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Coal in the Balkans

„Позеленување“ на балкански начин – Зелената агенда за Западниот Балкан

January 4, 2022

Како и со другите политики, зависно од интересот, меѓународните обврски и степенот на соработка со одделни региони и држави, Европската …


Ugljevik power plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina

December 17, 2021

Commissioned in 1985, the 300 MW coal power plant in Ugljevik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, has become famous for emitting more sulphur dioxide than all of Germany’s coal power plants in 2019. 


Pljevlja I power plant, Montenegro

December 16, 2021

The existing 225 MW Pljevlja thermal power plant in the north of Montenegro, near the borders with Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, has been operating since 1982. The plant was originally planned to comprise two units but the second one was never built. The plant, along with the extensive use of coal and wood for heating, has caused unbearably bad air quality in the town.


Kostolac B power plant (B1, B2), Serbia

December 16, 2021

The Kostolac B power plant, consisting of 2 units of 350 MW each, first started operating in 1987. In 2024, the plant delivered 4359 GWh of electricity to the grid, around 14 per cent of the country’s coal-based generation.


Loan guarantee for Bosnia’s Tuzla 7 coal plant confirmed as illegal

November 30, 2021

A public loan guarantee for the planned Tuzla 7 coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina is illegal under the Energy Community Treaty, the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community has confirmed today (Tuesday). If realized, the project would aggravate Tuzla’s air pollution and prevent Bosnia and Herzegovina decarbonising its economy for decades to come.


Pole als neuer Direktor der Energiegemeinschaft sorgt für Kritik

November 26, 2021

Dem Slowenen Janez Kopač folgt der Pole Artur Lorkowski als Direktor der Energiegemeinschaft für den Westbalkan nach. Manche sehen darin …


Belgrade has offered investors exemptions from environmental and other regulations to encourage them to invest in the country

November 18, 2021

The Serbian parliament is due to vote on November 16 on legislation that, if approved, will allow major polluters to continue operating …


Македонија со големи амбиции зa напуштање на јагленот, но без јасен план

November 17, 2021

Сите 197 земји членки на Обединетите нации го потпишаа финалниот Договор за климата во Глазгов, иако многу од нив беа разочарани од текстот …


Second edition of Lung Run promotes climate action and clean air at COP26

November 8, 2021

On the side lines of this year’s UN climate change conference in Glasgow, more than 40 people from around the world joined our initiative to run 20.30 kilometres to support the science-backed need for a coal phase-out by 2030.


New Bankwatch analysis: Tuzla, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, could be a regional leader in sustainable heating

November 8, 2021

A new analysis published today by CEE Bankwatch Network shows that it is technically possible to entirely replace the use of coal with sustainable renewable sources for both local power and heating in Tuzla, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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