Danish DONG Energy to stop using coal by 2023
Danish company DONG Energy said it will entirely stop using coal by the year 2023. The company’s power stations will be replacing coal with sustainable biomass. “The future belongs to renewable energy sources, and therefore we’re now converting the last of our coal-fired power stations to sustainable biomass. The decision is in line with our […]
EPS to invest EUR 4.5 billion by 2025
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) plans to invest EUR 4.5 billion into Serbian electric power system, but renewable energy sources still cannot replace coal as the main source of energy, according to the Serbian public power company’s strategy director. “Coal fired power plants will remain the corner-stone of EPS power production in the coming period, along with […]
Cheaper electricity from Turkey for Turkish Cypriots seen in the future
The recent agreement between Turkey and Turkish part of Cyprus to supply electricity through an underwater cable has become a threat not only for political solution for the divided island, but also may endanger a progress Cyprus has made in the transition towards a sustainable energy sector. Media reports were expectedly biased over legality of […]
Serbia’s Priboj starts using biomass for public heating
Municipality of Priboj in south-western Serbia has made an important step towards sustainable economy, as one part of its public heating system is now powered by biomass instead of the fossil fuels. The project of heating plant transformation was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection and German international development organisation GIZ, all […]
EPS stretched between revitalization and Serbia’s social politics
Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) had EUR 105,2 million profit in the first-half of 2016, and achieved EUR 110 million in savings, said company`s CEO production director Savo Bezmarević at the 16th Serbian economy summit in Belgrade, Tanjug news agency reported. “After years of stagnation, our facilities are now in pace with the original […]
The unpaid health bill – how coal power plants in the Western Balkans make us sick
By Vlatka Matkovic Puljic, Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL), Health and Energy Officer, Balkan region, e-mail: vlatka@env-health.org According to the latest report of the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) health impacts of coal fired power stations in the Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) create up to 8.5 EUR billion per year […]
Turkey to return incentives for power plants on coal
The government of Turkey is set to reintroduce incentives and environmental exemptions for coal-fired power plants, Hürriyet Daily News reported. The measures were cancelled by the Constitutional Court over ecological concerns. The draft law will pave the way for all privatized coal-fired power plants to be exempted from environmental regulations until 2020, the portal reported. These power plants […]
NGOs ask China to shift investment focus to green energy
Electric power projects with lignite in Southeastern Europe pose a significant threat to European Union’s climate and energy goals that countries of the region should be fulfilling on their path to accession, an association of environmentalist groups said. China, along with 177 other countries of the world, has signed the Paris Agreement last month, but […]