fossil fuels
Coal plants in Western Balkans increase pollution, legal breaches in 2022
28 June 2023 - Emissions of SO2, NOx and dust all rose last year, Bankwatch said in a report on thermal power plants using coal in the Western Balkans
Both science and faith: Church of England selling stakes in oil, gas companies over lack of climate action
27 June 2023 - The church intends to divest its holdings in the remaining 11 oil and gas companies in its investment portfolio by the end of 2023
HELLENiQ Energy to build solar park with batteries for its Thessaloniki refinery
19 June 2023 - Within its decarbonization efforts, HELLENiQ Energy is planning a solar power project with batteries to supply a refinery with green energy
Oil companies in Southeastern Europe accelerate renewable energy investments
30 May 2023 - INA, OMV Petrom, Motor Oil and MOL revealed a series of investments that indicate a shift in the sector toward renewables in the region
BEF 2023: EU’s power market reform will only boost PPAs’ role
20 May 2023 - Businesses in the region must quickly adapt to the new power purchase rules to maintain and improve competitiveness, according to the panel Market design – is the current electricity market model sustainable?
Serbia Zijin Copper preparing plan to reduce emissions, switch to renewables
14 April 2023 - The company is heavily criticized as one of the biggest polluters in Serbia, particularly of air
Habeck: Fossil fuels for heating are dead end, not way to save
10 April 2023 - Germany is preparing a law on heating installations to transition from fossil fuels to renewables
Government of Serbia to replace polluting heating boilers
08 April 2023 - Serbia intends to replace coal- and heating oil–fired boilers and furnaces in all public institutions with cleaner solutions, where possible
EU reaches deal to ban sales of new diesel, gasoline cars in 2035
29 March 2023 - EU energy ministers agreed on a ban on new cars and vans running on gasoline and diesel starting in 2035, but with a notable exception
EU calls member states to start phasing out energy subsidies for citizens, firms
10 March 2023 - The European Commission reiterated that the best solution to the energy crisis is to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels
GEK Terna launches 170 MW thermal power plant project in Albania
27 February 2023 - GEK Terna's KV with domestic company Gener 2 filed for the construction of a 170 MW thermal power plant in the Fier district
Join webinars on just energy transitions in Western Balkans and Ukraine
27 February 2023 - The webinar series 'Just energy transitions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine' will explore opportunities and the lessons learnt on the way to a coal phaseout
EU carbon prices surpass EUR 100 per ton for first time
21 February 2023 - A forecasted cold spell and weak winds helped the benchmark emissions prices in the European Union hit an intraday record
EU opens door for putting low-carbon label on hydrogen produced from nuclear power
16 February 2023 - The European Commission has unveiled a set of rules that could allow for hydrogen produced from nuclear energy to be considered green
Bojan Kumer to set up new energy ministry, expects EUR 1 billion in investments in renewables
16 January 2023 - Bojan Kumer, currently the infrastructure minister, announced the investments during the presentation of his agenda
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2022
31 December 2022 - With Russia's attack on Ukraine, the energy crisis took over from the coronavirus pandemic as topic number one this year