Coal plant ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 restarted to preserve energy security in Bulgaria
09 January 2025 - ContourGlobal is returning half of Maritsa East 3 in Bulgaria to the grid, to operate at least until the end of March
Serbia’s EPS commissions Kostolac B3 coal plant of 350 MW
13 December 2024 - After seven years of construction, Chinese contractor CMEC handed over the Kostolac B3 coal-fired thermal power plant to state-owned EPS
Ugljevik power plant back online, but coal shortage remains unresolved
12 December 2024 - Faced with workers fearing for their jobs, the management of the state power utility has promised significant investments in Ugljevik
BiH suffers drastic fall in power export revenue
05 November 2024 - Electricity export revenue in Bosnia and Herzegovina came in at EUR 240 million in the first three quarters
EPS’s Kostolac B3 coal plant in Serbia completed
01 November 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović said the commissioning documentation for Kostolac B3 is almost finished
Slovenian industry wants to invest in Krško 2 nuclear plant as referendum nears
20 September 2024 - Amid public discussions on the referendum on Krško 2, a group of Slovenian businesspeople requested to participate in the investment
Coal plants in Western Balkans increase SO2 pollution in 2023
19 September 2024 - Coal plants in the Western Balkans emitted more sulfur dioxide last year than in 2022, according to the Comply or Close report
EPS must change to survive and ensure Serbia’s energy security
03 September 2024 - In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News on the transformation of Elektroprivreda Srbije, Dušan Živković spoke about investments, decarbonization, CBAM and emissions
Leaked paper shows Romania’s power sector coal-free in 2026
02 August 2024 - Transelectrica reportedly doesn't see coal power plants having any share in Romania's transmission system in 2026 and beyond
ContourGlobal fires almost all workers from its coal plant in Bulgaria
09 July 2024 - The open market crushed the ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 coal-fired power plant, which has been offline since February
Bulgaria experiences historic power output slump in June
09 July 2024 - Bulgaria's total power output in June was the weakest since 2019. The country only had a slight year-to-date surplus in electricity trade.
Power utility Elektroprivreda BiH posts all-time high annual loss for 2023
06 July 2024 - A lack of coal, bad hydrology and obsolete production facilities pushed Bosnia and Herzegovina's EPBiH deep into the red in 2023