Western Balkans urged to end subsidies for destructive small hydropower – report

25 September 2019  | Balkan Green Energy News

The European Commission and the Energy Community need to play a role in ending state financial support for destructive hydropower plants in the Western Balkans by ensuring that the EU’s rules on state aid – including provisions on environmental sustain

Enthusiasm for coal starts to burn out in the Western Balkans

23 September 2019  | IntelliNews

Enthusiasm for coal starts to burn out in the Western Balkans

The Brussels Conversation: Green Finance Drive Squeezes Gas Projects

20 September 2019  | Natural Gas World

European Commission president-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, has made a “European Green Deal” a cornerstone of her political agenda. It underpins her ambition to make Europe the world’s first climate neutral continent.

Ecologists warn that Residents around Stanari coal-fired Power Plant are regularly affected by Pollution from different Directions

18 September 2019  | Sarajevo Times

The Stanari coal-fired power plant, which started operating in September 2016, its ash disposal site, and the already-existing open-cast lignite mine have formed a curve around the north and east of the village.

Montenegro gives up building second unit at coal-fired plant, will focus on renewable energy

18 September 2019  | bne IntelliNews

Montenegro gives up building second unit at coal-fired plant, will focus on renewable energy

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Alarming air pollution by harmful dust in Stanari

18 September 2019  | Environment South East Europe

The results of an independent measurement of air quality in Stanari as of July this year show alarming hourly values of harmful dust particles in the air coming from nearby mines and thermal power plants, the report of CEE Bankwatch, made in partnershi