Energy Community: Kosovo* failed to implement rules on pollutants
Kosovo* must rectify its breaches by July 1 or the Energy Community Secretariat will initiate a procedure over emission limit values, which the government is obligated to determine in a law. The Ministerial Council of the Energy Community has confirmed that the government in Prishtina failed to fulfill its obligations under articles 12 and 16 […]
EPS hiring PowerChina to build 350 MW coal power plant to replace old units
The construction of Kolubara B is planned to start next year. State-owned coal miner, power producer and distributor EPS signed a preliminary agreement with partners from China to install the thermal power plant, holding on to the fossil fuel as the pillar of the energy strategy of Serbia. An investment of EUR 385 million is […]
SET 2020: Introduction of carbon tax in Western Balkans is inevitable
The construction of the seventh power generation unit at thermal power plant TPP Tuzla will be an economic disaster, Janez Kopač, director of the Energy Community Secretariat, told the Energy Sector Transition panel held as part of Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020. The reason for this, according to him, is the inevitable introduction of […]
Poland seeks alternatives for last coal thermal power plant project
The European Green Deal and the European Investment Bank’s exit from fossil fuel projects prompted the suspension after 5% of the unit was completed. Two government-controlled enterprises have legal challenges and are burdened with emission expenses. Coal is now less likely to be used in thermal power plant Ostrołęka C if works continue. State-owned electricity […]
North Macedonia to use coal pit Oslomej for 100 MW photovoltaic project
Applications will be received until May 8. The investor is obligated to secure EUR 80 million, the entire estimated cost. North Macedonia’s state-owned utility ESM was declared the public partner for Oslomej, where the photovoltaic power plant will consist of two equal units. Prime minister Oliver Spasovski said solar arrays on the location of a […]
Coal phaseout in Canada – Ex-colleagues helping miners’ job transition
Regional transition centers in coal regions in Canada are being established in order to support the communities during the country’s coal phaseout. The units operated by former coal miners are one of the achievements of the Task Force on Just Transition for Canadian Coal and Power Workers and Communities, introduced to find a solution for […]
Coal subsidies prompt Energy Community to warn six governments
The European Commission is aware of state aid registered in a study for 2015 to 2017, the EnC Secretariat in Vienna said and published an assessment as a followup to the document. It raised concern about coal subsidies with regard to competition regulation and stressed the authorities should get policy in line with EU rules. […]
PM sees EU Green Deal taking out 40% of electricity capacity in Romania
Coal is doomed, the head of the government in Bucharest has told businesspeople and representatives of associations. Prime minister Ludovic Orban warned that decision makers have maybe ten years to find energy production solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and hinted at the dependence on the fossil fuel for electricity in Romania. The European Union’s […]