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Author: Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Coordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network Eight civil society organisations last week submitted proposals for a revamp of Serbia’s renewables support scheme to the Ministry of Energy and…

The three most coal-intensive Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and Serbia – paid a total of EUR 444 million in direct subsidies to coal, while…

Slovenia’s Environmental Public Fund (Eco Fund or Eko Sklad) has issued a new call for grants to vulnerable citizens for the replacement of old heating devices in residential buildings with…

Representatives of the Government of Montenegro have announced that procedures for the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) will be reviewed and that no subsidies will be approved for the…

Slovenia’s support payments for electricity from renewable energy sources and high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP) reached EUR 135.1 million in 2018. The largest amount, EUR 62.8 million,…

The European Parliament (EP) has adopted four new laws on the EU electricity market, formally concluding the Clean Energy for All Europeans package. Fossil fuel subsidies are to be phased…

The Energy Community Contracting Parties support electricity generated from coal with some EUR 2.4 billion in direct and certain types of indirect subsidies annually, the preliminary results of the Energy…

Romania’s Environmental Funds Administration plans to run a program in March-April to offer up to EUR 115 million in European funds to prosumers to encourage the adoption of solar energy….

Skopje has procured air purifiers for all high school classrooms – 572 in total. The second semester was supposed to begin on Monday, but the winter break was extended by…

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU member states have reached a provisional agreement on a recast internal electricity market regulation and directive, concluding the political negotiations on the…

Author: Pippa Gallop, Research Coordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network One of the main factors driving the controversial small hydropower boom in the Western Balkans is the availability of feed-in tariffs, providing…

Croatia’s Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund has closed its announcement it would co-finance the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in 2018, providing no explanation. “We hereby inform…