A race to the top: Western Balkans 2024
July 16, 2024
A report by Global Energy Monitor, CEE Bankwatch Network and REScoop.eu reveals the Western Balkans have more than 23 GW of proposed utility-scale solar and wind projects—almost 70 per cent more than a year ago.
Local authority planning for a just transition: Why Western Balkan coal regions should create their own redevelopment plans and how it can be done
April 26, 2024
From December 2020 to December 2023, the European Union implemented its first Initiative for coal regions in transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine
Air pollution in Ugljevik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
March 27, 2024
Ugljevik lignite-fired power plant, located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is notorious Europe-wide for its extremely high emissions of sulphur dioxide into the air. Despite the exceptionally high stack of the power plant, the town of Ugljevik is still suffering from serious air pollution.
Bitola’s heating future: a pipeline to nowhere or solar solutions?
December 22, 2023
Bitola in North Macedonia is currently pursuing a decades-old district heating plan connected to the nearby coal power plant – which will, however, close in a few years. But better alternatives exist, as discussed at a recent event in the city, and young people, especially those involved in information sciences and technology, should play a key role in moving them forward.
Western Balkans decarbonisation is urgent: but the EU enlargement package is still sending mixed signals
November 10, 2023
The European Commission’s annual reports on the Western Balkan countries’ EU accession progress vary considerably on decarbonisation, sending mixed messages on coal and especially gas. The EU needs to take a more consistent approach if the region is to achieve decarbonisation by 2050 at the latest.
Comply or Close 2023: five years of deadly legal breaches by Western Balkan coal plants
June 28, 2023
The end of 2022 marked five years since new air pollution standards entered into force in the Western Balkans on 1 January 2018. Yet the deadly air pollution from the region’s mostly antiquated coal power plants has hardly decreased at all. In fact, in 2022 it increased compared to 2021 for all three regulated pollutants
Συμμετοχή του Κώστα Φιλιππίδη, Πρoέδρου του Ομίλου Ενεργών Νέων Φλώρινας – Europe Direct Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, στο 5ο Just Transition Platform Meeting
May 16, 2022
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή, η Γενική Διεύθυνση Περιφερειακής και Αστικής Πολιτικής (DG REGIO) και η Γενική Διεύθυνση Ενέργειας (DG ENER), …
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Panorama – PSOE, PP, Cs y Vox quieren usar fondos públicos para impulsar el gasoducto Midcat – Energías Renovables, el periodismo de las energías limpias.
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El Partido Socialista, PP y Ciudadanos han pactado una enmienda para impulsar el gasoducto con Francia Midcat, simplificar los trámites …
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