The forgotten struggle of Kenyan indigenous people
23 June 2017 | Africa's Discreet Financier project
In the Rift Valley region of Kenya, Simon Sencho looks at the mountains that surround the village which used to be his home. He’s one of a thousand Maasai people who had to move, to give way to the Olkaria geothermal plant. Source: The forgotten strugg
Can the AIIB support Asia’s energy revolution?
21 June 2017 | China Dialogue
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), headquartered in Beijing, held its second annual meeting on the Korean island of Jeju last week. Korea is currently positioning Jeju as a zero-carbon tourist destination so the choice of location must ha
Comsar Energy past deadline to find contractor to build Ugljevik 3 TPP in Bosnia – report
20 June 2017 | SeeNews
BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), June 20 (SeeNews) – The unit of Russian-owned Comsar Energy is still seeking a company to build thermal power plant Ugljevik 3 in Bosnia’s Serb Republic, which should have started producing electricity last year, lo
New thermal power plants in the Balkans do not meet EU standards
15 June 2017 | IBNA
The majority of Western Balkan countries rely on thermal power plants and many of the new plants which are being built do not comply with the newly approved EU standards for environment protection. Source: New thermal power plants in the Balkans do not
CEE Bankwatch Network: Balkan Planned Coal Power to Breach EU Standard
15 June 2017 | Energetika.net
Almost none of the new coal power plants planned in the Western Balkans will meet the new, stricter EU pollution standards, according to a new analysis by the CEE Bankwatch Network, released this week. Source: CEE Bankwatch Network: Balkan Planned Coal
Planned coal-fired power plants in W. Balkans to breach new EU pollution standards – Bankwatch
15 June 2017 | See News
Almost none of the planned coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans will meet new, stricter EU pollution standards, the Czech Republic-based non-governmental organisation CEE Bankwatch Network has said. Source: Planned coal-fired power plants in
