Reakcije na kineski kredit: ‘Još pola stoljeća zagađenja u BiH’
April 1, 2019
Delegati Doma naroda Parlamenta Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine izjasnili su se za davanje saglasnosti za kreditno zaduženje preduzeća Elektroprivreda BiH kod Izvozno-uvozne banke Kine radi izgradnje Bloka 7 Termoelektrane Tuzla. Ranije su to učinili i
Bosnia-Herzegovina politicians mark April Fools’ Day by backing new coal plant
April 1, 2019
The Federal Bosnia-Herzegovina House of Peoples voted today in favour of a state guarantee for a EUR 614 million loan from China Eximbank to build the Tuzla 7 coal plant.
Slovak aspects of the EIB Energy Lending Policy
March 31, 2019
One of the biggest challenges in Slovakia is to ensure systematic support for the development of decentralised, non-fossil and sustainable energy system. The European Investment Bank (EIB) already invested far too much into fossil gas (77 per cent of a
Energetska zajednica pokrenula postupak protiv BiH zbog garancije za Blok 7
March 27, 2019
Sekretarijat Energetske zajednice jučer poslijepodne je objavio da službeno otvara postupak protiv BiH za rješavanja spora o planiranoj garanciji Federacije BiH za kredit od 614 miliona eura od kineske Eximbank za izgradnju bloka 7 termoelektrane Tuzla. Energetska zajednica pokrenula postupak protiv BiH zbog garancije za Blok 7
Energy Community opens infringement procedure against Bosnia-Herzegovina over illegal Tuzla 7 state aid
March 26, 2019
The Energy Community Secretariat has today announced that it is officially opening a dispute settlement procedure on the planned Federal guarantee for a EUR 614 loan from the China Eximbank to build the Tuzla 7 coal power plant in Bosnia-Herzegovina.[1] The procedure can potentially lead to delays in the EU accession process and temporary suspension of financing by EU banks.
Southeast Europeans ignore EU rules with €2.4bn coal subsidies
March 25, 2019
The EU’s Energy Community neighbours ‘systematically turn a blind eye’ to its state aid rules, a report by the secretariat finds. Southeast Europeans ignore EU rules with €2.4bn coal subsidies
Energy Community: Western Balkan coal subsidies worth over 1.2 billion euros in 2017
March 25, 2019
For immediate release. Energy Community countries propped up coal mining and electricity generation with direct and indirect public subsidies totalling at least 2.4 billion annually, out of which around half were provided by Western Balkan countries, shows a study (1) released today by the Vienna-based Secretariat of the Energy Community Treaty, the international treaty working to integrate the energy markets of the EU with those of its neighbours.
EAST EU STATES ‘MUST DECARBONISE FASTER’: BANKWATCH
March 22, 2019
Their plans meet the bare minimum and are riddled with contradictions and other design flaws, it says.
KOSID sues the government challenging Kosovo’s coal investment
March 21, 2019
Kosovo watchdog NGOs sued the government in March for greenlighting the new coal plant, Kosova e Re, without the legally required environmental consultations. KOSID sues the government challenging Kosovo’s coal investment
Romania’s dodgy math: will the country retire 2.2 GW of coal by the end of 2019?
March 13, 2019
Romania’s National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) contains dodgy maths that seems to imply the country will retire 2.2 GW of coal by the end of 2019, according to an analysis of the document published today by Bankwatch Romania.
