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ContourGlobal fires almost all workers from its coal plant in Bulgaria
09 July 2024 - The open market crushed the ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 coal-fired power plant, which has been offline since February
Power utility Elektroprivreda BiH posts all-time high annual loss for 2023
06 July 2024 - A lack of coal, bad hydrology and obsolete production facilities pushed Bosnia and Herzegovina's EPBiH deep into the red in 2023
Global energy emissions, fossil fuel use hit all-time highs in 2023
20 June 2024 - Global emissions from energy increased 2% year on year in 2023, exceeding 40 gigatons of CO2 for the first time ever
New wind farm to produce one-fifth of North Macedonia’s current power output
12 June 2024 - One of the first foreign investments in the new government's term will be a wind park, according to Hristijan Mickoski
Slovenia confirms coal phaseout date in updated NECP
11 June 2024 - Slovenia has prepared an updated version of the national energy and climate plan, increasing the targets
Clean energy investment in 2024 to hit USD 2 trillion, nearly double compared to fossil fuels
06 June 2024 - Clean energy investment is setting new records even in challenging economic conditions, says IEA chief Fatih Birol
Serbia’s EPS posts Q1 profit of EUR 241.6 million but investments lag
31 May 2024 - The shareholder assembly has adopted the report for the first quarter of 2024 on the implementation of the three-year business plan
Lignite power plants are pushed out of market in Balkans
30 May 2024 - PPC's brand new Ptolemaida 5 lignite plant was effectively pushed out of the market in May as uncompetitive
Share of coal power in Greece tumbles to zero
20 May 2024 - Greece went seven days without coal power in the system as natural gas plants and renewables were far more competitive
Five Serbian heating plants to be converted from coal, oil to biomass
17 May 2024 - Serbia will build heating plants in Niš, Bajina Bašta, Prijepolje, Rača and Novi Pazar to replace fuel oil and coal in district heating systems
Belgrade Energy Forum – energy transition in Southeast Europe is accelerating
13 May 2024 - The Western Balkans would gain a strategic advantage by joining the EU’s single electricity market, Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski said at the opening of BEF 2024
Slovenia’s coal plant TEŠ could close already within three years
06 May 2024 - Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob said coal plant TEŠ and its accompanying mine may end operations before the expected closure in 2033
Mitsubishi Power commissions desulfurization system in Serbia’s TENT A coal plant
25 April 2024 - Serbia finally got its second coal plant desulfurization system, in TENT A in Obrenovac near Belgrade, so the air is about to become cleaner
China’s energy transition on track for carbon neutrality by 2060
24 April 2024 - China is making huge progress toward its goal of reducing net emissions to zero, Norwegian consulting firm DNV estimated in a report
Coal power plants in Bulgaria cutting production amid losses, pollution breaches
29 March 2024 - Coal plants in Bulgaria have halved output as renewables and gas power are cheaper and due to CO2 emission costs and pollution control
Serbia’s EPS posts record EUR 1 billion profit for 2023
20 March 2024 - EPS has been struggling to recover since December 2021, when its largest coal-fired thermal power plants suffered a massive breakdown