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North Macedonia to offer neighbors to jointly build Negotino gas-hydrogen power plant
16 January 2024 - The country will offer its neighbors to participate in the construction of the Negotino gas and hydrogen power plant, minister Bekteshi said
Coal plants in Bulgaria to be shut not by government but by market – minister
15 January 2024 - The country has officially set 2038 as the year when the phaseout of the coal power plants will be completed
North Macedonia looking for strategic investor for two gas-hydrogen-fuelled power plants
11 January 2024 - The government has decided to initiate the process of transforming electricity production to gas-hydrogen power plants
Renewables 2023 report: solar, China drive record renewable capacity additions
11 January 2024 - Solar power accounted for three quarters of renewables capacity additions, of which PV in China alone topped the entire 2022 global figure
Slovenia mulls separating coal assets from electricity utility HSE
08 January 2024 - State-owned Holding Slovenske elektrarne is preparing for the possibility of spinning off its coal assets: thermal power plant TEŠ and a mine
Energy Community urges Kosovo* to commit in its NECP to phasing out coal by 2050
05 January 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat doesn’t have any major objections to Kosovo's draft National Energy and Climate Plan
BiH’s NECP lacks clear set of policies, measures, investment needs – Energy Community
04 January 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat has issued recommendations on Bosnia and Herzegovina's draft National Energy and Climate Plan
Tuzla 7 coal plant project in BiH is dead, entity prime minister says
22 December 2023 - Tuzla 7 is the stranded project for a new unit in the coal-fired Tuzla thermal power plant in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seven European countries to shut down all CO2-emitting power plants by 2035
19 December 2023 - The agreement was concluded as part of the Pentalateral Energy Forum, chaired by the Netherlands this year
CAN Europe: BiH, Kosovo* and Serbia’s NECPs lack climate ambition, coal phaseout dates
28 November 2023 - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and Serbia sent draft NECPs to the Energy Community Secretariat for review in late June and July
Romania seeks coal plant closure delay from EU
13 October 2023 - Romania has backtracked on its commitments regarding the shutdown schedule for coal power plants in its CE Oltenia Complex
BiH’s power utility posts EUR 26 million 2023 year-to-date loss
12 October 2023 - Disruptions in the electricity market, a drop in sales on the open market, and a lower-than-estimated income from trade pushed EPBiH into the red.
Kosovo* ordered to compensate contractor over scrapped thermal power plant project Kosova e Re
10 October 2023 - Kosova e Re, one of the last projects for the production of electricity from coal in the Western Balkans, was halted in 2020
Climate Talks: Energy transition is crucial for health, must be faster, more efficient
20 September 2023 - Climate Talks, with two panels, were held as part of Climate Week, which was organized with support from the German embassy
Introducing carbon pricing and EU CBAM mechanism application in the Energy Community
18 September 2023 - There can be no successful decarbonization if the EU doesn't institutionalize continuous financial support until the EnC abandons coal
G20 supports energy transition acceleration, yet clear pathway is missing
12 September 2023 - G20 did not set the pathway agreement to mitigate the climate crisis, though it did say renewable energy capacities must be tripled by 2030