Large Combustion Plants Directive

Ten units of coal-fired power plants in total will be shut down by the end of 2023 in BiH, Montenegro and Serbia as a consequence of the implementation of the…

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…

Kosovo* has some level of preparation in the field of energy, but continues to rely on highly polluting lignite, according to the European Commission’s latest annual report, part of its…

The Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat’s Annual Implementation Report concludes that the average implementation score of the Contracting Parties is at around 43%, and underlines the need of finishing this first…

The Energy Community Secretariat has initiated a preliminary dispute settlement procedure against Kosovo* for the lack of transposition and implementation of legislation related to the emissions of large combustion plants….

Carbon pricing – forcing electrical generators to pay for the right to emit carbon – is coming to Serbia, sometime in the period 2020 – 2025, as Serbia joins the…

Energy Community Secretariat will cooperate with European Environment Agency on the Contracting Parties’ obligation to report on emissions of large combustion plants. “The European Environment Agency has agreed for the…

Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has issued a public invitation of tenders to produce a preliminary design plan for ecological reconstruction of coal-fired power plant Pljevlja. The deadline for…

The Energy Community Ministerial Council launched a process aimed at setting targets for renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reduction for 2030 in the Energy Community. In early…

Serbia will shut-down 8 coal-fired power plant’s units of public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) which do not comply with ecological requirements of the European Union’s Large Combustion Plants Directive,…

By Peter Vajda, Environmental Expert, Energy Community External costs of energy generation Whether talking about the effects of global or local changes in climate, health problems caused by air pollutants…