Montenegro to produce coal until 2050
The Pljevlja coal mine has been granted a concession for coal production for 24,5 years, extending the fossil fuel extraction until 2050
Romania risks blackouts if it shuts coal plants as scheduled
Minister of Energy Bogdan Ivan claims that energy poverty or even blackouts could hit Romania if it proceeds with the closure of coal plants
Environmentalists warn EU that Bulgaria ignores coal plants breaching pollution rules
Greenpeace Bulgaria and Za Zemiata wrote a complaint to the European Commission as the authorities are ignoring environmental breaches at four coal plants
Climate won’t suffer if Romanian coal power plants keep running – energy minister
The Romanian government is hoping to postpone the coal-fired power plant closures envisaged under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
CE Oltenia to set up subsidiary to take over coal power plants slated for closure
CE Oltenia’s “lignite subsidiary” is envisaged under a restructuring and decarbonization plan approved by the European Commission.
Serbia’s power utility to take no loans in 2025, fund coal projects on its own
EPS will not take out loans this year, but will finance all investments from its own resources, says CEO Dušan Živković.
Serbia’s EPS reports EUR 234 million profit for first half of 2025
State-owned Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) achieved lower profit in the first half of the year than in the same period of 2024
Worrying results of coal, overburden production in BiH’s power utility
Increasing coal production is the only way to stabilize the energy system in the Federation of BiH, EPBiH CEO Sanel Buljubašić said