Environmentalists demand from EU to tackle Chinese firms’ violations
Eight organizations urged the EU to do more to tackle legal breaches by Chinese companies. They said the authorities in Brussels and European governments have to tell the most populous nation to stop building new coal power plants in the 27-member bloc and accession countries and to make it respect the law. China’s President Xi […]
Energy transition in BiH: burden or chance for development
Experts Damir Miljević, Nikola Rajaković and Igor Kalaba called for reform and the beginning of the energy transition away from coal in BiH. The new analysis indicates the process would be the most cost effective if started right away. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) must begin the energy transition process in earnest as soon as possible […]
North Macedonia to convert oil-fired power plant Negotino to natural gas
The new Government of North Macedonia intends to switch the 210 MW thermal power plant TEC Negotino from fuel oil to natural gas. The oil-fired facility is on cold reserve for the country’s power system. Negotino, a state-owned power plant, is paid to be prepared to start generation very fast if there is a need. […]
Green development in focus of new North Macedonia government
North Macedonia set six main tasks for the next four years including environmental protection and sustainable development. The cabinet of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev promised to improve air quality, prosecute those who pollute and endanger health and to invest in mobility, renewables and energy efficiency. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his new cabinet said environmental […]
PPC Renewables to make 31 MW biomass power plant in lignite land
A biomass plant will supply the output from as much as 25 MW of its capacity to the Greek grid and use 6 MW for internal purposes, the government said as it gave a green light to the project submitted by PPC Renewables. The Ministry of the Environment and Energy approved the so-called environmental terms […]
Greenpeace demands coal phaseout in Bulgaria by 2030
The government in Sofia should look up to Greece in its energy policy, according to Balin Balinov from Greenpeace Bulgaria, who called for a coal exit twenty years earlier than in the national plan. Environmentalists are pointing to the damage from maintaining thermal power plants using the fossil fuel. While the Minister of Energy Temenuzhka […]
Most read in July: Energy democracy coming to Southeastern Europe
The wave of energy democracy in the region is slowly strengthening. The story on citizens in Greece joining hands to speed up energy transition was the most read article in July on the English language version of Balkan Green Energy News. The list is also available for the Serbian language version of the website (Najčitanije […]
EU preparing CO2 tax for products from other countries
The European Commission launched public consultations on taxation rules that would help its climate agenda. It expressed the intention to revise the internal Energy Tax Directive and to introduce a carbon border adjustment mechanism in line with the European Green Deal. The latter, effectively a CO2 tax, could be applied for imported and domestic goods […]