is...
Switching from coal, oil to natural gas accelerates climate change – study
01 October 2019 - Conversion from coal and oil to natural gas increases the greenhouse effect of energy consumption...
Top 3 in September: New fossil fuel subsidies planned in EU, Tesla, decarbonization
01 October 2019 - The world is taking strides to a point of no return on climate breakdown, yet...
Greece seeks to phase out coal by 2028, Ptolemaida V prospects unclear
25 September 2019 - Greece will adopt a new national energy and climate plan by the end of 2019...
Just transition report looks into post-coal job prospects in Romania’s Jiu Valley
23 September 2019 - NGOs Greenpeace and Bankwatch Romania have launched a new report outlining scenarios for the just...
Greece to start shutting down coal power plants
20 September 2019 - A business plan being drafted by the management of majority state-owned Public Power Corporation (PPC)...
Plovdiv, Vidin municipalities sign projects to reduce air pollution from heating
22 August 2019 - Contracts have been signed on projects for Bulgaria’s municipalities of Plovdiv and Vidin to improve...
IMF calls for raising electricity tariffs in Serbia
22 July 2019 - Electricity tariffs in Serbia have not changed in two years and should be raised, International...
Republika Srpska to adopt new renewables incentive schemes by end-2019
04 July 2019 - Republika Srpska plans to introduce auctions for the construction of hydropower and solar power plants,...
Independent report: Air pollution caused 136 premature deaths in Tuzla in 2018
25 June 2019 - Air pollution in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was twice the legal limit on two thirds...
Turkey touts ambitious renewable energy plans as it awards 1 GW of wind capacity
25 June 2019 - Turkey aims to increase the share of the domestic and renewable energy sources in the...
BiH, Kosovo*, Serbia pay EUR 444 million in coal subsidies, EUR 147 million for renewables – report
21 June 2019 - The three most coal-intensive Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and...