Global warming report calls for “unprecedented changes” in all aspects of society
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading world body for assessing the science related to climate change, has issued a report that calls for “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C was approved by the IPCC […]
Promises for coal jobs in southeastern Europe greatly exaggerated – study
Proponents of coal have overall claimed that 10,030 jobs would be maintained and 17,600 new jobs created, while according to new analysis a reduction of workplaces by around 5,170 is more likely, CEE Bankwatch Network said in a press release. A study The great coal jobs fraud covering eight southeast European countries – Bosnia and […]
Balkan Coal Costs Lives, Burdens Economies
Author: Vlatka Matković Puljić, Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL), Health and Environment Advisor for the Balkans As of 1 January 2018, the Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) need to start reducing harmful emissions from large combustion plants and align national laws and rules with Energy Community requirements. This task comes with […]
Kosovo* power production to remain heavily dependent on coal
Kosovo* has been facing its most serious energy crisis to date since the summer of 2017 because the government has failed to reach an agreement with residents of the village of Šipitule to buy land to dig coal. Kosovo* has coal reserves estimated at 14 billion tons, the fifth largest in the world but the […]
Paris Agreement causes disagreements in Montenegro over Pljevlja TPP
The ratification and drafting of a law to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change has caused a public debate in Montenegro over whether the agreement will or won’t endanger the construction of a new block at the country’s only coal-powered plant in Plevlja. The government says the agreement poses no danger to the reconstruction […]
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems to install flue gas desulfurization systems in the biggest Serbian power plant
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) will install flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in the Nikola Tesla A coal-fired power plant (TENT A) in Serbia. The project worth EUR 167 million will help reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulates emissions, and enable Serbia to meet EU environmental standards. This is the first time MHPS has […]
Serbia plans to shut down eight thermal power plant blocks by 2023
Serbia plans to shut down eight thermal power plant blocks by 2023 and develop renewable energy capacities, but it still plans to heavily rely on the coal, the Program for Serbian Energy Strategy’s implementation in the period 2017-2013, says. The Program for the implementation of the Energy Development Strategy of Serbia (POS) determines the conditions, method, […]
What will it take to make Balkan leaders realise new coal plants are a liability, not a gold mine?
Author: Pippa Gallop, Research Co-ordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network In April this year, the EU proved that whatever difficulties it might be going through, it can still make momentous decisions. It approved new pollution control standards for power stations, entitled the LCP BREF (1) The name might sound obscure, but the results should be concrete: The new […]