Serbia has unworkable national emissions reduction plan: advocacy group
There are several inconsistencies with NERP, according to legal environmental organization RERI. Its representatives pointed to the document’s format and added it enables no enforcement framework nor the possibility of sanctions if the provisions aren’t met. They underscored Serbia omitted important points and that it is attempting to delay obligations taken on an international level […]
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. […]
Kantor, E3 to design carbon tax for Energy Community Contracting Parties
The consortium made of Kantor Management Consultant SA and E3 modelling will be in charge of preparing a study on carbon pricing design in the Energy Community. The consortium was selected at a public call for the provision of consulting services published in October by the Energy Community Secretariat. The study’s objective is to assess […]
New thermal power plant feasibility studies understated TPP costs – report
Members of parliaments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have been deceived with “false information” when they adopted guarantees for two coal-burning blocks financed by China, according to documents seen by Unearthed. In feasibility studies for new thermal power plant projects Tuzla 7 and Kostolac B3, respectively, expenses for greenhouse gas emissions are strongly belittled […]
Serbia denies EnC’s claim big plants don’t follow emission reduction plan
The Ministry of Mining and Energy in Belgrade has said dominant power producer Elektroprivreda Srbije and other energy companies are complying with the measures envisaged in the national emission reduction plan – NERP. The document was approved by the Energy Community in 2016, but Serbia never formally adopted it. The statement is an answer to […]
Energy Community opens case as Serbia still has no emission reduction plan
The Energy Community Secretariat has opened a dispute settlement procedure against Serbia because nine large combustion plants do not comply with the European Union’s Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) regarding emission limit values for SO2, NOx, and dust. The secretariat has sent an opening letter to Serbia to address the incomplete implementation of the directive, […]
Lluka: Case for TPP Kosova e Re to be presented in Vienna on January 17
Amid looming deadlines in the controversial project for the construction of a coal-fired power plant, Kosovo* is preparing for a hearing with the Secretariat of the Energy Community. The international body has challenged state aid to the Kosova e Re facility. The representatives of the government will present their case on January 17 in Vienna, […]
Energy Community challenges state aid to Kosova e Re
The Energy Community Secretariat said it has sent a so-called opening letter to Kosovo* with the intention to resolve the dispute regarding the backing for the project of a coal-fired power plant of 450 MW. The international institution claims the stimulus for Kosova e Re is “per se illegal state aid” as the authority responsible […]