Kosova e Re lignite power plant, Kosovo
CANCELLED: For more than a decade, successive Kosovo governments planned to build a new 500 MW lignite plant (around 450 MW net), Kosova e Re or New Kosovo. The controversial project was finally cancelled in 2020 after concession-holder ContourGlobal pulled out.
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Energy Community challenges state aid to Kosova e Re
Bankwatch in the media | 24 December, 2019The Energy Community Secretariat said it has sent a so-called opening letter to Kosovo* with the intention to resolve the dispute regarding the backing for the project of a coal-fired power plant of 450 MW.Energy Community challenges state aid to Kosov
Read moreDispute settlement procedure against Kosovo opened for illegal State aid to new power plant
Bankwatch in the media | 24 December, 2019The Energy Community Secretariat sent an Opening Letter to Kosovo addressing its concerns with regard to the illegality and existence of State aid in relation to the new power plant “Kosovo e Re” project.Dispute settlement procedure against Kosovo open
Read moreKosova e Re power purchase agreement challenged at Energy Community
Bankwatch in the media | 14 May, 2019Kosovar and international non-governmental organizations have filed an official complaint to the Energy Community’s (EnC) dispute settlement mechanism, challenging the legality of the power purchase agreement (PPA) for the planned Kosova e Re coal powe
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