Outrage as British Diplomats Endorse New Coal Plant Abroad, Despite Coal Phase-Out Commitment at Home
21 September 2016 | DeSmog UK
A British diplomat has come under fire for celebrating Europe’s newest coal plant, in spite of UK government efforts to phase-out coal on home turf. Source: Outrage as British Diplomats Endorse New Coal Plant Abroad, Despite Coal Phase-Out Commitment a
TE Stanari – the last TE on coal?
21 September 2016 | Energetika-Net
Regionalna politika prema ugljenu opire se raciju i ekonomici – BiH planira gradnju najmanje četiri elektrane, a možda i njih sedam, Crna Gora gura neisplativ projekt TE Pljevlja 2, a Kosovo valjda planira svoje stanovništvo opljačkati zlosretnom TE Ko
European development bank raises $391m through debut equity fund
21 September 2016 | Public Finance International
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has raised €350m ($391m) in the first round of fundraising for its debut Equity Participation Fund. The fund aims to attract long term institutional capital into the private sector of those countries
First Balkans private power plant boosts coal dependence
20 September 2016 | Reuters
* Chinese-built plant is first privately built in Western Balkans * Plant increases regional dependent on dirty coal * Chinese investment playing growing role in region’s power By Maja Zuvela STANARI, Bosnia, Sept 20 The Balkan region’s first privately-funded power plant came online on Tuesday, increasing the region’s dependency on coal-fired power stations even as environmental concerns are driving them to the brink of the extinction elsewhere in Europe.
Southern Gas Corridor under more pressure
20 September 2016 | Interfax Global Energy
Russia’s plan to revive the Turkish Stream pipeline and the Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy (ITGI) project could put future projects along the proposed Southern Gas Corridor under even more pressure. Gulmira Rzayeva, senior research fellow at Azerba
Juncker’s extended investment plan is ‘greenwash’, say campaigners
15 September 2016 | ENDS Europe
Environmental NGOs have claimed the European Commission’s investment plans will “open the door” to more fossil fuel projects […]
